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NORFOLK TRACK IS DELUGED WELL-BACKED HORSES WIN IN HEAVY GOING AT JAMESTOWN COURSE. More Rain Follows Conclusion of Program and Track Will Be in Worse Condition Today Madman Fails in Atlantic Hotel Handicap. Norfolk, Va., November C. Well backed horses won most of the purses run at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs course this afternoon. Onager and Force were the outsiders that helped even up matters for the layers, although each of these two also had friends, especially the latter. The races were run over a heavy track, but the footing was not bad, as the time shows. At the conclusion of the program, however, heavy rains set In, which means that the mud runners will be in their glory tomorrow. The closest finish of the afternoon came with the" running of the steeplechase, won by the favorite, Ringmaster, after a rather strenuous trip. Ringmaster for some reason did not appear to take kindly to the first two obstacles and Williams took him back from the pace to steady him a bit. After they had gone a turn of the Held he was a dozen lengths behind the leader, but the last time around "Ha gained steadily and in a driving finish lust managed to get up to win by a head from Prince Hampton. Enuiskillen was a distant trailer all the way. When the start came he stumbled and went to Ills knees and he never appeared able to recover the ground he lost by the mishap. Saffells handling of the horse evidently was considered incompetent by the stewards, for after the race a ruling was made which bars him from participating in any further races run during this meeting. . McCahey and Peak won four of the races run on the flat, each piloting two of the winners. Peaks victories came with the first and third races, which were won by Force and Bob R, while McCahey rode Camellia and Onager. The latter beat a shifty lot in the Atlantic Hotel Handicap, a dash of six furlongs, for which Madman was strongly supported. Madman showed a great flight of speed, going to the front and leading to- the- stretch turn, where lack of condition told and he tired. From now on it probably will, take a shifty sprinter to heat Madman. There wero more new arrivals today. "Frisco" Gardner came from Baltimore, while Henry Wendt and M. D. Miller arrived from Spokane. George Sully arrived with the horses owned by R. T. Mo Kcever. Tho latter will be rested after the Norfolk meeting for the opening at Charleston. Several stables are due from Marlboro within the next day or two, including thqse of W. B. Carson and S. Ross. William Garth, who is at Benning superintending the shipment of a big band of yearlings belonging to Samuel Ross and fifteen of his own to Charlottesville, Va.. will be here the latter part of the week. J. L. Johnson, owner of the Quincy Stable, who holds the contract on jockey Schuttinger. reports that he has turned down several offers for the lad during the past few days. All of the offers carao from abroad and three of them were from France. Mr. Johnsons horses, iucluding the good colt Everett, are wintering at one of the Long Island tracks.
