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JAMESTOWN HAS REVERSAL RACQUET RTOS DISAPPOINTINGLY AS AN ODDSON FAVORITE Hoffman Easily Turns Tables on Randolph Racer Outsiders Take Lions Share of Purses Jcckey Goldstein Pilots Pair of Winners Norfolk Va November Hi At Norfolk this aft ¬ ernoon I lie first two purses wout to the favorites Outsiders then had their innings and the public cliolfcs in UK last four races were lH wIed over Nat Ryer who Is handling the horses that I1 S I Randolph is racing here furnished one of the dis ¬ appointments of the day in the oddson choice Rac I I The latter was one of the starters in the i linchorse Jleld that went to the post in the fourth race i fix and a half furlongs dash in which the Itelmnnt twoyearold Babbler and Hoffman opposed hint On the strength of his previous race when Ksiiiiuet came from behind and won a sevenfurlongs raw iu track record time he was considered a good thing Ho showed good speed for about three quarters but when IlolTman challenged at the end he collapsed and was beaten a length Either Rac inet did not rim his Rice today or Hoffman was not rii1ij i with good judgment iu his previous effort As n matter of fact a majority of the shrewd money found its way into the ring on Hoffman today todayJockey Jockey Goldstein rode two winners Seneca II in the second race and Hoffman in the fourth Seneca lls victory was the second that Doc Streett lias scored at the meeting Hallack having won a race for him a few days ago The doctor is in a quandary as to where to ship from Norfolk but the chances are that he will send his string to Juarez JuarezIt It E Walking who broke a long spell of ill luck c few days ago when Lad of Langden galloped home in front took another purse when Thrifty captured the opening dash in handy fashion Thrifty was backed into oddson favoritism and Mcpahey landed her an easy winner over an indifferent lot i iThe The best contest of the afternoon came with the running of the third race which was for twoyear olds ata mile The finish found The Nigger and the Uelniont colt Sandhill fighting It out the entire length of the homestretch The former was first home by the shortest of heads Sandhill was ridden with poor judgment Gordon repeatedly tried to go through along the rail only to meet with interfer ¬ ence Had he taken Sandhill around the lenders he surely would have won wonOne One of the biggest upsets of the afternoon came with the running of the closing race which went Didfc of Bridgewater over El Oro by a scant length Shotmaker messed El Oro about In the early stages and after being carried wide on the first turn pulled up and was a distant trailer on the luickstretch El Oro closed about twenty lengths m the leader and at the finish was going much the faster fasterJockey Jockey Eddie Dngan will accompany the Belmont stable to Jacksonville JacksonvilleThomas Thomas Healey will ship part of the horses that he is racing liaek to Belmont Iark toinorrow The remainder will be taken south by A G Weston Ilealoy will also ship half a dozen yearlings from New York to Jacksonville to be campaigned during the Moucreif Iark meeting Jockeys Goldstein and Killlngsworlh will riJe for the Westou stable this winter
