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GREAT FINISHES AT NORFOLK BARD OF HOPE AND SANDHILL FIGURE IN A STIRRING STRETCH CONTEST Racers Run Like a Team and Former Gets Nose in inFront Front Only in Final Stride Napa Nick Also AlsoScores Scores ty Narrow Margin Norfolk Va April IS Stirring contests were provided at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs course this afternoon The program was a wellbalanced one and in some oC the races the outcome remained in doubt until the final strides The finish in the fourth one of the feature races of the card aroused much enthusiasm Bard of Hope and Sandhill fought it out strenuously through the final quarter the two running like a team Skirvin and McCabOy exerted themselves to the utmost at the finish and it was only in the last jump that Bard of Ho e succeeded In poking his nose in front Bard of Hope was a 1 to 2 favorite and his victorv was naturally popular Capt P M Walker was not as fortunate in the handicap in which he also fur ¬ nished the favorite in Magazine The latter was asked to carry 1110 pounds and despite his heavy imiost he probably would have won but for leaving the post slowly Hoffman off like the wind opened a big lead in the early running which the favorite was unable to overcome Magazine made a game nort entering the homestretch and for a time it looked as if he might overhaul the leader but Hoffman succeeded in lasting long enough to beat liiui a length and a half halfThe The colors of Harry Payne Whitney were carried to victory for the first time this season when Honey Bee a filly by Hamburg Honiton won the opening ra a dash of half a mile Honey Bee was little fancied Marie T and Boss being held at short odds Bot showed a good turn of early speed but weakened in the stretch when Honey Bee challenged and enoughThe tile latter won easily enough The going was a bit slow owing to light rains which fell this morning but the footing was safe and fair time was made in the races L K Powell who came here from Juarez with bis stable scored i double with Napa Nick and Fred Mulbolland Ahich won the fifth and sixth races Napa Nicks fcclory came only after a hard struggle with Uye Straw and Tlnioa Jack It took considerable out of him to dispose of Bye Straw and he just managed to last long enough to stall off Union Jacks rush Tlie latter was squeezing his way through on the inside at the end and had the distance been a trifle greater lie would have won wonWilliam William Garth came over from Pimlico this morn ¬ ing to look at Joe Madden which went wrong in lis last race He fuels that the sou of Yankee can be made to stand training again and has hopes of bringing him back to the races later on Mr Garth started in this season with fortyeight horses He plans to sell off a numlwr of them and ship about a carload into Canada What is left will lie cam ¬ paigned at the Hunt Club meeting in Maryland by his son Lewis There are fourteeu jumi ers in the Garth stable five of which are threeyearolds These latter which cannot be raced until Ausust will Iu left in Maryland until that time They are Thistlemas Leesburg Boy Utmost Orphanry and Ited Squirrel The last two are the property of Lewis Garth GarthThe The string that James Arthur is training for Ed McBride which arrived from Charleston yesTerdry includes Sabo Blend Gold Cap and Detect Jockey J iiusl erry will do the riding for the stable Boss which carried the colors of Arthur Hancock in the opening race is the first of the get of Glorifier to go lo the post The colt was much admired by Green B Morris and other turfmen who pronounced him a good looker and resembling his sire in many manyYapt Yapt P M Walker and G W J Bisscll have arranged to ship their stables from here to Lexing ¬ ton on Thursday next nextHarrv Harrv Morrlssey one of starter Mars Cassidys assistants lias been engaged to do the starting on Ihe track of the InterMountain circuit controlled bv H L Wilson He will leave Kentucky for Salt I Jake tity during the latter part of June Mr Morrisscy did the starting at Mexico City last fall and his work gave much satisfaction both to the JsoiMmen and the management
