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1 C. and D. STABLE ONCE AGAIN i ♦ I Riverside Carries Its Colors to Victory in Caribbean Stakes. , 0 ■ J Another Record Crowd Journeys to Oriental Park — Three Wins for Jockey Scheffel. I 4 1 HAVANA, Caba, January 8.— The C. and D. Stable won another stake when Biverside. the eight-year-old gelding by Von Tromp accounted for the Caribbean Stakes of ,500 added at the distance of a mile and a sixteenth. Riverside, ridden by Scheffel, made all ihe pace and led home Atta Boy II. by a length and a half. Louis A. finished third a length, further away. The winner set :i fast pace all the •ray, running the first mile in 1:88%, and the mile and a sixteenth in 1:45. which is close to the track record. Billy Barton, making his first appearance here with colors up since his Dedby victory of last spring, was heavily supported and ran prominently part of the race, but was never dangerous at any stage of it. dropping back badly beaten at the finish. The gross value of the stakes was ,530, the winners portion being §2.720. A tremendous crowd turned out today, the attendance equaling that of New Years day. which marked a record for Oriental Park. Ideal racing conditions prevailed, the weather being warm and tie- track fast. When Zululand finished fir-t in the last race it made three winning mounts for jockey Scheffel for the afternoon, he having had the mount on Currency, which won the second, Riverside in the third and Zululand in the last. He also had the mount on Mister Jiggs. which ran second in th*» third race. Zululand went to the front soon after the start and kept the lead for the remainder of the race. Baby Faust and Mildred fought it out in the stretch drive, the latter hanging ou under severe punishment . The Oriental Park gates will be closed on Monday afteraoa and thereafter on the remaining Mondays of the meeting. This will afford horsemen and race track employees an opportunity to rest for one day during the week. Pleven platers, veterans of the race track, made up the field in the opening dash. The eight-year-old James was the favored one in the speculation and his backers made no mistake in backing him. after racing Dragoon into defeat entering the Stretch .lames held a safe lead to the end and was never in daager. Felix M. was second aud Golden Red third. CURRENCY ALL THE WAY. Fuoritism in the second race was divided between Jacobean and Currency. The former lost, whatever chance he may have had by being bumped by BiRy Boots at the sixteenth post, losing considerable ground. Currency proved to be the winner, setting the pace throaghoat, but tiring at the end and dotal his best to withstand the terrific closing rush of Billy Boots. The latter would have won in a few more strides. Backed to the exclusion of the Other starters iu the third race Sugarmint justified the confidence ol bis adsairers and won all the way. He was away quickly, opened up a commandiug lead, maintained it throaghoat and was easing up at the end. Two long shols in Blister Jiggs and Bavensea took thft remaining portions of the pane. The foarth race brought out a field of fast, sprinters, with The Boy and Giivnor most fancied. The speculation was mostly confined to this pair. Belle of Eliaabethtowa upset all calculations by going to the front in the fir-t eighth, opening up a big lead rounding the tar turn and withstanding determined opposition from Juvnor at the eighth post, drew awav again and won by a safe margin. Sweep than raced in the rear at. the early stage-, but finished with a rush, beating OuvTior by a head for second place. The T. Hoffler stable made a double when Klycast came back in the fifth to beat Toasahei by three parts of a length. The winner made all the pace, but had lo be ridden out all through the stretch to withstand determined opposition from Tomahoi. Ihe latter began slowly, hut finished like a shot. alaaesl overtaking the leader. With a better start the ioldblatt racer might have won. The American Club Handicap, with an adder! value of 88,000, is the next of the stake races to claim Ihe attention of the horsemen here. D will bare its renewal next Sunday. The race is for throe ear-olds and over, at a mile and an eighth. Ihe li-t of nominations numbers forty-seven, including all the higher grade handicap horses here. Zululand. tiie winner of the last race, was claimed by G. K. Alien for ,100.
