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DAVIES STABLE DOES WELL TRAINEE PATTERSON SCORES A DOUBLE FOR CANADIAN TURFMAN Toronto Establishment Has Won All the Twoyear old Races of the Meeting to Date Day of Ideal Conditions Norfolk Va April 10 Robert Davics the To ¬ ronto turfman who seiit a strong stable across the border from Canada last fall is cutting nil ImiHir tant figure in the racing here The Davies stable which has furnished the winners of all the two yearold races so far nin during the meeting this afternoon scored a double doubleThe The racing conditions could not well have been improved on and a large crowd was present to wit ¬ ness the sport Form was well observed the after noons results showing four winning favorites Lib ¬ erty Hall the Marta Santa twoyearold that was rated one of the best of his age shown at Charles ¬ ton easily disposed of the opposition he met in the first race a dash of half a mile He was ridden by Foden an unfashionable and inferior jockey but he won because he was easily best When the start came Liberty Hall propped and was all but left When he got to running however he showed a tine flight of speed going through on the inside with t rush and before the stretch turn was reached hu had overtaken and passed the pacemaker Captain Elliott winning with a bit to spare at the end bv i length Captain Elliott a compact built gelding bv Hermls showed a good turn of speed He set a fast pace and considering that it was his maidvn effort his performance was a good one As a mat ¬ ter of fact there were some who were of the opinion that he might have beaten the winner had he not gone so wide in entering the homestretch where hu lost lengthsThe a couple of lengths The closest finish of the afternoon came with tha running of the fifth nice which went to Jcanncttc B The latter made a runaway affair of the race out ¬ breaking and outrunning her opposition for five of the six furlongs She was tiring at the end hut lasted to beat the heavily backed favorite Slim Princess a neck neckThe The feature race a handicap went to R T Wil ¬ sons Beaucoup which took the notion to run kindly with the result that he made a show of his opposi ¬ tion lengthsJames by winning under restraint by five lengths James Fitzsimiuons divided honors with trainer Charles Patterson by saddling two winners KIttory in the second and Kate K in the third Both horses McCaheyTwelve were ridden by jockev McCahey Twelve bookmakers were in line John Mellinger of Buffalo being ono of the new ones onesPack Pack McKcnna and Harry Block were among the new arrivals The former came from New York while Mr Block came from Charleston The latter brought the report that payment of the Palmetto Derby stakes to W A Massey had been protested on the ground that the entry had not been trans ¬ ferred to him by S A Clopton In whose name the horse had l een entered enteredGeorge George W Morgan at one time a prominent layer and who took the good horse Lissak to Saratoga and beat some of the eastern cracks is a visitor here He is making his first visit to Norfolk At the conclusion of the meeting he will leave for Cali ¬ fornia to look after some mining Interests that he has in that part of the country Wood Dove which runs in the colors of Hugh Penny at one time one of the leading jockeys in the country seems destined never to win In tli maiden race this afternoon she finished second after being all but left at the post Wood Dove has landed second upon numerous occasions Calgary occasionsCalgary which has been touted by the dockers as being the best twoyearold in Robert Davies stable has been entered for important English stakes and If he races to expectations he will be sent over to England next fall
