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j , j . LATEST HAVANA GOSSIP . Frank Steinhart to Have Larger Stable for Coming Meeting. Old Cromwell Ready for Another Winter Campaign Litlc Hope for Recovery of the Horse Wickford. HAVANA, Cuba, November IS. Frank Steinhart, well-known Havana capitalist and sportsman, whose colors last year were carried successfully by a small but select band of two-year-olds of Cuban breeding, will be represented at Oriental Park the coming meeting by a somewhat more extensive stable, which, as in former years, will be handled by trainer Wade Brown. All of the horses in the Steinhart barn are, with one exception, Cuban bred, and, singularly, all are by the successful stallion Solomon. Most of the horses are two-year-olds. The chief ones are Frank S., a winner of the first part of the Cuban Produce Stakes of 1922 ; Havana Electric, which ran second in the same stake ; Joe V. and Babe Alice. The stable has a yearling that is a sister to Babe Alice. The only old horse in the stable is Frank Keogh, a seven-year-old gelding by Ben Tro-vato Mahala. In addition to the above Wade Brown is handling the six-year-old Misericorde for C. J. Harrah, and a yearling filly by Solomon Commauretta, which is the property of H. D. Brown, and will race in the name of the El Morro Stable. Frank J. Stevens has arrived here with the horses belonging to Tom Doyle, which he raced with a good measure of success at Maple Heights and other tracks in various states. Mumbo Jumbo, the hero of many a hard-fought battle and now nearly nine years old, is among the horses in the stable, and this veteran appears to be as good as ever. Among tho other horses in the stable are The Enquirer, Elmont and Ferrum, The latter a three-year-old by Ferole Mill Maid. Elmont is the only one on the ailing list and he will not be ready to start for at least a month. Cromwell, the six-year-old black horse that two years ago proved to be one of fhc best in the handicap division at Oriental Park and which won last years New Years Handicap, will be seen under colors the coming meeting, and according to reports he is in good condition and ready to duplicate his past successes in Cuba. He is in the stable that E. L. Utterback is handling for M. V. Daly. The other horses in the Daly stable are Bierman and Frascuelo, both good winners last year; Califa, Coscorron, Forewarn and a couple of yearlings. Wickford and Sun Brae, two of the horses in the stable of W. A. McKinney, were on the ailing list when they arrived here en the Latonia special. Sun Brae has only a slight attack of illness, but Wickford is said to be Continued on second page. LATEST HAVANA GOSSIP Continued from first page. in a serious condition and not mucn hope is entertained for his recovery. "Wickford is a six-year-old son of Free Lance and was bought by his present owner at the Carl Weidemann weeding out sale held at La-tonia the last week of the meeting There. U. J. Hak has under his care five horses belonging to H. E. Swan, the well-known Havana business man and sportsman, whose colors have for the last five years been carried at Oriental Park during the winter and on tho Kentucky tracks during the spring and autumn meetings. Three of the horses Sea Prince, Duke of Wellington and Don Pepe recently arrived on the special train from Latonia. Upon his arrival trainer Hak assumed , charge of a couple of fine-looking yearlings that will be raced in the Swan colors after January 1. The youngsters are both Cuban-bred and both sired by Solomon. One has been appropriately named Solomons Favor, being from the mare Fortunes Favcr. The other is from Wild Thyme and has been given the less appropriate name of Cua-jiroy. Sea Prince, the star of the stable, won the Havana Electric Light and Power Handicap at Oriental Park last February. He also won the last race on the closing : day of the recent Latonia meeting. Don Pepe, now a three-year-old, won the second part of the Cuba Produce Stakes of 1921. J. F. Hynes will be making his first adventure in Cuban racing during the coming meeting. He is here with a fairly good stable that includes Lady Heart, Chief Sponsor, Primo, Puff Ball, SL Paul and Ultimata. Harry Herdel, whose colors have been familiar on the Oriental Park course for a , number of years, is back with a stable o five horses, including Koran, Superior, Little ! Black Sheep, Walk Up and Fair Virginia.
