The Washington herald., 1921-12-17
CROMWELL WINS
HAVANA FEATURE
IN DRIVING FINISH
Defeats Lads Love by
Neck in Thriller-20-tO-
1 Shot Takes Opener.

HAVANA, Dec. 16.-The feature
race at rental Park here this af-
ternoon was everything the term
implies. There were no real high
class thoroughbreds in tn mile and
a sixteenth handicap for all ages,
but the race from start to nish
was close enough to give the most
hardened Spectator a thrill. The
winner was Cromwell, from the
stable of Bill DAILY. Lads Love
was second an dEleanor third.
Frank w. the favorite was fourth.
Cromwell. with Jockey Dominick
up.saved ground all the way after
fast start. At the quarter, this
3 to l shot was a half length
ahead of Lads Love, at the half
only neck separated the pair
and at the three-Quarters Crom-
well held the lead by a head.
Tuning into the stretch, the pace
maker still led by a head and rae
Jag down the stretch to the wire
their relative positions were un-
changed. Eleanor made up lot
of rgound and was nose behind
Lads Love at the finish.
A. w. Hamel's American Legion
was the tip in the opener and this
one was so popular that it closed
at to 5. but the wise money"
players were given a shock when
Bitter Biting. owned by II. E.
Davis and well ridden by Hunt.
raced under the wire first at 20
to !. Plurality was second and the
favorite third. The winner drew
away fast and just lasted long
enough to win.
Another close finish resulted in
the third race when Mike, the
choice of the bettors, beat INDIAN
by a neck. The latter led up to
the stretch and looked like an
easy winner, but when Mike chal-
| lenged it's opponent, stopped and
but for a lead of seven lengths on
Golden Red. would have been out
of the money. Golden Red hung on
gamely,
The c. and ID. stable scored
again this afternoon when Zulu
land won the fourth race, which it
was thought would be a romp for
| the Havana Stables Heron. This
one waspl aged down to l to 3. but
| Zululand led from start to finish
and won by a length and a half
| from the odds-on. which was
only a neck in front of The Leopard
Is to 1 shot, at the finish.
The results:
First Race-Maiden 2-year-o lds;
500: five and a half furlongs. Bit
ter Biting. 107 (Hunt), 20 to l. 8
to 1, to /: Plurality, ITO (kelsay,
to 5. to 10; American Legion.
10 (Rice). l to 5. Time, 1908 2-5.
Also ran-Happy Girl, Aleso, Arte-
misa, Caslik, Fazenda, Old Folks,
and MORO Castle.
Second Race Hor 3-year- olds;
claiming; 500; five and a half fur
longs. Mike Old, Atkinson. to
2, even. l to 2; indian, 1O2 Pevis),
8 to 5, to 5; Golden Rod, 10
(Hunt), even. Time. 1907 As. Also
ran-Hszel r., Dandy Van, Marty
Lou, High Olympus, White Crown.
| King Worth, Pokey B.
Third Race-For 3year-olds and
up; claiming; 500; five and a half
| furlongs. Carl Roberts. 112 (Fields),
to 2, even, l to 2; Toom Goose.
liz (Chalmers), to l, to 1; Jill.
| SO (Bridges), l to 2. Time, los.
Also ran-Hazel W.. Tawasentha.
Luimeme.
Fourth Race-For 3-year-olds and
up: 500; six furlongs. Zululand.
1O6 (HeupeD, I to 2. l to 2, l to 4;
Heron, lis (Kelsay), l to 5, to
IL; The Leopard, los (Kennedy), 2
to 5. Time, 1913 Is. Also ran
Marcella Boy, The Pirate, Sailor.
Fifth Race - All ages; handicap;
claiming: 5000; mile and a six
| teenth. Cromwell. 113 (Dominick).
3 to l, even. l to 2; Lads Love, los
! (HeupeD, even, l to 3; Eleanor s.,
| los Draper, l to .. Time, l:45 3-5
Also ran-The Enquirer and I'll
caCey.
Sixth Race-For 3-year-olds and
up; claiming; 800; one mile. Poilu,
los (Pribble, even, l to 3, l to 6;
Harry Glover, los (Sheffield), 3 to
| 5, to 3; Tokalon March, 10 (Mer-
| rimee). even. Time. 1:4O2 rs. Also
ran Little Gink. Stir Up, American
Soldier, and Misericorde.