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EASILY TRIUMPHANT Master Hand Carries W R Coes Colors to Impressive Victory Cock o the Roost and Different Eyes in Most Sensational Fin ¬ ish of Havana Meeting HAVANA Cuba January 10 There was a bit more class to the program at Oriental Park this afternoon the fields in the third and fourth races being made up of the better class of horses racing here hereThe The fourth race the Aero Marine Handi ¬ cap of a mile and fifty yards was the fea ¬ ture and was won by W R Coes Master Hand which simply ran away from his op ¬ ponents at the end winning under much re ¬ straint from Blue Hawk The latter set a terrific pace and drew away into a com ¬ manding lead in the early stages having a fivelength lead rounding the far turn Crom ¬ well was second a length ahead of Master Hand which was kept under restraint Brun ner never made a move until the final eighth where Master Hand went after the leaders with a great burst of speed and after over ¬ taking them easily moved to the front and won in a canter by three lengths The distance a mile and fifty yards was run in 141 The fractional time being 23 46 113 l377s Had Brunner permitted Mas ¬ ter Hand to run at top speed in the last sixteenth he would have undoubtedly hung up a new track record recordSharing Sharing interest with the handicap the third race at threequarters furnished a sensational finish in which Cock o the Roost beat Different Eyes by a nose The two were equal choices and put up a smashing per ¬ formance formanceSUX SUX BRAE SET FAST PACE PACEAway Away to a good start Sun Brae was the pacemaker and the wellbred son of Sun dridge made his opponents run fast to keep close to him Entering the stretch the pace ¬ maker tired and Cock o the Roost assumed command with Different Eyes pressing him hard The latter ran out slightly but fought it out gamely with the leader all through the last eighth and the pair passed the judges separated by inches with the result in doubt until the official placing gave Cock o the Roost the verdict after one of the most thrilling finishes seen at Oriental Park this winter winterAnother Another tight fit came with the running of the fifth race when Mooresque beat Thos F McMahon in the final strides The win ¬ ner came from behind and just got up in time Montperri was a lenght back of the first two and just did stagger a nose in front of Troubler for the short end of the purse purseThe The Marylandbred Our Tellie accounted for the opening dash and thereby graduating from the ranks of the maidens The daugh ¬ ter of Meridian led all the way under hard and energetic riding and though tiring at the end outlasted Newport from the stable of S K Nichols Bantam was third ridden to the limit to hold safe the fastfinishing Polite Polite3IISS 3IISS CALTHA UXEXPECTEDLY UXEXPECTEDLYThe The winner of the second race came from an unexpected quarter when Miss Caltha one of the extreme outsiders in the betting recorded an easy victory She forced the pacemaker Carrie Moore to set a fast pace and after passing her entering the stretch easily drew clear and won by a comfortable margin McLane was third while Ras Run nan and Max Gold the ones moat fancied by the talent followed in the order named never figuring prominently at any stage of the contest contestCharles Charles Elrod received word yesterday that his brother Gene Elrod was married at Cincinnati Ohio on January 4 to Miss Ella Bernard principal of a public school in Cin ¬ cinnati The newlyweds left after the cere ¬ mony for a honeymoon trip to California CaliforniaFor For rough riding on Perhaps in the sixth race on Tuesday jockey T Burns was sus ¬ pended by the stewards for a period of five days daysAbout About one hundred representatives of the New York Life Insurance Company who are visiting Havana were present at Oriental Park this afternoon and were interested spectators of the racing racingT T Brothers suspension for rougli ridinj expired Tuesday and he resumed riding lt only mount being Sun Brae in the third race raceEdward Edward Cebrian the wellknown breeder and owner whose stable is here in charge of John Lowe is due to reach Havana on Friday for an extended visit visitJockey Jockey T Nolan was unable to fill his rid ¬ ing engagements during the afternoon be ¬ cause of a slight attack of Illness IllnessMelyin Melyin was excused by the stewards from starting In the sixth race
