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HAVANA SPORT GOOD Long Distance Racing Is Featured Featuredat at Oriental Park Darnley and Jno R Roche Victors Victorsin in Mile and a Quarter Races Dr Shafer Easily HAVANA Cuba March 21 Long distance racing was featured at Oriental Park this afternoon and horses who favored going over a long route of ground were given an oppor ¬ tunity of showing their merit Two of the races were at a mile and a quarter and two at a mile and fifty yards The mile and a quarter races were in the nature of public trials for the two miles and a sixteenth race that will be featured on the closing day of the meeting There were eight starters in both of the mile and a quarter dashes Both furnished interesting contests Darnley proved the best in the fourth He was rid ¬ den by Clements and came from behind at the top of the stretch and at the end beat Coscorron by a half length He was heavily backed and went to the post an even money favorite Bounce and Duke of Wellington were the pacemakers the first mile but quit in the homestretch and both failed to finish among the first three threeJno Jno R Roche was favorite for the second division of the mile and a quarter race and proved the winner over J Alfred Clark Tay ¬ lor rated him off the leaders until well around the far turn when he moved up with a rush on the outside and entering the homestretch drew away into a long lead and at the finish was under restraint two and a half lengths in front of the fast finishing J Alfred Clark The latter runs as though he could go all day and should be a keen factor in Sundays feature race raceKLNETIC KLNETIC BY INCHES INCHESThe The first race furnished a desperate finish between Kinetic and Shifty in which the former lasted just long enough to win by the smallest of margins It was a tight fit between the pair and the result was in doubt until the official placing was displayed Kine ¬ tic made all the pace while Shifty came from behind Walter Whitaker pulled up quito lame lameMiss Miss Mazie came from behind in the sec ¬ ond race and won going away by threo lengths from the favorite Different Eyes The latter followed the pace closely to the stretch turn where he went wide and lost much ground At the end lie tired and was hard ridden to outlast Miss Caltha CalthaDr Dr Shafer made an exhibition of his op ¬ ponents in the third race Banks rated be ¬ hind the pacemaker until well around the far turn where he went to the front with a rush and from there to the finish kept on in ¬ creasing his advantage until he had eight lengths lead over Haran passing the winning mark Ray Atkin was third another length and a half away and a neck in front of the poorly ridden Puzzle PuzzleArthur Arthur Cile an employe of the betting ring left hurriedly this afternoon by aero ¬ plane for his home in Cincinnati on receipt of the news of the sudden death of his five yearold son sonBUYS BUYS TWO MAKES MAKESII II J Kennedy acting for Kenneth Gilpin has purchased the mare Miss Hope by Bal ¬ lot from a Star Shoot mare and Thistle bloom by Olambala Madchen the dam of Thunderclap He will ship the pair to Mr Gilpins Kentmere Farm at Boyce Va where they will be bred to one of Mr Gilpins staL lions lionsJ J N Wadsworth of Geneseo N Y senior United States senator from New York State accompanied by Mrs Wadsworlh arrived in Havana Tuesday and was a clubhouse guest this afternoon afternoonFrank Frank P Cheesman a prominent manu ¬ facturer of Brooklyn was among the Visitors today todayW W J Daly one of the leading trainers here suflerca painful burns on his face and hands when an alcohol stove exploed at his home in Marainao this morning His in ¬ juries will keep him away from the track for several days His brother Larry saddled Coscorron and Cromwell for him this aft ¬ ernoon ernoonE E E Major claimed Different Eyes for 1200 1200R R L Rites has severed his connection as trainer for S Miodow and has arranged to train a stable for a couple of local sports ¬ men who have commissioned him to pur ¬ chase six horses horsesG G AVilliams was suspended sixty days for using insulting language to officials officialsJockey Jockey A Pickens who has been riding here all winter tieparted Monday for his home in Cincinnati CincinnatiAmong Among the arrivals today was Tony Ma ¬ rino the wellknown sporting man of Akron O who is here on his annual visit to Cuba He will remain for the remainder of the meeting
