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i i i I i i 1 1 1 1 DAY OF MUCH EXCITEMENT Wednesdays Havana Racing Replete With Unusual Incidents. The Roll Call Defeats Tomahoi in Main Race — Many Distinguished Visitors. ♦ HAVANA. Cuba. January Ti Tsdajl racing at Oriental Park waa replete with ■ hsptei af inci ..ciu* out of the ordinary, which leaded te make the ■fteraeaa** ■port excitiag. In the sec—d raee, while ihe field was at the past, Reaaee, which was ipiiie tract ioaa, reared and fell avee the fears In falling he threw out hi* i iirh r ■rifle. Ko.in*on. the ridei. came out of the *• limmage with Isitb knees later-■ted. In the following race, the third. Signal Carps wheeled and wenr the wrong way of the track ju*i a- they reached the barrier, unseating his rider, jumped tie- feti-e and task a gallop around the stable*. The stewards ordered that both horses be scratched and all money wagered on them refunded. The program* feature, a mile dash, was run as Trie fifth, and ftirni-iie.l an excitiag finish, in which The Boll Call jn*t did heat the ioldblatt entry. Tomahoi. The latter wa* beat and but for being crowded back to last place at the first turn by the winner would nnojaestieaablj have waa. As it was, he i losed a big gap and gol his no*.- in front in the last sixteenth, but The Boll Cull .anie again and headed him in ihe last few Mr Idea Cydsala, the favorite, palled up lame. ••I Pat. a first-time *tarter. racing under colors of OMeara Rrea., aceaaated for the twa-yeex- ..Id race He won in runaway fashion Straight Sl.ooei. one of the Whittle! .-iiiiv. after a slow beginning, finished fast, beaten hj i head for *e --i oitd pla.e by Setir* Less ■■, i in fsve •• Navis.o came from behind in tie- secsSMl race and got up ,n the clesiaa utride to s ■ by a head from Whi*pering. The latter made all the pace, hut tired. Half the field in the third race were left in a barrier tangle. Midian. the swiekesl ,, th-m to gel going, drew away in the first eiirinh. I, in at the end waa tiriag and had lo he hard ridden lo with stand tin- rash of Keatssere and Aaserieaa Ragle The Fngli*hnian. thank* to a good ride hy Schef fe|. heat Nava.io b] a head in the foiirih. The winner outran the other* to the turn and never lost an lack of greaad for the remainder of the race. Meado worth, tin- favorite, which fraished third. covered nach more ground than either of the first two. K. i; Chesbraagh, general agent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad of Atlanta. Oa., headed a large party ..f tear lata which risited the track this after noon. The visitors arrived on the Fmpre*s of Kritaia, Ihe largest steamer that ever docked at Havana. They will depart and resaaae their jearaey on Tharsdar. A large party of officials of the National City Bank of Sew York and other financier* who have I.e. n visitiag the ea*ieru pail of Cuba. letutned thi* no. riling and were giie*t* of the clubhouse tin* after i ii. in. luded iii Mi.- party were . R. Mitchell, F P Swan*. .n. Perry Rockefeller, B. Carey, 1.. Olweli. W. B. Brady It. I. Iarnh.iiu B. Reatsrhler, Col. .. K De. . *. ii C. Lakla, Plerpeal Davis and W I.. Cummins T. D. J.-nkiii* of the Belgian mi**ion. which baa beea viriiiinr varioaa ••: the Letts -Aster lea a reaa Hie* for the purpose of arranging more rerdts relation* betweea the different oountrie* in tie-westers hemisphere, wa* eatertaiaed at ihe raee track during the afiernoon. «
