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HAVANAS POOR CARD All but One Race Run at Short Sprinting Distances. Principal Contest to Captain Adams, With Fincastle Threatening to Duplicate Eecent Feat. HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 15. The usual Friday program was offered at Oriental Park, all the races but the fifth being at short distances. The fifth was at a mile and a sixteenth and Fincastle nearly duplicated his feat of a recent date when he almost nipped the leader in the last few strides. Captain Adams was the winner, but his success was narrowly achieved, as Fincastle closed an immense gap and was gaining with every stride. Captain Adams had raced Cautious into defeat and appeared all over an easy winner until Fincastle, as mentioned above, loomed up threateningly. Jockey J. Callahan figured prominently in todays results. He rode the winners of the second and fourth races and finished second in the third race. In the second Callahan was astride Al-mirante, the favorite, and he kept the Dunlap mare under restraint, while Duly Fashion was setting the pace. When the latter tired Almirante moved to the front and easily drew clear at the end. Finishing with great speed, Legal Tender nosed out the pacemaker for second place. Callahan adopted practically the same tactics on Sligo in the fourth race. lie kept the Leonard three-year-old in a forward position close after the pacemaker and, passing Jack Pot in the last eighth, won by a length. Jack Pot set the pace from the start, but tired when challenged by the eventual winner though he had nothing to fear from the others. On Veneno, in the third race, Callahan rode well, but Ponce, the even money favorite, was unquestionably best and though Veneno followed the leader closely throughout he never had a chance to displace him from the lead. For the inaugural dash of the afternoon a two-year-old race was programmed. There were ten youngsters that answered the bugle, with the A. S. Eastman entry. June Day and Marquesito, the favorite. The winner turned up in Rosita, a daughter of Torchbearer Mary Reardon, which showed the most speed and led all the way. She swerved over to the inside on the far turn, but was never in danger of defeat. June Day, making her debut on the turf, was a forward factor all the way. Jig Time tired near the end after threatening on the turn.
