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BEAUCOUP AGAIN DISAPPOINTS. Wilson Horse Fails to Run Up to Expectations in Race at Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., November 10. With the breaking up of the storm that has been hanging over Norfolk during the past few days and the return of pleasant weather came a decided Increase in the attendance at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs course this afternoon. The crowd was a large one and the sixteen layers were kept busy attending to their wants. Mud runners again had a chance, as the going was still deep and heavy, although, the bottom was in fairlv good shape. The public had a good line on the mud-running abilities of those carded, with the result that all six of the winners found strong support. The disappointment of- t,he afternoon was the defeat of the unreliable Beaucoup. which was made favorite in the fifth race. At best this Wilson horse is u bad betting proposition. He runs best when least expected and vice versa. In todays ract1 trainer Tom Healer substituted the apprentice rider liggins for McCahey. Mr. Uealey lias the impression that Beaucoup runs better when placed. McCahey attempted to take him back the other day. but the horse was so full of speed that he refrained from choking him in his effort to reserve him. Some blamed McCahey for Beaucoups defeat, saying that the horse would have won had he come from liehind. biggins permitted him to drop back today, but when called 011, Beaucoup failed to respond and 1 made an inglorious showing, which would seem to indicate that he is a horse of moods. Onager made amends for Beaucoups disappoint- j ment by beating a shifty lot in the fourth race, a dash of six furlongs. He was well backed and went to the post an odds-on favorite. McCahey sent him right to tho front when the barrier was re leased and at no time during tho running was the result in doubt. At the finish Onager led Kermak by a couple of lengths. In the steeplechase the favorite, Sam Ball, bled after they had gone one turn of the Held, and this in a measure was responsible for his defeat. Dr. Heard, tho winner, outjumped and outran him from the start, and it is doubtful if Sam Ball could have beaten him, even if be had not had the hemorrhage. The latter rapped several of his fences with great force and almost fell in front of the grandstand. Fred W. Gerhardy, who will act as racing secretary of the Charleston Fair aiid Racing Association, reports having received a number of applications for stalls from horsemen racing here. Entries to-the twenty stakes to be run during the, .meeting are pouring in and indications are that the meeting at Charleston will equal in point of Importance those, held at Moherelf Park, Jacksonville, during tha last two years. J. Brannon, who raced the good little sprinter Boogcr Red on the western circuit. Was an arrival this morning. He is here in search of fresh material and will gather a stable to race at Charlestou during the coming winter. The states suit to put a stop to the betting at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs races will le heard before Circuit Judge J. F. West on November 21 and 23. The date was fixed yesterday. It is said that Governor Mann, who lias forced a consistent fight against the club, does not seek the revocation , of the clubs charter.
