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NO PERHAPS ABOUT IT Luke McLuke Gelding Belies His Name in Competition Scores His Sixth Victory of Ha ¬ vana Meeting Before Largest Crowd of This Winter HAVANA Cuba January 2S Perhaps the Luke McLuke gelding which races un ¬ der the colors of B B Rice won his sixtli victory of this meeting when he beat a band of sprinters in the Mystic Shrine Handicap at Oriental Park this afternoon He was ridden by T Burns and rated off the pace until straightened out in the homestretch where he wore down the leaders and at the finish won going away under a mild drive In his last six starts Perhaps has finished first in five and ran second to Cromwell in a mile and fifty yards which was run in 1 42 Like Belle of Elizabethtown this horse has improved wonderfully since coming to Cuba and is easily the most consistent racer at the meeting meetingTodays Todays attendance was the largest that has witnessed the sport here this winter Many tourists were among the vast throng which was present the clubhouse contingent being particularly large largeGeorge George AV with T Burns in the saddle defeated a poor band of racers in the opener when he came from behind in the stretch winning in a driving finish by half a length from Indian Chant Burns also rode the winner of the second when he landed Mary Maxim a scant length in front of Mary Mal lon Mary Maxim made all the pace but was under quarterThe pressure all through the last quarter The third fell to Old Pop an outsider which came from a long way back to get up in the final strides and beat AVhippoorwill by half a length Brunner saved ground with the winner entering the homestretch and finished next to the inner rail Old Pop 1 paid a return of 5030 in the mutuels mutuelsROSEATE ROSEATE EASY AVOXER AVOXERRoseate Roseate was an easy winner in the fifth Merimee rated her to the stretch turn and she shook off her opponents in the final eighth to win by six lengths from the tiring pacemaker Assumption AssumptionOllie Ollie Palmer and Corey proved the win ¬ ning combination in the sixth Corey waited until well around the far turn before making his move He then worked his way up on the outside and in the final eighth easily held Coscorron safe safeJockey Jockey G AVilliams was suspended for twenty days by the stewards for rough rid ¬ ing on Chile in the second race on Saturday SaturdayJames James Sutton McCandles of Honolulu Hawaii potentate of the Mystic Shrine of North America was a visitor at Oriental Park clubhouse this afternoon He was ac ¬ companied by Mrs McCandles and John Mc Gilvray past potentate of San Francisco the latter accompanied by his wife They had as an escort to the clubhouse Mr R H Johnston Robert Hollingsworth and Mr AV J Mills of the Mystic Shrine in Cuba Mrs W J Mills was also a member of ths party as was Mrs E F OBrien OBrienAmong Among others who visited the clubhouse during the afternoon were AAilliam Barnes the republican leader from New York State who was accompanied by his bride bride3IANY 3IANY AMERICAN TOURISTS TOURISTSRecently Recently arrived American tourists who watched the races today numbered among them Mr and Mrs B Edwards of Hartford Conn Mr and Mrs A AV Parry of Tampa Fla Mr and Mrs James P Kennedy of Detroit Mich Mr and Mrs Peter Evans of Dallas Tex Mr and Mrs S Ashin of Houston Tex Mr and Mrs J AV Singer of St Louis and Mr and Mrs J A Slattery of Philadelphia PhiladelphiaMrs Mrs B Finnegan wife of the wellknown trainer of the Kncbelkamp stable arrived here from her home at Louisville Ky KyGeneral General Enoch Crowder representative in Cuba of President Harding was among to ¬ days guests guestsFormer Former President Mario G Menocal enter ¬ tained a party of friends at the clubhouse during the afternoon afternoonT T F Murphy and Charles Hand the two wellknown racing men arrived here from New York for an extended visit visitFair Fair and AVarmer came out of her last race in such bad condition that she will not be able to race again for a month or more moreMr Mr C Travers and chief of police Availing of Long Branch N J were among Satur ¬ days arrivals arrivalsJockey Jockey Lancet who received a bad fall when thrown from a horse in a race Tues ¬ day was able to be at tfie track for the first time since the accident Iron Cross II the sire of Quail the winner of the baby race Saturday was raced in Cuba five or six years ago by Captain Press
