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[ i 1 ■ • I • 1 r • " j i by] j " y Ithree straight for moneys I Consistent Gelding Again Successful at Havana S — Heavily Backed Darnley Wins. HAVANA. Cuba, March -I. E. E. Majors eight ; | year-old Dick Kinnell gelding Money won hi third j j a as straight Tictory at Oriental Park today when lie I j ! triumphed over Wedgwood and Diversity in the j . p:in ipal attraction, a dash of a mile, of I good | , Saturday afternoon piogram. Money has started in ■ six races since the fiist of the year and has won t five of them, finishing second in the other. His con a of sistent racing has gained for him a host of admirers t and today he was the pronounced choice in the :l speculation. He took the lead quickly and held j 1 command all the way. His rider, B. Scheffel. ai- most threw the race away, as he was sitting still iu n ti.e last eighth when Wedfc-wood came with :; great ra-h and just failed to turn defeat into victory. Diversity was riglit at Wedgwoods heels and the 1 Iig crowd, on its feet, was aroused to a high pitch I of eciioil:eitt by the unexpected finish. It The local Rotary Club and iOO visiting members • of the Holary Clubs of the Inited Stntes were the • quests of honor at Oriental Park today. They were ■ entertained in the clubhouse luefore the races. ; Aside from Moneys success in tlio mile race much interest was manifested iu the one mile aud a a sixteenth dash, run as the fifth race. Djrnley was the, medium of heavy backing in this race and a ■ made good, but only after a spirited struggle witn Say When in the last sixteenth. The hitters good performance was a surprise, as he was one of the extreme outsiders in Um l»citing. He made a game " finish and forced Dieyer to the whip to retain his W advantage with Darnley. Hullo heat a band of ordinary ijpi inters in the Jj opening race, a dash of three-quaitcrs of a mile. for which Hatrack. with Penman tip, was an equal favorite with Mike. Hullo started with the leaders :1 and. rounding the far turn, drew away into a two lengths lead, but at the end was tiring and Hunt . hud to ride her out to beat Sir Jack by a scant | length. Penman put up one of his rousing finishes on the Coldblatt racer Reliability in the second race. | which just lasted long enough to stall oft Kauieau. The latter finished fast after a great stretch battle. The pair passed the judges heads apart. Currency started out with his usual brilliant burst of speed in the third race aud in the early stages diew away into a loug lead. He ran the first half in 474.-., but tired in the final sixteenth and Marion ] Holliiis. coming from behind with a rush, got up 1 in the final strides to win by a ueck. The Tuion Club Handicap at a mile and a six- fa— th. with s:i,lKHI added, will provide tile chief i I entertainment at Oriental Park tomorrow. The fol- j j lowing jockeys have the mounts: Sea Piince, A. Pickens: Herron, W. Kelsay: llleanor S.. I. Dreyi-r: rvmahoi, E. Penman: The Eeopard. B. Scheffel; Plus Iltra. J. Heupel. M. .T. OBrien, a former judge of the New York Supreme Court, and his wife and daughter were guests at the clubhouse today. They arrived yesterday fiom Palm Beach with James Butler. . E. Trimble, tiie secretary of the AU-Sar-Beii Exposition of Omaha, arrived this morning from Miami, accompanied by his wife and son. They are guests of William Hondas. The Ak-Sar-Bcn company will give a thirteen day race meetjng at Omaha in the spring from June ;i to June 17. General manager P. J. Erticn announced that commencing Tuesday next seven races will be offered every day until the close of the meeting. Jockey earner, who arrived from New Orleans laM night, will be seen iu the saddle tomorrow. Jockey Yerrat was suspended for ten days for rough riding on Count Boris in the fifth. EiehE was suspended for five days for rough riding on Blazing Fire in the first race. « . — —
