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NORFOLK EACING TOEMFUL FAVORITES FARE WELL AND LAYERS HAVE AN ESPECIALLY BAD DAY. Montcalm an Easy Winner in Feature Race C. C. Smithson Scores a Double with Chryseis and Sher-wood Ladies Day Brings Large Crowd. Norfolk, Va., November 15. Four favorites anil one well-backed second choice were anions; the winners at Xorfolk this afternoon. While the odds oa some of them were short, still the layers suffered heavily and the dozen that were in line will remember the day as one of the most disastrous of the meeting. The feature race, an all-aged affair at one mile, proved an easy tliintr for Montcalm. It marked this horses third start and third victory during the meeting. J. W. Flyun has succeeded in rounding him into his best form, and it will take a shifty horse to beat him just now. In todays race, .Montcalm sprinted into an easy lead on the back-stretch and Schuttluger permitted him to draw away and open up a big gap rounding the far turn. In the homestretch he took him under restraint and at the tinish he was only cantering. 0. C. Smithson of Washington furnished two of the winners in Chryseis and Sherwood, both of which scored easily. Chryseis led all the way, while Sherwood came from behind and beat Emperor William a length in a driving finish. It was ladies day at the track and an immense crowd turned out, filling the grandstand to over-ltowlng. Male patrons were forced to tlic lawns. The track was in fairly good condition, although wet and slippery in spots. It was drying out rapidly as the afternoon progressed and by tomorrow, pro- vided no more rain falls, the footing should be firm and solid. .Ct New stables are constantly arriving. W. C. "pps -cujim this afternoon with his -string and oth-are looked, for tomorrow. The special that, was to have left Latonia, wasbroken hip". W. W. Lyles wired that W. II. Fizer and others .had changed their minds at the last moment and sent their strings to Juarez. The big stable owned by J. W. Frye went to Douglas Park, Louisville, where it will remain until tnc opening of Charleston racing. The hqrses of George Ham and another carload will lie here tomorrow. Jockey Fain and Hopkins, both recent arrivals, had their first mounts of the meeting this afternoon. Another now rider will be here tomorrow, T. .T. Shannon having wired that he would come with the apprentice, C. Turner. Mr. Shannon will bring eight horses. Tom Shaw joined the ranks of the layers today. None of his old crew was here, so he gathered together a new force. E. J. Ryan dropped in from i Philadelphia during the afternoon and signified ills 1 intention of cutting in tomorrow. William Walker, who is getting to be quite a horse trader, sold Michael Angelo this morning to H. G. Bedwoll. The latter is gathering some fresh material for winter racing and will probably add a couple of good two-year-olds to his string before the meeting comes to a close. Samuel Louis also figured in a big deal. Ho sold six of his string to II. Burttscholl. The lot included the following: Monty Fox. Fort Worth, Gol-conda, Malitine, Spellbound and Queen Bee. The weights for the Mouticello Handicap, one of the most important events of tho meeting, were announced by Fred W. Gerhardy this afternoon. The race is a dash of one mile and will ho featured on Saturdays program. There is a list of fifty i Illglbles. The top weights are Plate Glass, 131: Sir John Johnson, 123; Hilarious, 114; Lawton Wlg-gine, 111; Prince Ahmed, 114; Electioneer, 109. The two-year-olds Flamma and Breaker Boy are bottom weight at S7 pounds. Francis J. Pons, general manager of the Charleston Fair and Bacing Association, wired this morning that a deal had been consummated with one of the largest railroad contractors in the south to help in the construction and grading of the track at Charleston. This insures the plant being in readiness within a month. All of the big stables here have engaged stable room and many of them will remain here for a week or ten days after the close of tho meeting before shipping south. Mr. Pons also wired that he would be iu a position to announce his list of officials in a few days and assured horsemen and racegoers that every department of the racing will be in the hands of the most competent men obtainable. Trainer Frank McCabe has gone to France to pursue his vocation.
