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BRITISH LINER TO FORE . Easily Accounts for Main Race at Oriental Park. Auntie Millin and Castllla Stage Thrilling Finish Other Victories Are Easily Achieved. HAVANA. Cuba, March 20. Todays card at Oriental Park was built around a mile and a sixteenth handicap, which was run as the fifth race. Mrs. J. B. Partridge furnished the winner in British Liner, which made all the pace and beat Diversity by a length-and a half. The latter was a nose in front of Babbling, which in turn beat Ferguson by a head for the short end of the purse. High winds prevailed during the afternoon and fast time was out of the question. Outside of the handicap race ordinary fields went to the post in the different dashes. A If Vezina made a runaway affair of the first race. He drew away into an easy lead in the early stages, but was tiring at the end and had to be ridden out to beat Veronica by a half length. Jack Hill bled and was pulled up. Brother John made a runaway affair in the second race. He went around the others with a rush in the first eighth and was under restraint for the remainder of the way. Busy Bob, after leaving the barrier slowly, closed a big gap, but at the end weakened. The winner beat him by four lengths. Auntie Millin and Castilla staged a thrilling finish in the third race. The pair fought it out from the top of the homestretch and the shortest margin separated them at the finish. It was so close that it took the official placing to decide the winner. Scamper spread-eagled the others in the fourth race. He went to the front before they had gone an eighth and, rounding the far turn, drew away into a long lead. At the end Scamper was five lengths in front of the favorite, Pilades. The latter was a head in front of Clinging Vine. Johnny OConnell, ridden by T. Brothers, was an easy winner of the sixth race. The winner went to the front after the first eighth and at the end was two lengths in front of Hush, which came from" far back and got up in time to beat Jap Muma a nose for the place. Mrs. Arthur Cole is convalescent after an operation for appendicitis last week. Her husband is a well-known racing man and is on the club house staff at Oriental Park. The Rosario Stud, at Matanzos, reports the arrival of a chestnut colt by Happy Go Lucky, from Odelia.
