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STONEWALL SURPRISES Unexpectedly Carries Off Principal Race at Oriental Park Cromwell Disappoints After Brief BriefDisplay Display of Speed Mumbo MumboJumbo Jumbo Makes Good HAVANA Cuba March 1C The mile and fifty yards of the sixth race was the most pretentious of the ordinary Friday offering at Oriental Park today It provided a good contest though the result was unexpected for the extreme outsider Stonewall furnished a surprise in taking the major portion of the purse purseThe The majority of the spectators considered this race a test of speed and stamina be ¬ tween Cromwell and The Roll Call The veteran Cromwell flattered his admirers by dashing away into the lead and setting his rivals a sizzling pace However the Daly campaigner is not the consistent racer of olu and after reaching the stretch was done for and gave way to his younger opponents opponentsThe The Roll Call was always in closest pur ¬ suit of the pacemaker and when Cromwell retired immediately rushed to the front and appeared all over the winner However just as the backers of the Cahill representative were congratulating themselves the unex ¬ pected happened From way back Stonewall had gradually improved his position and en ¬ tering the last eighth was running fastest of all with he result that before the astonisbod spectators could hardly realize it he was in front and at the end had a safe margin The Roll Call being unable to withstand the ter ¬ rific rush that brought victory in the last few yards yardsMumbo Mumbo Jumbo accounted for the initial dash of the afternoon He was the popular choice and being kept in close pursuit of Colossus the pacemaker to the last eighth easily wrested the lead from the latter when called on and drew clear at the end Colos ¬ sus made a wide turn entering the home ¬ stretch and tired when challenged by the winner Crumpsall was an easy third thirdThere There was little to enthuse over in the second race and no great excitement aroused when Charles Whitney a McGee Donno Ma inona colt scored in runaway style He led all the way by a wide margin racing Bob I niter log weary trying to overtake him The latter tired near the end and lost second place in the last strides Midday passing him jist in time to catch the judges eye eyeThe The Cubanbred Solomon colt Cuba En canto with 11 Stutts in the saddle was best in the third race and ran accordingly He r t a fast early pace and after having tired out his opponents won undcra stout pull R dmon was second and Salamander third the pair having a battle royal for second honors the lastmentioned closing an im ¬ mense gap and just failing to overtake the former spcedy sprinter sprinterMary Mary Reigel came back today and ran another sparkling race to carry off the mile of the fourth race She beat Chile by three lengths lengthsTan Tan II was another repeater taking the fifth easily He was favorite and had no serious trouble in triumphing over the cheap band he met
