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GREAT DISPLAY OF SPEED Edgar Allan Poe Defeats Ameri ¬ can Ace in FastRun Race Tarson Stable Scores Double vrith Mannchen Mannchenand and Carrie 3Ioorc Drapery Earns EarnsDecision Decision In Stirring Finish HAVANA Cuba February 21 The Cham ¬ ber of Commerce Handicap a dash of three quarters of a mile was offered as the main attraction at Oriental Park this afternoon and furnished a good contest in which Edgar Allan Poe beat American Ace by a scant length The winner set his opponents a ter ¬ rific pace from the start with American Ace furnishing keen contention Chief Sponsor raced with the leaders until rounding the far turn where he dropped out Taylor on the winner was overanxious in the stretch run repeatedly waving his whip and striking his mount a few times to keep him going to withstand the rush of American Ace It was the latters first start at this meeting and hia performance will undoubtedly help him Chief Sponsor making his first start in a month tired badly and was probably a bit short The winner ran the threequarters in 1 11 the first quarter in 22 and the half in 45 5 5A A stirring finish came with the running of the fourth in which the first four passed the winning mark in a compact bunch Red and Bread Line were the ones to make the pace Both drew away in the backstretch racing like a team Stutts followed them entering the homestretch and moved up next the inside rail with Drapery catching and passing the leaders at the sixteenth post At the end Drapery had to stand a desperate drive to stall off Short Stop which closed full of speed in the middle of the track The finish was so close that the winner was in doubt until the official placing was displayed showing Drapery first and Short Stop second by a neck neckAUSPICIOUS AUSPICIOUS RETTJIIX RETTJIIXG G Williams who made his reappearance in the saddle after a three weeks absence made good the first time asked when ho landed Mannchen winner from the heavily backed Cuba Encanto in the first race Cuba Encanto set a fast pace to the eighth post when he began to tire Mannclieii over ¬ hauled him at the end and got up to beat him by a length in a driving finish Twenty Seven was third three lengths back The latter came from last place on the back stretch and finished going fast fastThe The Parson stable made it a double when Carrie Moore came back after Mannchens victory in the opener beating a good band of platers in the second race Carrie Moore began well assumed an easy lead in the first eighth racing under slight restraint until the final sixteenth when Groos shook her up to stall off the determined challenge of Redmon which finished much gamer than usual Sirocco was fourth Golden Chance beating him out by a head for the short end of the purse purseWednesday Wednesday afternoon marked the attend ¬ ance at the race of quite a large number Continued on twelfth piec GREAT DISPLAY OF SPEED Continued from first page of recently arrived Americans of prominence One party that viewed the races from the clubhouse comprised Mr Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the St Louis PostDispatch B Pulitzer and Mr and Mrs G W Abbot Paul G Saunders general manager of the P and O Steamship Company was host I at the clubhouse to the following Mrs J W Pratt Mr and Mrs E F Fitch Mr and Mrs J H Tucker M Clarkson of Jackson ¬ ville Mr and Mrs Clarence Camp and daughters the Misses Stella Nina and Etta Camp of Ocealo Fla Mr and Mrs N r man Wallace of Daytona Fla FlaDELIGHT DELIGHT ED WITH CUBA CUBAMr Mr Harry McGoodwin Standard Oil man ¬ ager at Louisville and Mr Theodore E Mueller a prominent manufacturer and turf ¬ man from that city arrived in Havana Tues ¬ day They arc staying at the clubhouse during their visit Both are enthusiastic about Cubas delightful climate and loud in their praises of Oriental Park which they declare is without equal anywhere Instead of making a brief visit as they had intended they will stay for an indefinite period Both gentlemen are intimate friends of Judge John Hachmeister HachmeisterCyrus Cyrus Page Curtis the famous publisher publisherarrived arrived on his palatial yacht Cydonia for forhis his annual winter visit to Havana and with a party of friends enjoyed the races this afternoon from the clubhouse veranda verandaMr Mr and Mrs D B Aloe Mr and Airs Lewis P Aloe Mr and Mrs Ben Harris and Mr J S Wolf comprised a party of St Louit folks that were conspicuous at the clubhous this afternoon The Aloes are members of an extensive optical concern bearing ir name nameMr Mr and Mrs M F Cudahy of MilwauKee have arrived and are making their home at the Almandares Hotel HotelMr Mr and Mrs E L Kinsey and Mr and Mrs M P Vandenbosch of Grand Ilapids Mich are here on their first visit to Cuba CubaJoseph Joseph Murphy handicapper and well known race follower arrived today from Miami Fla where he has been visiting for several weeks weeksTony Tony Sue was claimed by E E Major for 1100 1100The The condition of jockey McLaughlin who was injured in the seventh race on Sunday and is confined at the Anglo Saxon Hospital was said to show no improvement improvementAVilliam AVilliam C Baass and Mr and Mrs W Dehler of Louisville Ky arrived from Vera Cruz on their annual visit visitLittle Little Pete Christensen the wellknown turf patron arrived from New Orleans and will remain until the end of the season
