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FINCASTLE SURPRISES Despised Outsider Captures the George Washington Handicap Fine Weather and Excellent Pro ¬ gram Bring Out Big Crowd Different Eyes a Winner HAVANA Cuba February 22 The Georgo AVashington Handicap which was offered as the principal attraction at Oriental Park this afternoon furnished an upset when Fin castle the extreme outsider in the betting beat Quecreek by a length The winner made all of the pace in the early stages and raced the oddson favorite George Kuffaii into defeat in the stretch run However Fincastle tired near the end and had to be hard ridden to withstand the closing rush oC Quecreek and Sea Prince George Kuffaii was beaten off by eight lengths Sea Prince might have won with a stronger finisher in the saddle than Stutts He brought Sea Prince to the inside in the stretch to finish behind the winner winnerThe The attendance was on a par with the best gatherings which have witnessed the races here all winter Attracted by the warm balmy weather in Cuba the place is simply crowded with tourists and the meeting here promises to wind up in a burst of glory gloryThe The third race fell to Get Em which beat Major Domo by a scant half length The winner made all the pace in the early stages and raced Mary Mallon into defeat Biack stone and Toe the Mark the two choices were always outrun and showed speed at no stage of the contest contestPICKETS PICKETS DESLEItATE FINISH FINISHPickens Pickens rode a desperate finish on Differ ¬ ent Eyes in the fourth and landed this son of The Manager home a winner by a head in front of Col Chile The latter was pounds the best but Grace was not equal to the task when the final test came and at the end Pickens put it all over him Pepper Tea and Mountain Lassie were the early pace ¬ makers but tired badly in the last eighth botli finishing outside the money moneyThe The Sir Edgar colt Liborio came back with another good race when he beat a band of Cubanbred twoyearolds in the opener T Burns had the mount Liborio and Guajiro raced like a team into the homestretch but in the last sixteenth the latter weakened and Liborio drew away to win by three parts of a length Pilades and Claro do Luna began from the outside positions and were never prominent prominentHumpy Humpy and Huntress carried the majority of the wagers made on the second race The former always had a slight call Botli proved disappointments however Humpy beginning slowly and Huntress was left at the post AVhen the barrier was sprung she wheeled as she did in a previous start a few days back Good Enough set the pace and led until the last sixteenth where Sempronia caught him and passing him won going away by a length and a half Good Enough managed to last long enough to beat Humpy by a head for second place placeEXCURSIONISTS EXCURSIONISTS AT KACES KACESA A large number of excursionists from the White Star liner Megantic which arrived at Havana on its second cruise of the season were at the races this afternoon There were many prominent persons in the party who are accompanied by their families The steamer leaves Friday to resume her cruise of the West Indies IndiesMr Mr C Swenson chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank of New York accompanied by Sherman Day also of New York were among the clubhouse guests and were entertained by H K Knapp the jockey club steward and owner of the Oneck Stable who reach Havana from New York on Tuesday TuesdayF F W A Vesper president of the SL Louis Chamber of Commerce has written general manager Frank J Bruen highly compliment ¬ ing him and the Jockey Club for the ex ¬ cellent service which marked the luncheon which was given to the visiting delegation of St Louis business mens organization last Tuesday Mr Vesper declared in his letter that never before had he and his associates been gathered together for luncheon under more artistic surroundings and the menu which was enjoyed could not be excelled anywhere The letter was written aboard the steamer Atenas bound for New Orleans OrleansJockey Jockey Johnny Callahan who has been rid ¬ ing here with considerable success for Ken ¬ neth Karrick will leave for New York on next Monday and en route will stop off at Gallatin Tenn to visit AVilliam Martin his contract employer employerThe The plater Connie Mole has been ordered denied the privileges of the track and grounds for the balance of the meeting Her con ¬ duct has been deemed detrimental to tho best interests of the turf turfValet Valet George Lewis was indefinitely sus ¬ pended and his badge ordered taken from him and he was also denied the privileges of tho track and grounds for intoxication
