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THE CUBA R E \' I E W 



The stand will seat lO.uOO, while there will 

 be stabling for ].200 horses. 



The site on which the plant is now being 

 erected is one of the most beautiful on 

 the island of Cuba. It is close to the 

 city of Havana and every faciiitj' is to be 

 had for the patrons of the sport. The 

 track is to be a mile and an eighth with 

 a straightaway course for two-j-ear-olds. 

 There will be a seven-furlong chute, as 

 well as a mile chute. Xothing has been 

 forgotten in the la\ing out of the plant. 

 The paddock and ring will be so close to 

 the grand stand that the patrons can watch 

 the saddling of the horses from the stand 

 or without going from under cover. There 

 will be a $10,000 handicap special and a 

 derbv at the same guaranteed value. 



A note has been received, says the 

 United States Tobacco Journal, that many 

 Mexican cigars are being exported from 

 that country with Cuban bands, and are 

 being shipped in large quantities to Aus- 

 tria, where the\" are being smoked as the 

 real Cuban article. 



The Cuban government has refused 

 permission to P. B. Anderson to increase 

 the capacity of the electric light plant, 

 which he operates in Caibarien. 



DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL OF MAILS 



Mail for the United States is dispatched 

 from Havana ^^londays, Tuesdays, \V'ed- 

 nesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Mail 

 from the United States arrives in Havana 

 on these same five days. There is no 

 mail either way on Thursdaj's or Sundays. 



The mails from Kej' West, Port Tampa 

 and Knight's Kej- arrive at 6..30 a. m., and 

 are usually readj' for delivery by 10 

 o'clock. 



^Mail being dispatched for the United 

 States closes at the general post-office at 

 10.30 a. m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays, 

 and at 2.30 p. m. on Mondays and Wednes- 

 days and Fridays. Registered mail closes 

 one hour earlier than t'le hour indicated 

 for ordinary correspondenc;. 



The above mails are to points in the 

 United States by way of Knight's Key 

 and Tampa. All mail to the United States 

 is dispatched via these two Florida points. 



The Ward Line steamers bring mail 

 from Xew York ^londay and Wednesday 

 mornings. It takes out no mail for the 

 United States. 



3.1ail sent to Key West is dispatched on 

 the Port Tampa steamers Tuesdays and 

 Saturdays. Cuba and the United States 

 have a two cent postal rate between the 

 two countries. 



Prospective buyers of tobacco examining the leaf at a tobacco barn in the Vnelta Abajo 

 district. The harvest will only be about 25 per cent of the usual crop. 



