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SANDHILL TAKES HANDICAP FITZSIMMONS COLT BEATS GOOD ONES OF HIS OWN AGE AT MONCRIEF. Bcrtis Only Favorite to Score Jockey S. Davis Signs Contract to Ride in Belgium Canadians Tender Appointments to Well-Known Officials. Jacksonville, Fla.. February 2. The card offered at Monerief Park this afternoon was not one for " race-goers to enthuse over. Except in the fourth race, ordinary Ileitis went to the post and the sport was in keeping. Bertis. the only successful favorite, beat a poor lot in the second race. Bertis was well backed and went to the post an odds-on choice. Jockey Butwell "was In good form. Ho piloted American Girl, winner of the two-yenr-old race, and also scored with Campaigner in tho closing dash. Both were at liberal odds. In the feature race, a mile handicap for three-year-olds. James Fitzsinmions furnished the winner in the Bock Sand colt, Sandhill. Which made a runaway affair of the race to win easily by a couple of lengths from White Wool. Dr. Duouner, tin- favorite was third and the second choice. The Nigger, tlujshed fourth. The pace was slow throughout. There was a strong tip on the winner and he was backed from 4i to 1 to IS to 5. Aspirin proved a big surprise in the lifth race. He was one of the extreme outsiders and beat the supivosed good tbing. King of Yolo, a length. The race was a wiling affair and Aspirin wes entered to be sold for .00. He was carried to ,100 by It. I. Williams, who became his owner at that ligure. Stnnlcv Davis, who has been riding here for W. 1". Bureh. one of the stewards of the Southern Jockey Club, today signed a contract through Jule "arson to ride for a prominent turfman of Brussels, Belgium. Davis has been one of the leading riders at Monerief and is well up in -the list of winning jockeys. lie will leave here next week for New York, and after spending a couple of weeks with relatives, will sail for Belgium. Beau Brumnicl bled in las race and was pulled tip. The stewards decided that it would lie well not to accept his entry in future. Obert was suspended for a week for cutting across his lield with Our Hannah in the closing race, k The Morses were called to the iwst in the opening vent at 2:30. Tills will be the order for the remainder of the meeting. Jockey McTaggarts suspension expired today and be had his first mount Uv two "Weeks. Jockey Ilatt has left the employment of Hugh McCarron and notice was posed in the paddock warning owners against harboring or employing the lad. W. Xchulor of Cincinnati arrived this morning and was a visitor at Monerief this afternoon. Starter Dade has been advised of his apjwintment as starter for the two meetings to bo hold at Blue Bonnets track in Montreal this season. James .Milton lias accepted the position of starter at Marlboro and will then go to one of the half-mile tracks at Montreal, where he started last summer. Judge Joseph Murphy has been offered the ap-IHiintment of presiding judge at Delorimier Park at Montreal. Recent work-outs at Monerief. Weatlicr clear; track fast. Altadona Throe-quarters in 1:21. Amorct Five-eighths in 1:05. Archduke Three-quarters in 1:22. Banives Three-quarters in 1:20. Catroke Three-quarters in 1:20. Chop Tank Three-quarters in 1:1S. Helena Three-quarters in 1:17. Discontent Three-quarters In 1:20. Dixie Knight .Mile in 1:17. Donald Macdonald Five-eighths in 1:0.1. Duke of Bridgewater Three-quarters in 1:11. Fond Heart Three-quarters in 1:20. Fore Guard Five-eighths in 1:03". Gold Cap Three-quarters in 1:20. Goldwick Seven-eighths in 1:30. Guy Fisher Half mile in ."3. Ida -May Three-quarters in 1:17. Imprint Half mile in 52s. John A. Half mile in 52. Kingship Five-eighths in 1:03. I.a I. Mexican Three-quarters in 1:1S. Mcminn Half mile in ."l. Miss Xett Hair mile in 51. Oberon Half mile in 52. Orbicular Mile in 1:45. Hash Five-eighths in 1:01. Star Charter Three-quarters in 1:1S. Tippv Five-eighths in 1:00. Wise Mason Three-eighths in 39. The Jacksonville Times-Union lias united with other newspapers of Florida in supporting the movement for the perpetuation of rating in that state. It recently published the following: "The citizens of Norfolk are highly elated over the fact that dates have lieen granted for the spring meeting of the Jamestown Jockey Club. Norfolk wants racing and wants a continuance of the sport, the leading citizens declaring that- racing is a good thing for a city. Jacksonville is right in lino with Norfolk. The racing people are certainly a desirable class. They are game sports through and through and a its never looking for the best of an argument. They always pay their way through and are commonly known as liberal spenders and hover did a charitable institution want for anything if a crowd of racing men chanced to be in the locality. Jacksonville and Norfolk are now considered two of tho very lx-st cities in the south and if they are to iiave a continuance of racing, and it is hoped that Monerief Park will run indelinitely. they are iKiund to become greater and better cities. The following from a recent issue of the Norfolk Landmark tells how the good folks of that city feel towards racing: " The announcement by the Landmark that the Jamestown Jockey Club bad been granted dates for a race meeting in Norfolk this spring was received with expressions of gratification- by the managers of the local hotels and other business interests in tills city. It is the consensus of opinion that from a business standpoint the races last year were of the greatest lienelit to the city. A large crowd attended the meetijig and they left a lot of real money in their wake. The hotel men speak in the highest terms of the racing people as a body and join heartily in the movement to have; them return here this spring. The following statements were made bv managers of some of the local Iiostclrles: " J. F. Bell. Hotel Fairfax: The races were of the greatest benefit to the business interests of the eity. Wo want them again, and we will welcome them as a clean-cut set. " Harry Bothman, Larralno Hotel: Wo will be glad to see the return of the Jamestown Jockey Club racing for several reasons. The business that they bring to Norfolk amounts to a great deal and the Advertisement that they carry away with them amounts to more. At the last meeting people were here from many of tho large cities in the east and middle west. They were received well and they went away every man a walking advertisement for tills city. Not only that, the people that attended the last races were a clean set that any city would be glad to welcome."
