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I s t I v n u t v t t 0 i 0 j r j 3 j i , , , j 3 , j , . , . 1 ! DIFFICULT HAVANA GOING Little Improvement, if Any, Noted at Oriental Park. Seastake Fails Badly in Race Won by Moorfield After Hard Battle With Ancestress, v HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 31. Today marked the end of two months of racing at Oriental 1 Park this winter. The officials of the Havana . Jockey Club are hopeful that the re-! j maining days of the meeting, which is sched- j i uled to run to the last Sunday in March, whT i bring more favorable weather than has pre-j j vailed here since the first of the year. The track has been in terrible condition owing to j the frequent rains and this has kept manyi I of the better-class horses in their stables, trainers fearing to take a chance in racing over the difficult going. j While clear skies and summerlike weather, , greeted racegoers today, the track was still in bad condition. Seastake ran well in such going recently and for that reason was installed favorite in the fourth, although Moorfield had also displayed ability to win over a heavy track. The latter made good again, but had no easy time of it. as Ancestress contested every yard of the distance and only failed by a j small margin. Seastake never cut a figure in the running and was last all the way. WINS BY BIG MARGIN. One of the most easily achieved victories of the present meeting came with the running of the opening dash. The lightly weighted Damage, a daughter of Uncle Estimate, simply ran away from her live older opponents and won in a canter by ten lengths. Copyright, the favorite, finished second, tired out trying to catch the flying leader. There was a different story in the second race, although for a time Bengali threatened to duplicate Damages feat Bengali set the pace from the, start and soon had a big advantage over the others. However, when well in the stretch he tired rapidly and had little left when Foy challenged, with the re- 1 J i suit that the latter caught and passed him j J in the last sixteenth, drawing clear in the I last few strides. Blarney Boy, the favorite, I was third after being hard ridden all the way. I I I No mistake was made in supporting Acouchla II. as favorite in the third race, for the son of Irish Lad never left the result in doubt, always holding his opponents without seriously being menaced at any stage of the1 contest. Rey Ennis, second choice in the I I betting, closed a big gap to finish second atier a hot battle with Jack Hill, which also made up ground rapidly at the end, beginning slowly.
