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SWEEPING THE BOARDS ROBERT DAVIES TWOYEAROLDS MAKING GREAT RECORD AT NORFOLK Libcfty Hall and Spring Maid Carrying the Colors of Toronto Turfman Finish First and Second Running Account Wins at First Asking Norfolk Va April 17 The twoyearolds In the stable or Robert Davies the Canadian turfman who is racing hero for the first time this spring ap ¬ parently are unbeatable In every race In which trainer Charles 1atterson has sent one of the Davies youngsters to the post they have been re ¬ turned winners In today twoyearold race the Davies representatives liberty Hall and Spring Maid finished lirst and second the former winning in a canter by three lengths with Spring Maid just as easily second O the eight twoyearold races run here this spring six have been won by the Davies stable which is something of a record Liberty Halls victory this afternoon was the sec ¬ ond he has scored during this meeting meetingWellbalanced Wellbalanced fields went to the post in a majority of todays races and the Quiches n instances wen exceedingly close In the second race the tirst three finished noses and heads apart and In tin fifth the first four were in a close bunch as they Hashed past the winning mark The victorv of Running i Account was popular for the reason that lie is tin property of W Kcdmon an old horseman who win ¬ tered here Itunning Account showed a good turn of speed but was forced to go wide on the turns It was only in the closing strides that he succeeded in poking his nose in front of Kerran Estep who had the mount on the latter claimed a foul against the winner which was not allowed He was on th inside in close quarters throughout the last six ¬ teenth Arany which finished third closed with a great burst of speed and would have wou had the distance been a triile greater greaterJenny Jenny Geddes made a show of hor opposition in the closing dash in which she beat Little Erne i length McCahey had the winner under a pull at tile end and she could have won by a big margin had her rider permitted her to do so The soThe layers again suffered heavy losses three fa iuiiu0 nun 1 niiiuaitii BTCUIIII cumctt Winning Among WinningAmong the arrivals this morning were George Rolf and Frank Bray who came from New York Mr Ueif formerly owned the good horse Maltbie whicii won the Empire City Handicap at Yonkers a few seasons ago agoThe The management or the Jamestown Jockey Club announced today that the closing day of the present meeting had been set for Friday April 20 The dates granted by the Jockey Club provided that the meeting should close two days prior to the opening of the Pimlico meeting but an extra day was granted the local club for the reason that the open ¬ ing of its meeting was delayed one week on ac ¬ count of tae conflict with Charleston Iimlico will therefore open the day following the close of racing here hereSeveral Several stables have arranged to ship from hero to Canada at the conclusion of the meeting on account IMnilifoJJolle of the scarcity of stable room at IMnilifo JJolle Clem winner of the fourth race changed owners after her victory It was a selling race ami Belle Clem was entered for 400 Louis Garth bid her iti to 000 at which figure ho secured her The bidding was in retaliation for the recent runup of Woodcraft by Sam Louis LouisIt It is reported that William Garth has several promising threeyearold jumpers in his stable at Pimlico one of which is Kentucky Colonel owned by Hal Parr ParrJohn John F Ryan left for Pimlico tonight Before leaving he secured the promise of a couple of youn stallions from horsemen racing here hereAmong Among the trials shown at the Norfolk track this morning were wereAbdul Abdul Fiveeighths in 103 Bard of Hope Suveneightlis in 135 Bob R Seveneighths in 124 Busy Mile in 150 150Chryseis Chryseis Threeeighths in 30 Colonel Holloway Seveneighths in 134 Cordie F Half mile in 5O Gilbert Threequarters in lilTv4 Isidora iiphalf Threeeighths In 23 35 and pulled iip half mile in 49 Kind Sir Half mile in 55 Madman Threequarters in 117 Plate Glass Half mile in 50 Queen Bee Fiveeighths In 103 Keybourii Mile in 150 Sarg Kirk Threequarters in 120 Sticker Half mile in 50
