Spectacular Finishes: Mark Fourth and Fifth Races at Havana Thursday.; Bounce Beats Pretty Baby Narrowly--5,000 Sun Turret Triumphs by Inches., Daily Racing Form, 1923-01-12

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SPECTACULAR FINISHES Mark Fourth and Fifth Races at Havana Thursday Bonnce Beats Pretty Baby Nar ¬ rowly 25000 Sun Turret Triumphs by Inches V HAVANA Cuba January 11 Conditions of four of the six races at Oriental Park this afternoon were framed to suit horses which fancied distances longer than the usual short sprinting dashes They were run as the last four races and were at one mile or farther the winners being Legacy Bounce Sun Tur ¬ ret and Favello FavelloThe The most interesting of these contests was the fifth in which four of the eight starters passed the winning mark In a compact bunch The judges awarded the verdict to Sun Turret for which 5250CO was paid as a yearling The son of Sun Star Marion Hood showed the way throughout and game ¬ ly outlasted Lady Rachel by a nose with Misericords and Whippoorwill following1 heads apart apartAnother Another close finish came In the fourth when Bounce got up to wrest the lead from Pretty Baby and score by tho shortest ol margins The latter had sst the pace from the start and with a threelength lead enterr ing the stretch appeared all over the winner when she suddenly tired and gave way right at the end endThe The first two races were at sprinting dis ¬ tances In the opener Titania backed from 15 to 8 to 1 came from behind in the stretch run and got up in the final strides to beat Baby by a head The race was an open affair the shortestpriced horse beiny quoted at 5 to 1 1In In the second race Lady Heart whose re ¬ cent performances have been good defeated the favorite Billy New by a half length The pair fought it out all through the last eighth and Lady Heart proved the gamer of the two twoLEGACY LEGACY BT WIDE MAHGIl MAHGIlLegacy Legacy triumphed over his opponents Iii easy fashion in the third C Taylor sent him to the front at the halfmile post and during the remainder of the journey kept increasing his advantage until he led Harry Glover by five lengths passing the winning post postHacing Hacing secretary Martin Nathanson is framing a special race for threeyearolds to be run next Saturday which is expected to bring into contention a field of the best horses of that age at the local track Tho race will be at threequarters and for a purse of 900 Among the probable horses that will accept weights are Marionette Mr Mona i bans unbeaten filly Margaret Ware a triple I winner at this meeting Erica Little Smoke Wida Turbulent French Canadian Mount ¬ ain Lassie Eastern Star and Belle Amie AmieAmong Among the recently arrived tourists who attended the sport were Mr and Mrs M W Lipper of New York City and E M Field Jr of Minneapolis all of whom are guests at the Alamandares Hotel i Eddie Ambrose one of the best jockeys here has been serving a suspension for rough riding and will resume riding tomor ¬ row afternoon afternoonDan Dan Prible a jockey development of Ori ¬ ental Park last year and whose good horse ¬ manship put him close to the top on the winning list of riders at the end of the meet ¬ ing accepted his first mount in a long time when he rode Harold K in the first race today Pribles brilliant saddle career was halted temporarily by an an accident whilo riding in a race at Havre de Grace last


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