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OPLEASANT AT JAJIESTOViN PATRONS OF VIRGINIA TRACK PUT IN AN UN ¬ COMFORTABLE AFTERNOON Via Octavia the Only Public Choice to Score James ¬ town Meeting to Come to a Close Saturday Bad Track in Prospect for Today Norflk Va November 14 Disagreeable weather had ils effect on the attendance at the Jamestown lrnl this afternoon A fold drizzling rain set in during lli afternoon ami it made the race course uMtliing lint a pleasant spot Situated as it is on Chesapeake Iay tin Jamestown Jtxkev Clubs plant 5s greatly exposed to the weather and those present shivered all afternoon and were glad when the altwiKNtus program came to a close Those who depend upon public form are finding the Jamestown nutting a hard one Some of the winners come from the most unexpected quarters and form somersaults lfv been frequent Today Via Octavia was the i ly favorite to score The Itelmont youngster after r iking well went to the front and remained there ilir mgli it Nightfall which closed equal choice wiUi the winner ran without blinkers and the hingo in equipment did not seem to suit After nssny disappointments Susan tinally made good by winning the second fait Like Via Octavia Susan led her Held all the way but had to be hard ridden to win by a short head from the fast closing roiikin and Trustee The last named after getting ifl slowly and working up on the outside finished with good speed and was going much the strongest at the end endThe The distance of the third race was thought tp suit King Cobalt but this old rogue again proved a disap juiintincnt and the finish found him last of his field The winner turned up in J 11 Houghton which like Trustee was forced to work his way on the outside lie was so much the best however that he overcame this disadvantage and won going away awayKithard Kithard E Watkins after a long spell of ill luck finally broke the ice when Lad of Langden was re ¬ timed winner o the closing race Like most of the Miiihefs during the afternoon Lad of Langden led from start to finish and had plenty in reserve at the end It was the first race that Mr Watkins has won jiliue the fall meeting at Windsor WindsorAs As the afternoon progressed the track kept get ¬ ting more sticky and slippery and it looks as if the going will be deep and heavy tomorrow Weather iorercists are for more rain which makes the out ¬ look gloomy The local element which is patronizing the sjtort is not quite enthusiastic enough to turn nil when conditions arc not favorable favorableAugust August liclinont and R T Wilson Jr are ex jHiteil hen this week The former wrote a horse iin here that he would urobably be in Norfolk to ¬ morrow George Miller is endeavoring to purchase Via Orfavia and Sandhill from Mr Bclmoiit and has offered K0 for the isair The deal may be fonsiiminaicd if Mr Belmont comes here before the meeting comes to close closeThe The Simons Scully aiid Heffner horses left yester dav for Jacksonville and others are to follow during llir week Talk of n continuance of the Jamestown meeting is merely idle gossip as virtually all the horsemen haVe already arranged to leave here on Sunday next when a fonrteencar special will de ¬ part for Jacksonville and about three cars for Pensacola In the latter consignment will be the iKirsos owned by E Moore and Buck Forman FormanJockey Jockey Guy Burns Frank Verder J Deverearx George Fraylcigh and Willie Martin were among a parly of nineteen that left for Jacksonville last nlzht
