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TRACK DRIED OUT QUICKLY STUDENTS OF FORM MISLED BY CHANGING CONDITIONS AT NORFOLK NORFOLKCourse Course Was Partially Covered with Water in Morn Morning ing but Dust Flies While Races Are Being BeingRun Run Bob R Wins Principal Race Norfolk Va April 2S Stirring contests were seen at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs course this aft ¬ ernoon The finishes in a majority of instances found the winners under hard thrives and in some cases the result remained in doubt nntil the official placing was displayed In the fifth race eight of tho ten horses were closely bunched at the sixteenth post and it was only in Hie final stride that Blanche Frances managed to get up to score The track here is one of the best in the country to dry out quickly This morning there were pools of water on the inside of the course as a result of the heavy rains of yesterday but the going improved so much that the dust was flying in spots during the running of the races in the afternoon This deceived the students of form most of which based their calcula ¬ tions on conditions favoring mud runners The winners included two favorites Bob K and Maie Fletcher The latters victory came with the run ¬ ning of the steeplechase in which she beat Day Bell half a length The backers of Maie Fletcher cashed their bets mainly on account of the superb riding of Harry Stone This capable jockey nursed Male Fletcher along during the early stages cutting the corners and saving ground on every turn The re ¬ sult was that in the stretch where Day Bell made a great effort Maie Fletcher had just enough in re ¬ serve to hold him safe Day Bells race represented a meritorious performance It was his first cross ¬ country effort and after dropping out of forward contention on the first turn of the field he closed a gap of about thirty lengths This horse looks like a good jumping prospect prospectMagazine Magazine the shifty plater that Capt P M Walker brought up from Charleston appears to be staling off a bit He was one of the three starters in the hille allowance race this afternoon and was beaten off by Bob K and Beaucoup It may be that the route was too long for Magazine but at all events he weakened badly in the final quarter Boss which beat a fair lot in the opening dash is the first of the got of Glorifier to win Boss showed decided improvement over his previous ef ¬ forts tfolng to the front In the early stages and win ¬ ning without jnuch effort effortAfter After the running of the third race a large crowd of horsemen fathered about the judges stand and secretary Joseph McLennan was called up by the stewards and presented with a handsome diamond stud It was the gift of the management in token of their appreciation of Mr McLennans efforts for the success fof the meeting The horsemen cheered and Mr McLennan blushed like a school boy but made an appropriate speech of acceptance Robert acceptanceRobert Davies and his sons were at the track this morning to witness trainer C T Patterson work some of the Davies twoyearolds Calgary con ¬ sidered the star of the stable was sent half a mile accompanied by Spring Maid and galloped the dis ¬ tance in 53 The dogs were on the track and the pair was forced to go wide all the way Mr Davies who is anxious to secure a good horse to represent him in the handicaps on the Canadian cir ¬ cuit has made a liberal offer for Plate Glass which will probably be accepted by P S P Randolph The Davies horses will leave for Pimlico tomorrow tomorrowDavid David Dunlop was a visitor here today It was the first racing that he has seen since last fall Busy and others of the Dunlop horses will leave with the Garth horses on Thursday for Baltimore BaltimoreThe The funeral of James McCormlck who died in Ger ¬ many a few weeks ago will be held from the resi ¬ dence of his daughter 241 Jefferson avenue Brook ¬ lyn on Saturday SaturdayH H G Bedwell will ship the division of his stable that has been racing here to Coeur dAIene tomor ¬ row Jockeys J Hanover and Forehand will go with him himT T Rodrock and Mcd Henderson will leave with their tomorrowW jumpers for Pimlico tomorrow W G KingDodds and Dr S W Streett will ship direct to Woodbine Toronto TorontoAviator Aviator ran in tne name and interest of R I Miller today the latter having purchased the colt from morningThe Capt P M Walker this morning The horses that Con Lelghton has been training for Mr Earle have been turned over to Walter House who will handle them in future futureHugh Hugh Penny received word1 from jockey Jimmy Reid that he had ridden the winner of the Prix du Casino in Tunis Algeria The horse was owned by Vicomte FoyThe Foy The program hooks for the Woodbine meeting were distributed among the horsemen today by Secretary McLennan and representatives of Mortimer Mahoney MahoneyThe The track this morning was muddy and slow time was made in the trials Some of the moves were Apiaster Fiveeighths in 109 109Brosseau Brosseau Mile in 155 Ethel Barry Threeeighths in 40 Gun Cotton Mile in 153 153Madman Madman Threequarters in 119 119Reybourn Reybourn Threequarters in 121 121Ringling Ringling Threeeighths in 39 Rubia Grnnda Threequarters in 125 Vesper Half mile in 52
