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I IJFAST RACING AT HAVANA i Belle of Elizabethtown Defeats The Boy in i Spirited Contest — Penman Steals a Race. HAVANA. Cuba February F— The Febrero Handicap, . a dash of five aad a half Im longs, which ta~ provided aa ihe main attraetiea at Orieatal 1 Park this afteraoi n. brought out a field of loo. I sprinteis. it furnished aa interesting eeateet, arhea I Belle of Biaaketktaara beat The Boy by three parts 1 of a b-ngth. A well-cir.11l.1ted tip nn Last fJhte ■ breach strong suppot t for that racer, bat be failed ! dtaaaally aad eeakl da ae bene, than finish third. beatea by two leeartb* aad a half far aecaad plaee by The Boy. The winner made all the pace aid ran the first half 111 4ti:v Ideal racing conditions broughi out a large crowd. The weather was warm and th» track lightning fast, ibises which fatnied a longer route were given nppw taaltiea la the lasi three races, all af which were at lis aaces of a mil" or farther. Laatre Braved aa eaay winner in the opening dash. Baade all the pace and won under restrain: by a lengih from Col Chile. in the aeeaad race Taenia, a dtataat follower in the early stages, »as takea ■ the oetahh eateriar the hoaaeetretcl . and, finishiaa; aritb a great baral of apeed, cat ap : ihe brat flftj yarda aad won going away Penman stole the fourth race with Caimito. Iu the early stages li. seal hi m oinn to the from in the racing to the fir-1 turn, then ateadied him when Who Can Tell made aa effort at the top of the Stretch the leader drew away again and was in hand at the finish. Bacchanalian was tiie pacemaker in the fifth, but just failed to last long enough. Gallon-Berry •lipped through next to the inside rail ami got up in the final strides to win by a bead. Wise Man had to -i:.n.l a long haul stretch drive to beat Ma.svl!e by a nose in the sixtil. T. A. Scars, accompanied by his wife, haves Saturday, for Washington. D. . He is the earner of a number of horaea in the stable of Freak Frisbie. M. A. Silvers -old to H. w. Wllkiaa for a private consideration ihe tw o-year-ol.| Sally, a cheat-Bat filly, by Martinet -Chemulpo. Ihe filly is a sister to Natural and l.a Kress. V Hianhy, who rode several ra.es lute during the early part of the meeting, left far Xew Ol bans, where he will spend several day- before continuing his journey to his home in Montreal, where he will rest up until the opening of the Panadiaa racing season John I. IfcGraw, manager of the Giants, arrived in Havana last night and was a visitor at Orieatal Park thi- a ft. 1 noon, where he sraa netted by many frit ads He plans to enjoy the racing here uniii March 1, arhea he will depart for the Giants spring training camp.
