The New York herald., 1922-01-16
BILLY BARTON EASY
WINNER AT HAVANA
Outfoots DR.. Clark and Alta
Boy in $3.50 Stake at
Nine Furlongs.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
HAVANA. Cuba. Jan. 15.-Billy Bar
ton. who races in the colors of the Gold
Apple stable, scored a clever victory In
to-day's feature at Oriental Park when
he beat out DR.. Clark by length. The
conditions called for a dash of a mile
and an eighth. There were only three
starters. Cromwell being scratched
shortly before the race. Alta Boy was
coupled with DR.. Clark as the Gold
blatt entry.
The trio raced head and head for the
first mile and at the end Billy Barton
shook or HIS opposition and won going
away on the outside and covered more
ground than the Goldblatt pair. The
stake had q gross value of $3.50 and
was worth $2,730 net to the winner.
DESPITE cloudy and cool weather a large
Sunday crowd was In attendance.
The first event went to the Cuban colt
Don Manuel. who won In run away
fashion, leading the field from the break
and beating out Mary Erb by q scant
length. The latter was outside all the
way and covered more ground than the
winner.
The second race was an upset. The
winner. Lustre. was the extreme outsider.
The favorite. Reliability. staggered in
third. while the choice, Flycast, was the
last Of the field at the finish.
Kildare Boy, a first time starter at
this meeting. won the fourth by very
close margin over Haran. The winner
lost much ground at the top OF the
stretch where he went wide and pulled
UP lame.
Jockey Penman was suspended for
Ave days for rough riding on his mount,
Reliability. Jockey Fletcher was sus-
pended for ten days by Starter Milton
for disobedience at the post in the
fourth.
The summaries:
FIRST RACE--ror three-year-olds and up
ward; claiming; purse 500: five and n half
furlongs. Don Manuel, o4 IN. swart). 9
70 1. TO and 70 :, first: Mary Erb.
100 CBurgerl. 9 to I. : to 2 and to 2,
3 to and to 8. third. Time. 1 :os 4-J.
All started.
SECOND RACE--For three -year-olds; claim
ing; purse 500; five and d half furlongs.
70 :. first spods. is Ice e crieids,. " to any :.
TO and 20 ., second; Reliability, 1o4
f%s ms"'isn 81 i-5 A staStss to and to g. third
THIRD RACE--For three-year-oids and up
ward: claiming; purse 500; five and q
Clements, ~ 20 1, 3 to I and 70 2.
first: Wrecitiess, % (N swart), q 70 2.
9 20 and TO 5, second: Gallon Berry, III
niunD, to D, TO and TO o, third.
Time. I :07 4-5. All started.
FOURTH RACE-For three-year-oids and up
ward claiming: purse $700 five and n half
furlongs. Kildare Boy. 100 (Scheffei) 4
TO 4, 8 to . and to 3, first; Harm, ia
(Pickens). . to 2, even and to .. second I:
Molnero. III Penman). 2 to ], 4 to and
. 10 3. third. Time, :07 3-5. Scratched
Ji and Eimont.
FIFTH RACE--American Club Handicnp; for
three-year-oids and upward: purse 81 900
added: one mile and an eighth. Billy Bar
ton. 1o0 tKelsay). 10 8, no place. no show,
first; fDr. Clark. 100 (Robinson). 2 TO 3,
no place. no show. second Alta Boy. H.,
1i2 fPenman), 10 ., no place, no show.
third Time. I 52 20. Scratched--Sea
Prince and Cromwell.
ssoidblatt entry.
SIXTH RACE--ror four-ycar-olds and up
fifty yards. Maysvlle, 105 (penman). 3
TO z. 2 TO \ and to 3. first: Yellow Blos-
som. 102 CMcLaughlin). 4 TO l, 8 to and
4 TO 3. second; w. q. McClintock no
tHunD. 2 TO I. to I and even, third
Time, I ;i3. Scratched-Bianca and Felix NJ.
SEVENTH RACE-For four-year-oids and
upward claiming purse 500; one mile and
three-sixteenths. Mildred. % (N. Swart)
2 20 I, even and TO 2. first; Lovalist, f0f
tFlelds), TO y. even and 10 2. second ;
Dolph. f07 (Pribble), Z 20 2. O to 3 and 3
70 g, third Time, 900 30. Scratched
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