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MART1S MIAMI WINNER Pentham Star Earns First Purse of Winter Campaign. i Orange Blossom Handicap Hialeahs j i Feature Off ering General A. and j Bay Angon Furnish Surprises. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 19 Martis, the five-year-old son of Sir Martin and Flying Jib, which races for Dewey Bentham, won the first race of his winter campaign at Hialeah : Park this afternoon when in a gamely . fought finish he was first past the line in the Orange Blossom Handicap, the feature bf an interesting day of sport. He scored after a bitter stretch duel with G. W. Ogles Prince Tokalon and well back of the pair of 1 them Mrs. R. Pollards Uluniu saved third from Islam, which left the stalls slowly and appeared a bit sore going to the post. . Continued delightful weather and good sport resulted in the crowd being a large one and there was contest enough in each race to make it a rare entertainment. In the Orange Blossom Handicap only five went to the post, and Islam left his stall : so slowly that he was practically out of the 1 race from the first stride. My Dandy was 1 the one to set the pace, and he was closely attended by Martis, while Prince Tokalon, racing outside the pair of them, was in ; third place, and when in full stride Elston 1 had him under steady restraint. It was agoing to the turn out of the back stretch that Elston permitted Prince Tokalon to run, and he quickly headed Martis to move up on My Dandy with a rush. The old son "of Porte Drapeau could not keep step, and as a result Prince Tokalon swung into the stretch with what seemed to be a safe lead. He was still showing the way a furlong out, but there Martis challenged on the outside, and the pair fought it out every stride to the finish, where the son of Sir Martin had dropped his head down in front to score his victory. My Dandy had quit utterly and, while Martis andPrince Tokalon were clear by four lengths, there came another fight for third when Uluniu just lasted to beat Islam for that part of the prize. DOUBLE HEART CONSISTENT. There was a surprise in the third that attracted some good sprinters when Mrs. A. Carfanos General A. stuck it out to earn a close decision over F. H. Carpenters Touble Heart, which has been wonderfully consistent. Far back of these C. H. Millers Jamison beat Claremont for third. It was a good start and Bacciocco and Claremont were rushed out to set a fast pace, General A. following after them. Double Heart was well back of these, but racing well, and Single Star was also going well. Both Claremont and Bacciocco were about through when the head of the stretch was reached, but by that time Double Heart had raced wide to come seriously into contention. A f urlong out he looked the winner, but General A. hung on gamely under the drive and, as a result, earned the decision by a head. This duel took the pair of them out five lengths before Jamison, which outstayed the early pacemakers to save third from Claremont by a length. J. C. Ellis Ellice proved easily best of the platers in the opening dash at three-quarters. Carroll had the daughter of Black Servant away fast and she held her company perfectly safe to win from G. D. Wideners Common, with G. C. Winfreys The Gen a distant third before Pass in Review. ELLICE BEST. The three placed horses at all times dominated the running. Ellice was rated along in front on the rail and, early in the action, Common, which was raced without the blinkers, moved into second place. The Gen was at all times within striking distance of these two, but he failed to respond when called on and was tiring badly at the finish. Ellice was Over the line the winner by three parts of a length, and Common beat The Gen three lengths, while Pass In Review was only another neck away. Sixteen masculine two-year-old maidens met in the second race, at three-eighths. Field horses finished first and second when Maeantic, from the Maemere Farm Stable, Continued on ninth page.. MARTIS MIAMI WINNER Continued from first page. was winner, with Mrs. John H. Whitneys White Thorn second, and third was the por tion of Bolilee, from the Belair Stud Stable, and C. V. Whitneys Wanderoo was a close fourth. This race was marked by much interference when Maeantic swerved over sharply an eighth from the finish, and he so badly piled up several of the runners that it was a miracle some of them did not fall. Benedict, Wild Money and Norman were three that seemed to suffer more than the others. After the bumping, Maeantic came away to be an easy winner by three lengths. White Thorn, which had been outside the trouble, suffered no interference and saved second place by a length and a half from the Whitney colt, which had also escaped interference when he raced along on the inner rail all the way. The cheapest sort met in the mile and an eighth of the third, and the winner turned up in El Puma, a maiden before the running. J. P. Musgraves Lion Hearted raced to second place, and third went to Bill Southam, which raced for Smith and Williams. It was La Golondrina and Dress Ship that went out to show the way, while both El Puma and Lion Hearted were far back of the pace rounding the first turn. In the run through the back stretch, El Puma moved up rapidly on the outside, while Dress Ship put La Golondrina away, to go into a brief lead himself. Lion Hearted was making up some ground and Bill Southam was going well. Swinging for home, El Puma raced by Dress Ship, to take command when Long kept him at his task in the run through the straight, and he was the winner by two lengths. Hooper was of little help to Lion Hearted in the stretch run, but the old fellow readily took second place from Bill Southam, which lasted longer than the others.
