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ORIENTAL PARK MEETING OF 1923-1924 ENDS ONE HUNDRED TWO DAYS RACING Successful in Every Way Greatly Exceeding Expectations of Management Bumper Crowd Present Sunday to View the Program and Bid Farewell to the Thoroughbreds HAVANA, Cuba, March 23. With the running of todays program the racing curtain for the season of 1923-1924 at Oriental Park was run down. The club has enjoyed a most profitable meeting and its success exceeded the fondest expectations of the management The average attendance showed a decided increase over previous years and the amount of money wagered was also larger than last year. The racing also showed a big improvement, both as regards class of horses and quality of sport. General manager Frank J. Bruen and George Grant will remain over a couple of weeks and wind up the affairs of the meeting. James F. Milton will also delay his departure until andiu.u nurses nuvo ueeii smiipeu uiiutw iu mc United States. Starter Milton, by the way, has done some excellent work at the barrier during the meeting, as did also Lester Dean, who relieved him for a few weeks when Milton was called back to the United States on business. Edward Burke, who supervised booking operations at the course, a!so handled his most difficult position in able manner. Mr. Burke leaves for Havre de Grace Monday to arrange details for that meeting. Next year the management expects greater things in a racing way for Oriental Park. Their plans will be announced some time during the summer. J. A. Parsons, A. S. Eastman and the Florida Stable head the list of winning owners at the meeting, while A. Pickens and J. Callahan are the leading jockeys. Jockey O. Pernia, the clever young Cuban, who was developed at Oriental Park, joins the J. K. L. Ross establishment. A tremendous crowd was present at Oriental Park today to see the final days sport and bid farewell to the thoroughbred. The Adios Handicap, run as the seventh race, was the principal attraction of the closing program and Dorothy Buckner furnished a surprise in it when she led home the speedy Marionette and Right on Time, the latter pair being the first and second choices respectively. The winner was close up from the start, wrested the lead from Marionette entering the stretch and gamely held it to the end, although the Monalian horse made a desperate attempt to regain it. Right on Time lost ground by going wide entering the stretch, eliminating him as a serious factor. EASY FOIt BAItNLEY. Darnley came from behind in the stretch in the fifth and, finishing fast, easily disposed of his opponents in the last eighth to win going .away. Brothers made his run too soon with Johnny OConnell and when the real issue came he had nothing left and was tiring. Dawson put up a bungling ride on Hillman C. in the sixth race. He went to the front when the start came, drew away into a long lead, then took Hillman C. back after going a half mile. In the stretch run Dawson went down to the inside, where the going was lumpy and rough. H. Callahan picked the middle of the track with Flying Prince, where the footing was firmer and in the final drive the latter came again and, wearing the leader down, got up to beat the leader a half length. Illustrator was an easy winner of the first race. Coming from behind in the stretch, Illustrator won going away at the end from the pacemaker Happy Go Lucky. The latter just lasted long enough to beat Minnie Mack by a nose for second place. In the second race Foul Weather had made all the pace and in a desperate drive just lasted long enough to beat Dustman by a nose. The winner had live lengths lead entering the homestretch and tired badly in the last eighth. Whirlwind, which has proved a disappointment in his races here all winter, looked to be in a soft spot in the third race, for which he was an odds-on favorite. He again failed and was beaten by Mike, an outsider, which came from behind in the stretch run and, in a driving finish, got up in time to beat the favorite by a head. Whirlwind drew away into a commanding lead rounding the far turn, but tired badly in the last eighth. Sun Brae and Auntie Millin raced like a team into the homestretch in the fourth race and in the final eighth Sun Brae drew away easily and won by two lengths and a half. Auntie Millin was driving hard to last long enough to beat Scissors by a head.
