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SUPPOSED "GOOD THING" GOES WRONG. Miss Jonah Upsets Calculations at Norfolk by Beating Heavily Backed Troy Weight, Norfolk, Va., November 20. The program at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs track this afternoou was made up of a scries of selling races in which ordi nary fields went to the post. The going was deep and heavy in spots and there were many with drawals, the fields being materially reduced in a majority of instances. The first four races went to the favorites, while outsiders took the last two. The running of the fifth race left an unsatisfactory impression. It was not that the best horse did not win, but the fact that an unnatural price was accepted against one of the starters, while the horse that looked on form to hold his opposition safe, was neglected. In the race in question Troy Weight was made a hot favorite, being backed from S to 5 to .! to 5, while Moncreif receded from 0 to 0 to 2 to 1. Miss Jonah upset calculations by dashing to the frout soon after the start, and drawing away into a commanding lead, won under restraint by a couple of lengths from the supposed "good thing." Chryseis was an easy winner in the opening dash. She was ridden by Schuttinger, who also had the mount on The Golden Butterfly, winner of the third race. Chryseis found the task of beating the lot pitted against her an easy one. Schuttinger permitted Baid of Hope to race into the lead in the early stages, but in rounding the far turn Chryseis easily assumed command and at the finish was well in hand. Harlem Lass flattered her backers by showing a surprising burst of speed on the backstretch in the seven-furlongs maiden race. The filly rushed through her field and raced into a five lengths lead at one stage. She quit suddenly, however, in rounding the tar turn. When Butwell got Brandy going, the latter wore Harlem Lass down and easily disposed of her. winning by three lengths. The feature race, a seven-furlongs selling handicap, resulted in a runaway victory for Marjorie A. which made all of the pace and won in a canter by five lengths. Capsize was the runner-up. The latter made a determined challenge while rounding the turn for home, but when he was unable to get to the leader, he quit. Jockey M. Miles, who lias been riding abroad for several seasons, was a visitor at the course this afternoon. He will remain in America until next spring, when he will return to Austria. John F. Ryan, who built the Blue Bonnets course in Montreal and founded the Canadian National Bureau of Breeding, was also a guest of the club. Mr. Ryan is here on a wedding trip, having recently been married in Montreal. He will spend a few day3 visiting the Virginia stock farms before returning to Canada. An effort is being made by the Coluiubia management to engage Joseph A. Murphy to go to Columbia and act as presiding judge. The deal, however, has not as yet been consummated. John W. Pangle sold the two-year-old filly Reinc Margot to Paul J. Miles this morning. Mr. Pangle recently bought the filly from It. T. Wilson. Jockey Butwell leaves for Jacksonville tomorrow night. Butwell will put in the time until the opening of the Charleston meeting on a Florida fishing trip. II. Burttschell sold the Cunard colt Cu Bon to S. A. Andress this morning. The latter will shit the horse to Columbia.
