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ALL HAIL THE Belle of Elizabethtown Continues on Her Winning Way Scores Her Sisth Triumph of the thePresent Present Meeting Another AnotherBisr Bisr Crowd in Attendance HAVANA Cuba January C Belle ot Elizabethtown the Idol of local racegoers added to her laurels at Oriental Park this afternoon when she scored another smashing victory in the feature race of the program the Palm Tree Handicap a dash of five and a half furlongs Tho Jack Atkin mara shouldered top weight of 122 pounds closely followed the terrific pace set by Dr Hickman to the eighth post where she took the lead from him and shaking off her opponents in the last sixteenth won going away Dr Hickman was second a head in front of George Kuffan KuffanThe The pace was fast from the start tha fractional time being 22 46 and the five and a half furlongs in 1 00 Todays victory was the third successive one for Belle of Elizabethtown and her sixth of the meeting meetingA A large crowd was in attendance this aft ¬ ernoon tho ranks of the regulars being swelled by many tourists who arrived from the States during the past few days daysThe The conditions of todays program wcro made to suit both sprinters and those that fancied longer distances Tha first three races were short dashes and the last three over a mile mileBOCItABYE BOCItABYE HO3IE FIRST FIRSTThe The Rock View filly Rockabye scored he initial threeyearold victory when she ac ¬ counted for the opening dash in which sha was the pronounced choice The winner was ridden by A McLaughlin and he kept her under restraint well into the homestretch where she answered his call and gaining rap ¬ idly was soon on even terms with the lead ¬ ers After a brief struggle she drew clear to win by a length and a half Queen Ma zonia finished with a fine burst of speed that carried her past the pacemaker and sha outgamed Courtier for second place how ¬ ever without threatening the winner winnerTwo Two of the three extreme outsiders in tha betting in the second race finished first and second a head separating Puff Ball and Bobbed Hair at the end of a terrific stretch drive Neither of these horses were given any attention by the speculators each going to the post neglected and quoted at 10 to 1 Ras and McLane were the ones most favored but tho best they could do was to finish third and fourth respectively respectivelyThe The start was a good one and Puff Ball away quickly set a fast pace all the way and though tiring at the finish gamely hung on to outlast Bobbed Hair the latter being a forward contender all tho way and gaining on tho winner with every stride in the last sixteenth sixteenthP P J Miles provided the winner of tha fourth race at a mile and fifty yards in Ashlin which beat Sun Turret by three parts of a length in a driving finish First Sun Turret set the pace then relinquished tha lead to Ashlin but raced close up all the way In fact the pair ran like a team with the result in doubt until the final stride strideJAP JAP 3ITJ3IA AT LAST LASTThere There was much applause for tho game Jan Muma which after many attempts in which he was always in the money finally made good in the fifth race narrowly as his victory was achieved He got up in the lasts tride to earn a neck decision from Swiftcricket after the latter had set tha pace throughout throughoutBlazonry Blazonry made It a double for P J Milej when he scored his second straight success in taking the final race of the afternoon Racing into an easy lead on the last turn ho left no doubt as to the ultimate winner in ¬ creasing his lead and crossing the coveted goal line with his rider easing him up upPending Pending further investigation by the beard of stewards jockeys E H Barnes and G W Corey have been temporarily suspended suspendedFurther Further entry of the horses Marian Wood and Mark Denunzio owned by C L Enyart and trained by G Summa have been or ¬ dered refused by the stewards stewardsFred Fred Barlow arrived from New York Fri ¬ day and was among the visitors Saturday afternoon He was here two years ago agoO O L Foster purchased tho fiveyearold gelding Chevalier irom V B Batista at private terms termsJockey Jockey Gross was suspended for five days for rough riding on Homam in the fifth race raceGeneral General Manager Frank Bruen has mada arrangement to entertain a tremendous crowd at Oriental Park today So many tourists from the States have arrived hero during tho week that the officials of tha CubaAmerican Jockey and Auto Club aro certain that Oriental Park will be taxed to its capacity Sunday to take caro of tho crowd
