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FLAMMA IS STAKE WINNER C0NDRAN FILLY TAKES LYNNHAVEN HANDICAP AT JAMESTOWN TRACK. Boh R. Scores as One of Two. Winning Favorites in Overnight Handicap for All Aged Contenders Capt. Cassatt Leases Sir John Johnson. Norfolk, Va., November 25. The Jamestown Jockey Club provided one of the best programs of the meeting this afternoon and a large crowd turned out to witness the sport. Interesting contests resulted and a majority of the finishes found the winners under hard drives to score by small margins. Bob R. and O U Buster were the winning favorites. The winners of some of the other races came from unexpected quarters. The Old Point Comfort Handicap, for all ages, at one mile, and the Dynuhaven Hotel Handicap, for two-year-olds, at six furlongs, were the chief contests. Bob R. handily won the former, while in the juvenile event Flamma beat Isidora a length and a half after a long hard drive, in which the winner showed great gameness. Flamma was ridden by Butwell, came from last place and won going away. Trainer John Duffy has been patient with this sister to Field Mouse and he has finally succeeded In getting her into her lest form. There arc few two-year-olds capable of beating Flamma just now over a considerable distance of ground. Bob R. appears to run better for Schuttinger than for -any other rider. Usually this horse drops out of contention and is a distant trailer in the early running. He keeps close up to the leaders for Schuttinger and in todays race moved into the lead before they had gone three furlongs. Butwell made a determined challenge with Sager while entering the homestretch, but Bob R. had something in reserve, and drew5 away again in the final furlong. The closest finish of the afternoon came with the running of the sixth race, in which Ilclene lasted just long enough to withstand Brevites closing rush. While the track had dried out considerably overnight, the going was still deep and heavy in spots. It was heavier close to the inner rail than in any-other part and a majority of the winners finished about ten feet from the rail. The most interesting piece of turf news heard during the afternoon was that Cant. E. B. Cassatt had leased the Isidor stallion Sir John Johnson from Frank Nolan and would ship him to his ChesterbroOU Farm in Pennsylvania immediately following the close of the Norfolk meeting. Captain Cassatt was anxious to purchase Sir John Johnson and offered 2,000 for him, a liberal sum for these troublous times. When he found himself unable to buy, he did the next best thing and leased the horse until next June. It is Captain Cassatts intention to mate Sir John Johnson with his choice mares next spring. He has also decided to permit the horse to serve twelve outside mares and has placed the service fee at the low figure of 50. The Golden Butterfly has been disqualified from second money in the sixth race on November IS. when she- finished second to Feather Duster. The mare was ineligible, according to the conditions of the race. Emperor William came out of his race of yesterday a lame horse and his trainer probably will be unable to get him to the post again for some time. Jockey C. Turner was suspended for three days by the stewards for rough riding. Turner cut across with Camellia at the start of the second race, causing a jam and knocking those on the inside out of the struggle. Starter A. B. Dade announced this afternoon that he had not made final arrangements to do the starting at any track this winter and that he would leave for his home in Kentucky at the conclusion of the Norfolk meeting. Harry White, who will be one of the officials of the Columbia meeting, came up from the South Carolina city this morning and was a visitor at the track-this afternoon. Mr. White reports that about 500 horses will participate in the racing there and that the meeting will be under Jockey Club auspices, the sanction of that body having been applied for about a week ago. II. G. Bcdwell and several other horsemen will leave with their stables on Tuesday next "for Columbia.
