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JAMESTOWN HAS GALA DAY CEOWD OF MORE THAN 5000 GATHEHS AT THE VIRGINIA COURSE Aviation Exhibition Attracts Many FirstTime Visi ¬ tors Who Evince Keen Interest in Thoroughbred Contests Odd Outcome in Steeplechase Norfolk Va Novomlier 10 The management of the Jamestown Jockey Club as an inducement to draw out a crowd arranged with aviator Mars to give an exhibition with his biplane at the James ovn track tliis afternoon More than 5 l X persons Kathcrcd at the course iiiainr of whom were making ihoir first visit to the races A good card had lieeii provided and as a majority of the races furnished keen contests the public was well satisfied with the afternoons entertainment Those who were in ¬ clined to speculate rcaiied rich rewards as four of the six races were won l y first choices One of tlKise nire happenings in racing occurred in the steeplechase There were six starters and at the lirst jump Francis Joseph refused and unseated his rider At the next jump the other live fell Bcrgo tried to refuse to take the jump hut Allen whipped him to it and he fell Expansionist tumbled over Mm and the rest went down in a heap The staldc nds ran after the riderless horses and all hut Essex II were finally corralled and remounted and in a driving finish Expansionist won by the slmrtost of heads from Prince with Shove third a scant length away Ned Henderson who had the mount on Essex II was the only rider that suf ¬ fered injury A broken collarbone was the result of his fall E Heidor1 was badly shaken up but gamely remounted Exiiansionist and finished the rare When he pulled up he was wobbling in the saddle and some one caught the horse and led him hack to the judges stand Holder then collapsed and was lift ul out of the saddle and assisted to the scales On examination it was found that one of the horses had jumped on him and that his side was bruised badly Holders exhibition was aliout as game as has been witnessed on a race track Ju some lime limeThe The feature race which was a sixfurlougs dash furnished a stirring contest in which Mbntealin iimV J II lioiighton finished so close together that the winner was in doubt until the official placing was displnyed displnyedTin Tin fifth race was a peculiarly run affair There were seven starters and all hut Sebastian showed in a forward iwsition at some stage of the running In the final drive Aunt Kate drew away to win by a length from the 00 to 1 chance Sebastian SebastianCupt Cupt Tred Prcsgrave was a visitor to the course today todayBookmaker Bookmaker K J Ryan came over from New York anil will probably join the ranks of tlie layers tomorrow tomorrowJ J S Tyree has announced his retirement from racing anil all of the horses that he is racing here will l e sold in the paddock next week
