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ERICA FUTURE STAR STARShows Shows High Quality in Accounting for Resolute Handicap Ideal Racing Conditions and Big BigCrowd Crowd at Oriental Park Sirocco by Inches HAVANA Cuba January 13 F C Fris bies Erica showed his heels to a air band of threeyearolds in the Resolute Handicap at Oriental Park this afternoon He stamped himself as a colt of no mean caliber Ulrica ridden by McLaughlin came from behind after beginning slowly and won under re ¬ straint from Turbulent running the three quarters in 1125 which was the fastest time of the afternoon Erica is a fine upstanding colt of great size and substance anil may ba a fair horse Todays race was his second appearance in public and he has won on both occasions occasionsOne One of the largest crowds of the meeting turned out this afternoon exceeding that of most Sundays The crew of the French battleship Joan of Arc were guests of the club clubRacing Racing conditions were ideal with the weather just being warm enough to be pleas ¬ ant while the track was in perfect con ¬ dition ditionANOTHER ANOTHER COE YICTORY YICTORYWild Wild Cat another of the colts that W R Coe sent to Cuba with young Kenneth Kar rick won this afternoon The victory came with the running of the first race a dash of five and a half furlongs in which Wild Cat made all the pace and won under re ¬ straint by a couple of lengths from New ¬ port the latter being ridden by D Prible who is making strenuous efforts to show the saddle form he displayed last winter winterBallynew Ballynew was an easy winner of the sec ¬ ond Taylor sent him to the front after ha had gone a quarter and kept a tight hold on him the remainder of the contest to beat Red by three lengths at the finish finishA A driving finish between Sirocco Rcdmon and Old Sinner featured the third race tho three of them passing tho winning mark aa named in a close bunch Redmon made tha pace until the last sixteenth when he tired tiredSwiftcricket Swiftcricket with McLaughlin in the sad ¬ dle made a runaway of the fifth It was the second victory for the son of the oldtime rider Jimmy Mclaughlin who by the way is official timer at Oriental Park ParkaiAJfY aiAJfY AMERICAN YISITORS YISITORSThe The heavy influx of American tourists was reflected at the local track this afternooa when there were more Americans in attend ¬ ance at the races than on any previous day at this meeting Among the throng wer j many who are making their first visit to Oriental Park All united in their praises o Uio beautiful plant Included in the list of visitors wejreJI r Charles E Daniels of Waukegan 111 Gladys Amtin a former member of tli ropolitan Opera Company R F Neubert f Mankato Minn Mr and Mrs C Barry of i Boston Mr and Mrs H B Wright of Phila ¬ delphia r Harry L Mack of New York H A Martin passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with Mrs Martin and all spent the afternoon at the track trackActing Acting for W F Knebelkamp traincr W B Finnegan sold the fouryearold Suez Nantura gelding Acosta to G E Campbell at private terms The horse has been turned over to Billy Mack to be trained trainedThe The stewards cautioned jockey G Fields after he had roughed it with his mount East View in the third race that repetition of tho offense would cause his suspension suspensionW W F Knebelkamp president of the Louis ¬ ville Baseball Club has arranged to leave Louisville on January 17 for Havana and i will make a protracted stay here
