Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
WILL COMPLETE HAVANA
TRACK IN TWO Weeks
Racing To BE Staged at Oriental Park
Throughout Wintcr-Opening
Day Set for january Z.
BIG PURSES THE FEATURE
Manager II. ID. Brown to Have Charge
and Promises to BE Liberal With
the Horsemen-AianyR Runners I'm
pected From Charleston.

HAVANA. CUBA. December, IL
within ten days at the most the con-
! more than SIX months in the conStruc-
ton OF beautiful Oriental Park, will
turn this latest OF racing establish
Jockey Club Company. and Manager II.
II. Brown will have realized his ulti-
mate idea of providing for the Ameri-
can turf palatlal scene of winter
racing whose popularity is destined to
hoid sway for many years to come.
,o picturesque and beautiful Havana,
journ for LatinAmerica, and called
the Paris of the Indies" from the man
for %i' the pgH Gaye'y it
ever before will be the centre of the
world OF winter sport, for the outbreak
the logical choice for the vast army OF
pleasure seekers who each winter seek
some spot on the seven seas to spend
the cold months.
American Jockey Club begins January
!! 4, and will embrace sixty-eight or more
racing days Racing, as is the custom
with all amuscmcnts in Latin-Amcrlca.
VIII be held Oh Sunday as on other
days. No purse for the meeting will
be less than $500, and handicaps rang
ing in value from $500 to 1000 will
be the rule rather than the exception.
Manager Brown, who has been per-
Sonaliy directing the construction of
expressed his views on the liberal purse
increase Il few days ago in n letter to
G Ta Er'n io,1 hrHsn who is now in
After being petitioned by large
body OF the horsemen who auticipat e
racing here and have, made nominal
tons TO the stakes. have decided TO
comply With their wishes. and in con-
Siderativn Of same have decided to
make 20 purse less than $500 no han
10 81 1000 and. If conditions Warrant
ana certainly expect they will. | will
raise the purses TO higher valuation
than those herein mentioned. Horse
men, therefore. are released of their
stake obligations to the association. NV
' ~1rk here is progressing nicely. |
ever set your foot upon. and | think
YOU will agree with me when you see
word as Ia Marianao. the Havana
suburb in which Oriental Park is To-
Gated. may not be amiss, when IL is
considered that this will lie the objec-
i've point of Thousands of sportsmen,
curing thlS and the succeeding winters
Marianne is by far the most impor-
tant OF Ilavanas beautiful residential
suburbs. and Oriental Park to-day is
us most Important and prominent fe;-
lure. Situated on an elevated ridge n
few miles west of Havana proner. il
long has been the favored summer home
of Havana families Of wealth II has
ne residence occupied by General
fitHhush Lee when he was military
s si,S OF me Island The route is
trolley. connecting at the. ,Vedndo sta
! tlon, by rail from the Conchu Station.
reached by the Principe Line. The
Mnoie trip consumes less than half an
hour. Transportation of horses and
equipment from the docks at Havana TO
me trackSldc direct has been arranged
~ MANAGER Brown. in anticipation of =:
biS consignment from Charleston and
New orleans shortly before the begin
ninE of the meeting.
mil
the famed Marianao beach the ho,no
OF the Havana Yacht CLUB and the
coheE Island OF Havana. Beautiful
homes and good hotels abound here,
iofSciian or race follower who seek 6
pleasure III varied forms. will find il
in abundance here