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PATRONAGE DISAPPOINTING FEARS ENTERTAINED THAT NORFOLK WILL NOT PROVE GOOD RACING POINT Favorites Fail to Rua to Expectations Only One OneOut Out cf Seven Scoring High Private Wins WinsOvernight Overnight Handicap of 1000 XorfolU Va November 15 A sevenrace program drew in the sport at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs inirM until darkness set in and the closing dash ujis run in the twilight The track dried out con Mderalily overnight but the improvement in track renditions brought no relief to form followers as six of seven favorites were beaten during the after ¬ noon That the defeats of some of them were antici iil d was shown in the betting ring Besides the Kxchaiige Handicap at a mile and an eighth there uere orfered is attractions a hurdle race at two miles and a race for hunters at a mile and three jiiirlirs jiiirlirsTint Tint attendance was only fair and it looks as if Norfolk will never Ije a really good racing center Kivry im however is iioping for improvcinont as rhe promoter of the venture is certainly doing all IK can lo mala the project a success From the present outlook the chances of an extension of the meeting l linlc inlc to be exceedingly slim slimSeveral Several close finishes were seen during the after ¬ noon that of the second race being especially so Tin ofiicial placing made Bounder first in this race iillhough many in the grandstand were certain that Patrick S had lasted to win by a good head TUe deceptive angle however cume into play and thj jmlgcs were the only ones in a position to really determine the winner winnerThe The Exchange Handicap with a purse of 1 IOO was taken lu runaway fashion by High Irivate K Hiigair had the mount on the winner He also rode Jay Deceiver favorite in th closing race but Hie latter after receding in the betting did not run lo the form he displayed in his previous effort and Jin flaisli found him last and beaten off v vThe The hunter race resulted in the usual surprise Tln favorite School KoyJ was beaten off almost 11 hundred lengths The winner turned up in Monsoon which raced in the colors of the Barbarity Stable Monsoon in hi younger days was just beaten twltc by Inflexible once in the Surf Stakes aud igiin in the Foam Stakes at Shcepshead Bay My Gal scored her third successive victory at the nulling when she won the seventh race which was it a mile and a quarter Among those that finished lm rk of her in todays race were Dixie Knight and ay Deceiver
