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OLIVE SABATH EARNS PURSE Chicago -Owned Filly Wins Havanas First Juvenile Race. Defeats Good Band of Fillies in Fast Time Over Drying-Out Track Attendance Falls Off. . HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 5. Two-year-old racing was inaugurated for the year when the first race of the day was for fillies over two furlongs. This event brought out a field of twelve. The winner turned up in Olive Sabath, which races for the Chicago lawyer-sportsman, Al Sabath. The two-year-old was named for his wife. At the end of the race Olive Sabath had a big margin over Newsreel, from the Pinetree Stable, with W. F. Axtons Ezella third. J. W. Frye had the mount on the winner and she left no doubt as to her superiority. The battle for second place portion of the purse was a spirited one and. in the final strides Enspr got Newsreel home a matter of inches before Ezella. There was little delay at the post and the youngsters were well behaved. Starter Welter caught his field in alignment and released the webbing. As he did so Miss Howee bolted and swerved suddenly to the outside, bumping Propitious and Flying Vote. Cornelia Clara raced quickly into her stride and showed the way in the early stages, but Frye had brought Olive Sabath up on the outside, with News-reel next. The winner assumed command near the final furlong post and then drew clear at the end, winning with speed in reserve. In the meantime Ezella, which was running greenly, had settled down and finished gamely and with every stride was catching Newsreeh However, she failed by a head to earn second place. The winner, which was grouped in the field, was well backed and over a slow drying out track, turned in an impressive effort, negotiating the distance in :23 seconds. Following an off-day, Monday, racing was Continued on twen strand page. OLIVE SABATH EARNS PURSE Continued from first page. resumed this afternoon with seven races programmed. The crowd, while of generous proportions, showed a falling off from the turnouts of the previous holiday week-end. The track which was worked over unceasingly for the past twenty-four hours, was drying out steadily, but was slow and gummy underneath, although the surface was dry. Frank Kearns saddled another winner when he sent J. Wormsers Black and Blue to the post in the second race of the day which was a six-furlong dash for four-year-olds and upward, under claiming conditions. Black and Blue scored after a hard stretch drive, in which he showed rare gameness to outlast the fast closing Mor-vion which races for A. P. Keegan, while Mrs. E. Marrero was third with Beau Aspin fourth. The winner was ridden by the veteran Curran, and his margin of victory was a narrow one. From a good break, Curran moved Black and Blue into command at once and the bad-legged sprinter found everything to his liking. He drew away into a brief lead and Curran kept him on the outside throughout where the going was better. Morvion was racing forwardly while Beau Aspin was farther back. Rounding the far turn Morvion stumbled slightly but recovered fast and when put under pressure, moved after the leader. In a hard drive to the wire Black and Blue held on more gamely than usual and at the finish just lasted. He was a neglected factor while Morvion was the one that was most in demand.
