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JEfflT GEDDES WINS SPRINT NORFOLK LAYERS SIZE TTFH UP AS A STAYER AND LAY LIBERAL ODDS Upright the Only Outsider to Score at Jamestown JamestownJockey Jockey Clubs Track Yesterday Winners WinnersInclude Include Three Favorites Norfolk Va April 24 The threeyearold Cesar lou filly Jenny Geddes which Green B Morris has l een campaigning in the west and south for the past year showed that she is a sprinter as well as a stayer by beating a speedy band in the third raeu here this afternoon It was a five and a half fur ¬ longs dash and among those she met were isidora Chryseis and Kate K In a previous effort over a considerable distance of ground Jenny Geddes was outpaced in the early stages by Montgomery and Hedge Rose and It was on her showing in this race that the layers held her chances not of the best B Martin had the mount on Jenny Geddes today and he kept her well up with the leaders from the beginning The pace was fast with Isidora and Chryseis cutting it out After they had gone a half mile Jenny Geddes moved up on the outside with a good burst of speed and easily disposing rof the leaders on the stretch turn she drew away to win well In hand by a couple of lengths The fractional time of the race was 23 47 113 Todays victory was the third that this filly has scored here hereFavorites Favorites won half the card The only outsider to finish first was Upright in the fifth race and his victory was something of a fluke as the favorite Union Jack would undoubtedly have beaten him but for meeting with repeated interference interferenceThe The closest finish of the afternoon came with the running of the first race a dash of four and one half furlongs for twoyearolds Latent proved best of the ordinary lot that went to the post and after leading from the start managed to last long enough to beat the favorite Riugling by a scant half length lengthThe The departure of the Davies stable was delayed on account of the sale of the horse Plate Glass not I e ing consummated A price has been agreed mvm and as soon as the check reaches Mr Randolph Plate Glass will be turned over to Charlie Patter ¬ son Mr Davies is purchasing Plate Glass so as to have a representative in the Connaught Cup one of the big events of the Woodbine meeting at Toronto this spring Arrangements have been made to send Rose Lawrence Black River and a maiden three yearold from here to Toronto They will leave with P M Civills horses at the conclusion of tlw meeting meetingG G II Marlman left with Silver Knight and his other horses this afternoon for Pimlico PimlicoHarry Harry Morrissey will leave for Lexington tomorrow morning to do the starting during the first two days of that meeting Mars Cassidy will leave for New York Friday night to finish up some business he has in the cast and will be in Lexington Tuesday morn ¬ ing ingThe The management announced that the horses would be called to the post for the first race on Friday the closing day of the local meeting at 230 230G G W J Bissoll sold the twoyearold Jack of Hearts this morning P H Johnson being the pur ¬ chaser chaserJ J Forrester and J L Bryan announced that they would ship direct to Toronto from here hereJ J W Flynn who raced a big string at Charles ¬ ton was a visitor here this afternoon He shipped his string from South Carolina to Montreal where they will be rested restedDr Dr H McCarthy came down from Washington today and injected an antitoxin serum in the horses owned by Capt P M Walker that will be shipped to nightThere Lexington tomorrow night There will be no general exodus from here to Pimlico until the close of the local meeting ori Fri ¬ day A few of the horses now here will go to Pirn Hoc for the opening of that track but most of them will SaturdaySome remain here until Saturday Some of the trials here this morning were wereAspirin Aspirin Seveneighths In 133 133Busy Busy Mile in 140 140Candidate Candidate Half mile in 52 52Colonel Colonel Holloway Fiveeighths in 103 103Grenida Grenida Half mile in 53 53Hoffman Hoffman Mile in 150 150Jeannette Jeannette B Throeeighths In 3G 3GKormak Kormak Sovcneighths in 51 118 131 131Sherwood Sherwood Threequarters in 121 121Silicic Silicic Half mile iu 50 50Slim Slim Princess Half mile in 50 and fiveeighths in 104 pulled up Smirk upSmirk Fiveeighths in 49 103 103Spellbound Spellbound Mile in 51 117 140
