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FIVE STRAIGHT WINS Marionette Scores Another Vic ¬ tory at Oriental Park Sirocco Beats Redmon in Corking CorkingFinish Finish Immense Crowd in inAttendance Attendance HAVANA Cuba December 31 Marion ¬ ette the goodlooking daughter of Olam bala racing for Thomas Monahan here this winter scored her fifth straight victory of the meeting when she won the third race at Oriental Park this afternoon Marionette was the oddson favorite and ridden by Ambrose made all the pace winning with a bit to spare by a length from Lorena Mar cellia Marionette ran the first half in 47 the fiveeighths in 100 100An An immense crowd turned out to witness the sport It was an ideal afternoon for racing and some stirring contests were wit ¬ nessed nessedIn In the opener Puff Ball beat the favorite Win or Quit by a neck The winner maUe all the pace but tired at the end and Walls was forced to put up a desperate finish on the Canadianbred racer to get him to last long enough enoughMcLane McLane after beginning rather slowly gradually wore down the leaders in the sec ¬ ond after ahard drive and just beatYalenv tine dOr by a neck The favorite Koran was third but a head away The latter was pos ¬ sibly best but when it came to the finish the diminutive rider was unable to do his mount justice justiceSirocco Sirocco under a good ride managed to beat Redmon by three parts of a length in the fourth race Redmon furnished keen contention but Pickens nursed Sirocco along in front The latter responded with a good game effort in the final eighth Carrie Moore the one that had been looked for to furnish serious contention ran a dull race raceAfter After several attempts Awning finally made good when he beat an ordinary band of platers in the fifth race a dash of a mile Awning outran the others from the start opened a commanding lead in the first quar ¬ ter but had to be hard ridden in the stretch to beat Dairyman by a length Dairyman was half a length in front of the fast closing Miss Rankin which gained ground steadily after a slow beginning and finished fast fastTWO TWO LEFT AT POST POSTWhen When starter Milton sprung the barrier in the final race the field was lined up straight but Harlock whirled around bump ¬ ing Lucy Kate and both were left The win ¬ ner turned up in Tony Beau which followed the pacemaker Riverside to the stretch turn where he drew away without much of an effort effortThe The stewards have modified the suspension imposed upon jockey R McDermott and will permit the boy to resume riding on Monday afternoon afternoonE E E Major introduced a new apprentice rider this afternoon in the person of the diminutive A Erb who had his first mount when he piloted Twenty Seven in the open ¬ ing dash dashThe The injury which jockey G Williams re ¬ ceived to his left foot in a race a few days ago bothered him so much that he found it advisable to cancel his riding engagements for the day dayToney Toney Rogers employed by Hal Stevens at the Oriental Park clubhouse last year ar ¬ rived Saturday from New York and suc ¬ ceeded Billy Delaney one of Mr Stevens assistants at the grandstand restaurant De laney has arranged to return to New York on Tuesday TuesdayJoe Joe Hohnhorst who also has been render ¬ ing Mr Stevens valuable service since the opening day leaves for the North the latter part of the week weekE E Ambrose was suspended fifteen days for rough riding ridingYerratt Yerratt whose riding has been confined to his stable employer heretofore will now be permitted to accept outside mounts
