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JAMESTOWN CHOICES CONTINUE TO WIN. Layers Having an Unprofitable Experience at the Norfolk Course Plate Glass Again Scores. Norfolk, Va., April 11. Tlie continued success of favorites and second choices at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs cour.se this spring has been a remarkable feature of the racing. The public has certainly lieeu reaping a harvest. Todays results showed four favorites and two well-backed second choices first at the finish. The layers are running to cover. Todays lineup showed a falling off of four aud tlie chances are that several more of them will witness the racing from the grandstand tomorrow. A majority of the winners had good margins to spare as tliey passed the judges today, and In only one instance was tlie finish at all close. This came with the running of the opening race, a two-year-old dash, in which August Belmonts Kock Sand filly. Dragnet, just did manage to lieat Auto Maid a head. Dragnet was a 1 to -1 favorite. She dashed into a good lead In the early stages but one of Dugans stirrup leathers broke in tiie stretch and he was handicapped when it came to the finish. Dugan, by tlie way, has started out well this spring and is riding in splendid form. Dragnets victory was tiie second that she lias scored here. Baby Wolf made it three straight at the meeting by winning the third race in little better than a canter. He drew away into a long lead soon after the start ami at no time during the running was the result even in doubt. At tlie fiuish he led, Pete by a half dozen lengths. St. Abe came back today and scored another victory in the steeplechase. Tills horse has taken kindly to jumping. He is a skillful fencer, ossesses a good turn of speed, and it looks as IT he may develop into a more than ordinarily useful jumper. Black Bridge was again backed by bis connections, but he made a bad lauding at the tenth fence and all but lost his rider. Alien was substituted in place of Yorke today, but tlie change In riders did not bring any great improvement in the horses showing. On what he has shown here Black Bridge is not near his form of last season. The handicap, which featured the program, found Plate Glass an easy winner over the odds-ou favorite, Antenor. Starter Cassidy sent tlicni away to a moving start and this heled the chances of Plate Glass. He was in close pursuit of Antenor until straightened out on the baekstretch, where he moved into an easy lead and at tlie finish he had a margin of two lengths over the favorite, on which McCahey rode a desperate finish. The attendance was again large and many new faces were seen for the first time this spring. There is no .question now but what the meeting will be a -great -success "aud "Jio more -annoyance is" anticipated. Before todays races Tlie Nigger worked five-eighths in 1:0:!. Recent workouts. Weather clear; track slow. Agnar Half mile in 5:jJ. Looks- well aud is ready to race. Aldriau Seven-eighths in 1:::5. Was well within himself throughout the work. Antenor Half mile in oil. Has all his speed and was eased up at the end. Aspirin Five-eighths in. 1:05J. Coining around to his best form. Bang Five-eighths in l:0i. Holds all her speed. Banorella Three-quarters in l:22i. Worked along nicely. Billy Barnes Half mile in 55. Looks well and works well when set down. Black Chier Three-quarters in 1:2;!J. Was full of run, but was eased up. Blue Tic Five-eighths iu 1:05. Shows speed and looks ready. Cardiff" Five-eighths in 1:05. Looks well. Cooney K. Three-quarters in 1:--. lias been showing some good work. Creston Half mile in 50. Has plenty of speed, but worked along nicely. Doodle Dandy Half mile in 55. Went along in easy way. Drachme Mile in 1:53. Shows a good way of going. Duke .of Brldgewator Three-quarters iu l:20i. Good work for this horse. , Fort Worth Three-quarters in 1:211. Has ail his speed aud never looked better. G. M. Miller Half mile in 50. Was under a hard pull. Guy Fisher Half mile iu 51. Good work. High Private Three-quarters iit 1:20. Looks well and is ready to race. Hoffman Half mile in 521. Looks to be at his lest. King Avondalc Half mile iu 51. Holds all his sieed and is close to form. Lady Irma Five-eighths in l:05j. Looks well and should race well. Leah Half mile in 501. Was full of speed, but was cased up. Mindincttc Five-eighths in 1:00.. Has-been on the slow side for some time. Muskmeloii Five-eighths in 1:0C. Nick o Time Mile iu 1:51. Looks to be at his best. Phil Mohr Three-quarters in 1:231. Worked along easily. Plate Glass Half mile in 541. Has all his speed. Pyramid; Half mile in 52. Looks well. Takahira Half mile in 52. Looks well and is ready to race. Tlie Whi Five-eighths in 1:05. Holds all his speed aud is ready. Trap Rock Half mile iu 511. Nice work for him.
