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GOOD PROSPECTS FOR NORFOLK MEETING Aim of Management Is to Have Most Successful Meeting in History of Virginia Racing Norfolk Va October 11 From November 13 to i0 inclusive the greatest race meeting ever held in Virginia will take place over the Jamestown Jockey Clubs track The pick of the horses from the best stables in America have already entered for meetingThe the stakes to bo run during the meeting The purses this year will be larger than ever before offered by the local association and this fact is attracting owners of highclass horses A number of horses now racing in Kentucky will come to Jamestown after the meeting at Latonia which closes November i four days prior to the opening of the local meeting Manager meetingManager Bob Levy of the Jamestown track an ¬ nounced that there will be no purse of less value than 00 and there will be special races each day with purses ranging from 400 to 600 There also will IM six stakes races with purses ranging from ifSW to 1300 Entries for the stake races will close on Saturday October 2G 2GThe The book of conditions for the meeting will be out in a few days and will be distributed among horsemen throughout the country countryWilliam William Garth with a string of twentyfive horses will be on hand for the opening day as will II J Bedwell with eighteen Thomas F Ryan will ship eight or ten of his l est horses to Norfolk and James Fitzsimmons will send fourteen Among other owners who wlll ship from four to fifteen horses each for the meeting arc arcW W Cahill T F Coles W H Congdon W B Carson E B Cassatt J Duffy C H Davids M Daly W G KiugDodds J FraleyW Foley P J Fox A W Foulk J K Frayling A Garson J Gaffney E H Hanna W S House M Hirsch 1 L Holland B Horton J W Hedrick E W lleffner T Hatfield Frederick Johnson William Keating I W Langdon E W Moore W Martin and R Miller C L Mack A G Molinclli P J Miles J J McCauley L M MacCleuimy E McBride 1 J MeCafferty J E Nash William Oliver J Powers SV P Presgravc H Penny J Phillips J W Pnngle T Roderick W Raymond RaymondF F Regan P S P Randolph1 William Rashman H Rites C 0 Reed A Simons II Shannon S W Streett G W Scott L M Stackhouse J O Tallwtt W C Weaut W C Westmoreland J JG G Wagnon A G Westou P M Walker R T Wllsou K Uttcrback 7 S Ownbey OwnbeyReservations Reservations have already been made for nearly 500 horses which includes but few horses from the west It Is expected that by the opening day there will at least be 700 horses at the track trackOver Over 150 additional stalls are in course of con ¬ struction at the track and when these are com ¬ pleted the local plant will be able to take care of practically all the horses that will race here These new stalls are to be firstclass in every particular and will l o occupied all winter by horses from some of the best stables in the country their owners Ijelieving Norfolk an excellent place for their thor ¬ oughbreds to winter
