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LAST DAY AT HAVANA Oriental Park Meeting Comes To End Today Saturdays Racing Interesting Stonewall Beats Col Chile Easy for American Eagle HAVAXA Cuba March 21 With only one more day cf the present meeting remaining a big crowd was on hand at Oriental Park to witness Saturdays program programStonewall Stonewall scored the second successive vic ¬ tory for S Miodow when he won the fourth race today The conditions for this contest called for a dash of threequarters the distance which heretofore had been consider ¬ ably too short for Stonewall The latter rid ¬ den by Seheffel came from last place at the finish and won going away by little over a length from the favorite Col Chile Stone ¬ wall was claimed a couple of weeks ago by his present owner and has improved won ¬ derfully since changing trainers Cuba En canto was the one to make the pace and led to the stretch turn where Col Chile moved up on the outside Jjut while making the turn wont wide Tnd Stonewall slipped through next to the inside rail railMemphis Memphis made a runaway affair of the third race Walls who had the mount took him over to the inside rail soon after the start and saved ground for the remainder of the way and in a driving finish beat San Diego by half a length lengthSHINGLE SHINGLE SHACK GRADUATES GRADUATESShingle Shingle Shack which races under the col ¬ ors of his Xew York trainer I Garson stag ¬ gered home in front of a band of nonwin ¬ ners at this meeting when he beat After Might by a head in the fifth race The winner went to the front after being straight ¬ ened on the backstretch and shook off Jose ¬ phine K rounding the far turn At the end he was driven to the limit to outlast After Night NightAmerican American Eagle outclassed the others in the opening dash fcr which he was a 1 to 2 favorite Taylor sent him to the front after he had gone a quarter and the remainder of the contest kept increasing his advantage until he had seven lengths to spare at tlie finish ISloomington was second a length in front of Smite E II Hills Canso refused to start when the barrier was sprung so was left at the post postJockey Jockey W Taylor rode his second winner of the afternoon when he landed Charles Whitney in front in the second race The McGee colt made all the pace and had three lengths margin over Midday at the finish The latter began slowly and made up a lot of ground in the first quarter but tired when the final test came and had to be ridden out to beat Happy Moments by a length lengthMr Mr Thomas Monahan W E Sales and Vic ¬ tor Shaumburg left this morning on the steamer Orizaba for Xew York Captain OKeefe the popular commander of the Ori ¬ zaba is a personal friend of Mr Monahan MonahanPeter Peter McDonald a ticket writer Tor one of the books here departed for his home In New York to be at the bedside of his father who is seriously ill Mr McDonald had the misfortune to lose his mother about a year ago agoGENEHAL GENEHAL EXODUS NEXT WEEK WEEKFollowing Following the close of the meeting Sunday there will be a general exodus of horsemen race followers and officials The departures will begin on Monday when a large number will be on their way to other spots The Key West boat on that day will be crowded to the limit with racing folk on their way to northern points pointsB B Mock sold the sevenyearold gelding Le Balafrc to T Broshears for a private consideration considerationII II D Brown who has been visiting here for several weeks will not leave for his northern California home until about a week after the meeting closes He has been unsuccessful in his quest here for a couple of suitable mares for breeding to Faro at Mount Shasta City CityPresiding Presiding steward John Hachmcister will leave Wednesday for a vacation at Xaples 1la 1laJudgo Judgo C II Landsdale will remain here for several weeks before proceeding to Cincinnati CincinnatiJudge Judge Dillon leaves without delay for his home in Covington Ky Clerk of the scales J S Wallace leaves for his home at Lexing ¬ ton Ky Monday and racing secretary M Nathanson will delay his departure until Saturday before proceeding to Chicago ChicagoHal Hal Stevens the popular caterer will leave with his crew for Xew York on Wednesday night He will be in charge of the catering at the Bowie meeting meetingJudge Judge W W Lyles wilj leave here on Tues ¬ day for a visit to relatives at Nashville Tenn Tenn1L 1L J Kennedy acting for the Kentmere Farms traded the threeyearold gelding Midday to C Spraguc for the threeyearold filly Jean F The latter will be shipped to Continued on twelfth paje LAST DAY AT HAVANA Continued from first page Gilpins farnr at Boyce Aa for use as a brood mare mareEdward Edward Burke who has done such good work here this winter as steward and ring manager will leave for Havre de Grace Mon ¬ day morning where he goes to arrang for the opening of that meeting James Milton the starter also leaves Tuesday for Balti ¬ more moreMembers Members of the Florida State Bar Associa ¬ tion who are visiting Havana after holding their annual convention at Miami Fla were guests of the jockey club this afternoon In ¬ cluded were many of Floridas legal talent talentAbout About one hundred members of the Miami Motor Club which organization embraces the leading business men of the southern Florida metropolis and who are in Havana on a pleasure trip were conspicuous in the grandstand and betting ring The party Avill remain until Monday MondayC C H Walsh treasurer of the Rock Island Railroad accompanied by his wife were in ¬ cluded in the clubhouse visitors visitorsH H J Gallagher railroad attorney of New York with Mrs Gallagher enjoyed the races today
