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ELEANOR S. IN LAST STRIDE • • Scores Great Victory From Herron in Union Club Handicap. ; 1 — » Sparkling Finish Marks Decision of Hotel Almanderez Handicap, ■tj Won by Judge Pryor. HAVANA. Cuba. Mai-h fc— Tln four year-old lTau Mic Tuitbli filly Klcnnor S.. which lost sev- ■i-.il laeea during tin- early part of the meeting through poor riding, came late her own at Oriental Patk this afternoon when she won the Union Club , Handicap, at one mile and :i sixteenth, with M .Tided value of S3.UOO. Bidden by jockey J. Ihcyor in a riucw 111 ■lull finish aba heal Herron by u neck. Herron made the pace to the to]i of the homestretch, where BlIIH S. came from behind with a rdah. The pair fought it out all through the last eighth and Flcanora S. pull in the weights told at tin- end. Tomahoi was third, beaten by a length | and a lr.-il f for second place. The stake had a gross value of .*3.!ti» . the winners MHm being S3. 070. The Hotel Almanderez Handicap, which divided I interest with the Inion Club Handle*], brought out a field of sprinters that excelled any which have . gone to the post at this meeting. The race furnished a rousing contest, in which four of the aewea starters passed the judges in a compact bunch. The winner turned up in Judge Pryor. which beat Jielle of Flizabetlitown by a head. Ararat WM ; third by a nose and a neck in font of Taenia. Aiken fiuished fifth a length away tiring. The winner need ground all the way. It was a de-por-ate struggle all through the homestretch, with the winner in doubt until the final stride. The pace was fast, the fractional time being 33%, the half Hi-V. and thrce-quarfors in 1:13%. The afternoons sjwrrt began with a three -quarters of a mile dash and eleven platers made up the field. Jup Muma and Smiling Through, equal fa-teeltee. The winner turned up in Norma .1.. which I curried the colors of her owner and breeder to an i efisy rtctery, Pickens easing her up at the end after she led all the way by a safe margin. Jap Muma was second after closing a big gap. bet never menacing the winner. Third money fell to While Crown The three-year old Winck gelding W reckless, ■which has been threatening to win for some time, finally made good when he scored in a eeeasnea canter iu the second race. He won by eight length-. The first time starter Natruiu. a four-yea r-ol, I I black colt, by Friar hot* -Nell Oris, was heavily backed as a supposed good thing in this race and I made a good impression, displaying keen speed, tint iKire out rounding the far turn and being forced to a hnrd drive to save second place from the fast doing Mister Jiggs. FOSTER EM3RY A REPEATER. rosier Kmbry ran back to his prerteaa geed race . and beat Harlock in a stubbornly enntc-ted finish i in the third race, at one mile. Harlock led to the . bnjjt sixteenth before giving way to the fast Closing rush of the w Inner. Mack Garner had his first mount since coming ; here when he piloted Ararat in the fifth race for r M. Goldblatt. The Coldapplc Stable sold to the Cuba American , Jockey Club the Grand National Handicap winner • sweep Clean, a five-year-old brown horse by SHeep — Tonawha. It is stipulated in the sale that t lite fane shall only be used for breeding purposes . aftfj be placed at the Oriental Stock Farm. W. It. Cross, an owner of a small stable here, is I able to be out today after being confined to his hollo* by il!ne-s. Jockey J. Hetipel has decided to quit riding : until an ahocss on his chin, which has bothered j him for some time, has thoroughly healed. Tminer I. Cumiuings. who was recently granted a i traiuevs license, saddled Norma J., the winner ol the opening lace today. Cummiugs. when a jockey. Wan indefinitely suspended at Oriental Park four year* ago. "Pile interest of lior-enien and race goc-s is now being focused on the «iri.000 Grand Iriae Cuba Han dieap. a da-h of a mile and one eighth, which will be run nest Sunday. This and the Cuban Derby are the most valuable stakes of the meeting. The lilHIid Prise, like the Cuban Produce Stakes is government subsidized. The event has an added money Millie of 113,000, being donated by an organization knor.n as the Commission Nacional Paral B Foincnto J •Jet Tnrismo. The winner takes SI I.. "00 of the added money and all the enframe and starting fees. Considerable Interest is being manifested in the weight assignments, which are due to be announced on 1 Tuesday. Tiie eligible* comprise General J. M. Gomer. Herron. Blue Wrack. General Menocal. Ora.Tssian. Aiken. Leghorn. Mayor House. Hilly Barton. Dr. Clark. .Ufa Hoy II.. Frank W.. Demos. Sam Frank. Smiling I. ad. Tomahoi. Llewellyn. Lady A-tor. Plus Iltra. The Leopard. Louis A.. Caesar. Osgood. The Pirale and Sea Prince. Another large crowd filled the spacious grandstand today. It was a most reprcsentai ivc gather in; of enthusiastic patioiis of the sport. All Hie private boxes contained their quota of distinguished Cuban citizens. Many American visitors arete al the clubhouse, which was the HIM of a gay and I fashionable throng. L— litn parties prior to the , races and dinner parlies in the twilight h..urs were . in vogue. Conspicuous among Ihe guests at the club were members of the Inited States Army Pat* learn, which is here from Camp I»i x..n to play a aeriea ; of games with the Cuban team The parly com ]. rises Col. W Douglas Young. Major P. J. Holl.y. Major K. Fugle. Captain W. It. Alexander, Cantata i i.S. Toole and A. L. Young. The latter was , accompanied bj his wife. The army men are enthusiastic lovers of tin- thor Highbred horse and. like tl ajority of army officers, are of the ■ belief that tin- thoroughbred type of hois,- is the • best for ornalry mounts. They all express., | ana nafna at the magnitude of the beauly ..f Oriental Park, of which they had no idea prior Iu their coining. Among other visitors was a party of prominent American railroad officials hen- on a brief visit. They included Joseph F. Murphy. ;;eueral manager I , . ; i , ■ • of the Missouri Pacific, t1io alee anal accompanied by his wife: Garland Tn baa, general agent of the Missouri Pacific; F. V. Hirtlaud. freight traffic manager of tl- Florida Kasl Coast, and H. K. Hawkings. claim agent of the *amc i-ompany. Eberhard Pabei. the famous maker of pencils. , couipauied by his wife and Miss ISosm,- Helm, en- Jegred the race* from the rrehheeee baleaeur. Mr. and .Mr-. H. P. Denny of Minneapolis were al-o among todays visitors. They will remain until the end of the meeting. Mr. Deuney is a retired api- tallel and a keen devotee of racing. Kugene Klapp. a prominent civil engineer of New York, accompanied by his wife, arrived Satur day and were among the a ft-rnoons visitors. He ;s in Havana for the purpose of sii| eriitending the construction of new docks. Included in the lisi of local men ol" affaira who were clubhouse patrons today were: Frank Steiu hart. J. Z. Porter, I., ijuesuda. American raaiaai general Carlton Hurst. British consul general II. .g Bald, ambas-adoi Y l.oiizale-. Si nor A. Diaz and Spanish cousul J. B. Dc Dalmau.
