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GRITO DE BAIRE DAY National Holiday Befittingly Ob ¬ served at Oriental Park Proceeds of Saturdays Racing Donated to General Gomez Monument Fund J HAVANA Cuba February 24 Havana celebrated Grito de Baire day with much patriotism It is a national holiday in Cuba and the American Jockey Club provided a special program of seven races for the oc ¬ casion with El Grito de Baire Handicap as the feature The conditions of this race called for threeyearolds at threequarters The Kentucky sportsman T E Mueller fur ¬ nished the winner in Wida which beat Tur ¬ bulent by a length and a half halfThere There was an accident while the horses were at the post when Wida let fly with both heels and landed on Groos who had the mount on Susiana The boy was knocked out for the time being and was taken off the horse and the Cuban apprentice boy Per nia was substituted The mishap caused a delay of eleven minutes at the post and when the field was finally sent away Susiana dashed to the front and set a fast pace until making the turn into the homestretch whero Wida moved up with a rush and took com ¬ mand Yerrat was a bit overanxious ii the stretch run and rode AVida out to beat Turbulent a length and a half Margaret Ware was third thirdIn In order to do its part in promoting suit ¬ able recognition of the achievements of tho national heroes and perpetuating their mem ¬ ory the Jockey Club donated the proceeds derived from todays racing at Oriental Park to the fund being collected for the erection of a mnmnent to General Jose Miguel Gomez This action on the part of the Jockey Club was fully appreciated by the loyal Cubans who turned out to view the races in greatly increased numbers making the afternoons attendance one of the largest of the winter Programs were embellished on the front pago with the Cuban flag flagEASY EASY roil CA11IME 3IOOKE 3IOOKECarrie Carrie Moore made a runaway of tho third Groos sent her away in front after the start and rounding the far turn with ¬ stood the determined opposition of Ras which moved up fast at the end Ras tired and bore over toward the inside rail and had to be hard ridden to outlast Port Light LightIt It was a tight fit between Felix M and Bierman in the fifth race the former coming from behind and wearing down the tiring leader just managed to get up in time Bier ¬ man quick to get going beat the others away from the post but was taken under restraint rounding the first turn At tha halfmile post he drew away but entering the homestretch bore out some and lost enough ground to account for his being beaten Guardsman was a tiring third thirdMiss Miss Rankin proved the best in the sixth race Grace did not hurry her and in tho early stages he waited until rounding the far turn before making an effort When called on Miss Rankin moved up fast on the outside in the stretch and outgamed the tiring Short Change ChangeK K AIT YOUVGSTKIl VICTOR VICTORI I H K Knapp New York Jockey Club mem ¬ ber and proprietor of the Oneck Stable had the pleasure of seeing his Jim Gaffney colt The Gaff win his maiden race when he beat a band of threeyearolds in the opening dash of the afternoons program Callahaii was forced to put up a rousing finish to beat Courtier by a small margin The Gaff began slowly but moved up with a rush next to the inside rail and at the eighth post took the lead only to tire at the end and was all out to win Bantam closed a big gap and finished fastest of all and was catching the leader at every stride strideAdvance Advance had to be hard ridden through the homestretch of the second race after racing Whispering into defeat to stand off the challenge of Gratian and Colossus in the final eighth At the end Advance led by a scant length while Gratian just managed to beat Colossus by a nose Okaloosa was well supported on the strength of some good trials but pulled up lame lameJ J S Wallace and Charles A Bergin who are in charge of the entries for Lexington Churchill Downs and Latonia stakes mailed the last entries today which is the last day for making nominations for those stakes stakesJohn John J MoGraw who has been resting hero after his strenuous work of winning another worlds series will soon get back into harness to start the work of whipping the Giants into shape for another arduous campaign He has arranged to leave next week for San Antonia Texas where the Giants will havo their spring training He expects to find Hughie Jennings on the ground sizing up the recruits and ready to relate their quali ¬ fications for major league company Continued ou twelfth page Continued from first page Joseph Spagat of Chicago who just re ¬ turned from a trip to Spain was among todays visitors and was accompanied by E M Hall who is engaged in the construc ¬ tion and equipment business in Chicago ChicagoMr Mr Walter Blaufuss another visitor from Chicago is the author of those two song successes The Isle of Golden Dreams and Your Eyes Have Told Me So which are said to have netted him a fortune fortunePaul Paul Powers received reports of a fast trial that was recently shown at Bennings track by his twoyearold filly Vanity Bag by the French stallion Crimper dam Marie Lydia The latter is a full sister of Ben Hodder HodderEdward Edward T Horley a wellknown florist of New York City arrived for a brief visit He is the guest of Big Bill Edwards EdwardsMrs Mrs Walter Strang of Brooklyn N Y was an arrival today She is here as the guest of i her aunt Mrs Edward Burke of Havre del Grace and Long Beach Mrs Strangs hus ¬ band is well known in Brooklyn as the pro ¬ prietor of chain storage warehouses During her stay in Cuba Mis Strang will be the honor guest at several functions given at the Casino and Jockey Club ClubJ J S Wallace who went home to Lexing ¬ ton Ky to attend the funeral of his mother returned Friday evening and resumed his duties as entry clerk and clerk of the scales During Mr Wallaces absence his duties were ably performed by Charles Henry who1 acts as assistant to racing secretary Nathan 1 son sonWilliam William Big Bill Edwards formerly Prinreton footbal star and holder of a federal position in New York City was a recent ar ¬ rival at Havana and was among todays clubhouse guests
