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H.P.WHITNEYS CHERRY TREE Broomstick Colt Qualifies Handsomely for Rich Cuban Derby. ■ i Favorite Backers Reap Harvest — Penman Rides Two Winners — Many Going to Jacksonville. HAVANA. Cuba. Mm ill I.— Hatty Payne Whitneys Broomstick colt Cherry Twit. qualified hand soinely for the I uh in Perty when he defeated I good band of Derby lllglMlH when In- fM the fourth race this afternoon. Cherry Tree, ridden by M. Bather, followed the leaders until well around the f»r turn, where his rider sent him through to the inside and iu the final eighth took the lead. shaking off his opponents and winning goiig m| by a length and a quarter from Col Chile, with Leghorn in third place. The winner was making his first appearance in almost a month and. during the letup has taken on weight. Penman will have the mount on Chatty Tree when lie goes in the Derby. The backers of favorites napai a harvest this afternoon, the majority of the races being won by first choice*. Racing conditions were perfect and a fair-sized crowd turned out to witness the sport. In the opening dash the favorite. Reliability, made all the pace and was never headed. Despite the fact that War Map stumbled as the barrier was spiling in the second he managed to gel away in front, set the pace and win as his rider pleased. 1enraan had two winning mounts, riding the winner of the first and third races ou War Map and Hnil Man. The announce incut that an eight-day race meeting will Ik- held at Jacksonville immediately following the close of Oriental Iark has been received with much enthusiasm by horsemen. A number have promised to stop off at the Florida city to race. H. 1. Davis is looking after the shipments. The following have promised to seud horses: 0. Price, Col. De Estrampes, Dee Hammond. J. Hammond. J. Hcdri.k. .1. Kindle. It. .1. McDonald. W. It. toss. W. M Means. p.lair Mock. 11. B. Davis. Jt. JL Westmoreland, 1. Raymond. W. St. Clair, W. Hughes. C. Clark. H. W. Plan!. R. N. Nel-.m. M. Daly. T. Cunmiings. t;. B. Ridge. L. Crist. 11. Hevdel, O. L. Foster, K. Fenchter. C. Leydooker. B. W. Major. C. C. Ruriingrinic. C K. Middloton. S. .1. McNeil, II. J. Kennedy and I. W. Pringle. The following jockeys will also be seen with the colors, up at the meeting: Prible. Hunt. Cory. K.-l-Huy. Maiben. Chalmers. Marttawtjr, Baraer, Connors. Kindle. Boyle. MeBrkle, McCorkle. Kuiallwood and U. Hloue. M. Seif.-rt purchased from N. K. Moody at private sale the plater Waterford. When Triumphant bore out at the half-mile pes* in his lust start Frank Rector called out that anyone could have him fat Slim and S. T. Baxter, who was standing next to him. bought the horse at the above-mentioned price. T. .1. Brown has arranged to breed the mare Miss J os ho to P.lack Thong. Rope.- Milton has taken owr the management of t Ik- Onayable BaeeB Farm at OaarabJt Province. Havana, and will remain here all summer. He baa already signed up for the summer about fifty horses at the farm. INTEREST IN SUNDAYS BIG RACE. Coincident with the announcement this afternoon of weights to be tarried bj eligible* in the * 13. 000 government endowed Gtaad Prize of Cuba Handicap, which will be run next Sunday, there eaaM an in-crMised interesi in the big stake decision which is ■ rousing among hol-emen aud racegoers more gen-tiiue enthusiasm than any stake event decided to date. Trainers of the twenty-rive remaining eligible* ate H"W busily engaged in putting the finishing touches on their charges, and all are confident that they will bare them in pel feci Nadi-tion for the big race. Competition among them i-keener than erer, for the horse luck enough to ■ear* next Sunday will quite naturally place the owm-r at the head of the money winning list. It is believed that there will be at least twelve content ants to fa e starter Milton, and possibly fourteen, which will make the field the largest of any stake so far to be decided T. K. Crist, owner of a stable that participated at the Jefferson Park and Fair C.rounds at New Orleans arrived Monday from that city ami will return there Saturday. Mr. Crist owns the good liuue Incog, the winner of many races at Canada la-t year, and Walnut Hall, whieh need her- last winter under tfee Armonia Stables color--. All told bt has six batan at New Orleans which will be shipped to Howie as soon as the weather North lias moderated. r. F.. hteetaa patthamd traai w. Mteher the four ye. ,1 old Short f.ras- -Ocutlewoman filty Shortys First and will use bet as a brood mare at the Oriental Park Mud. Dr. F. W. she reports that Clum -ey Kate foaled ■ chestnut filly, by Solomon or Sir Edgar at Oriental Park Stock Farm. The filly is the largo, I ever foaled here. Jo-key T. Nolan, one of the veterans of the Kiiddlc. who arrived bete M lay accompanying trainer A. U. Blakely had the mount on I gliorn iu the fourth ran-. a.
