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NORFOLK COURSE DELUGED MUD RUNNERS HAVE CALL AND WITHDRAW ¬ ALS FROM RACES ARE NUMEROUS Tockey Estep Is Suspended for Unsatisfactory Hand ¬ ling of Tick Tack an OddsOn Favorite That Finishes Third Lady Iram Beats Sandhill Norfolk Va April 22 Heavy showers fell la Norfolk this afternoon and converted the James ¬ town Jockey Clubs course Into a sea of mud With ¬ drawals were numerous and small fields went to the post A majority of the winners were first home by long margins and the sport was tame anl unsatisfac ¬ tory Jockey Esteps handling of Tick Tack an oddson favorite in the second race a maiden affair at five and a half furlongs was far from pleasing to the officials and the lad was told to refrain from riding here for the rest of the meeting Tick Tack had an inside post position and when the start came it looked to some as if the colt was crowded At all events Estep pulled up and Tick Tack was a distant trailer in the early stages He closed a tremendous gap and finished with a good burst of speed being beaten only a neck Mr the place There was no question but that Tick Tack was tho best horse and should have won The stewards here havt been alert and few bad rides have been allowed to pass unnoticed Up to date the racing has been particularly free from scandal aud the officials pro ¬ pose to keep It so soOne One of the disappointments of the afternoon was furnished by Sandhill the oddson favorite of tho fourth race In all of his races here this spring Sandhill has shown keen speed aud looked to outclass the opposition he was asked to meet today The liest he could do however was to finish second to Lady Irma The latter was made the medium of smart support dashed to the front when the barrier waa released and was never headed winning easily by a couple of lengths It was really the first time that Lady Irma had shown anything like her old form in mouths or for that matter since the Bcverwyck Stable got her out of a selling race over a year ago at Jacksonville JacksonvilleThe The management announced that the meeting would positively come to a close on Friday next in order not to conflict with the meeting at Pimlieo which will open on Saturday General Manager BoU Levy announced that 150 new stalls would be built Ixjforo next fall Itcsides two large enclosed hams for the accommodation of horsemen who have signi ¬ fied an intention of wintering here Other improve ¬ ments plantSeneca will be made ou the plant Seneca ran without blinkers today but the change in equipment brought little improvement lu tho horses running runningHarry Harry Brelvogcl associate judge at Juarez and assistant manager to M J Winn at Churchill Downs who has been visiting friends here for a few days morningSam will leave for Louisville tomorrow morning Sam Louis sold the filly Chilton Squaw to J G Wagnon for 500 500The The friends of Mortimer M Maboney tho well known race track stationer were pained to learn of the death of his wife in Brooklyn on Saturday The funeral will be held in Brooklyn tomorrow tomorrowWilliam William Garth will make a jumper of Belle Clem the marc he took put of a Belling race a few days ago from Sam Louis LouisHunter Hunter M Brcckcnridgc of Fincastle Va was a visitor at the Norfolk track this afternoon Mr Breckenridge recently returned from Belgium whore he spent the winter winterAmong Among the trials here this morning were the fol ¬ lowing lowingAbdul Abdul Threequarters in 120 120Bob Bob R Fiveeighths in 104 104Brosseau Brosseau Half mile in 52 52Colonel Colonel Holloway Fiveeighths in 104 104Deduction Deduction Threequarters In 123 Detect Mile in 145 145Dr Dr Barkley Half mile in 51 51Execute Execute Half mile in 54 George S Davis Half mile in 51 Golconda Threequarters in 122 Isidora upKate Threequarters In 119 pulled up Kate K Half mile in 51 51Latent Latent Threeeighths in 88 88Pons Pons Asinonnn Seveneighths in 180 180Question Question Mark Threequarters in 122 122Silas Silas Grump Fiveeighths in 104 104Touch Touch Me Threequarters in 118 118Whisper Whisper Belle Half mile in 51 51Wildweed Wildweed Half mile In 52
