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HANDICAP TO CAUGH HILL RACER FROM KENTUCKY SCORES OVER EAST ERN HORSES AT NORFOLK Tables Are Turned When Amalfi Beats Joe Deibold Deiboldin in Mile Allowance Affair and Apiaster Beats BeatsIdleweiss Idleweiss in Selling Race Norfolk Va November 14 The Atlantic Hotel Purse a dash of a mile for threeyearolds and over was offered as an attraction by the Jamestown Jockey Club this afternoon It brought out a smart held and furnished a spirited contest in which Amalfl beat Joe Deibold a length In a driving finish The mile In 140 marked a good performance Over the Norfolk track Joe Deibold a recent arrival from Latonia threatened to make a runaway affair of the race He took the lead shortly after tha start and retained it until well inside the final far long before Amalli passed him Carlton G favorite for the race was a keen factor to the stretch turn then began to tire and at the finish he was beaten off offThe The allaged handicap at six furlongs which divided Interest with the abovedescribed race also furnished a good contest A speedy lot went to the post in this race and it was probably the best betting event of the meeting Orover llughea which had taken all the fast ones at Latonia into camp was top weight and one of tho choices Bad luck at the start put him out of the struggle He was unprepared when the barrier was lifted and was never able to overcome the ground lost at the be ¬ ginning Acton left the post with a great burst of speed and set a terrific pace with Caugh Hill In close pursuit They went the first quarter in 23 and the half mile in 47 In the stretch racing Actou began to weaken and Caugh Hill finishing fast and true got up to win by a length The sis furlongs were run In 112 which is fast for the Norfolk track trackThe The first second and sixth races found the win ¬ ners first home by small margins FlyByNIght just did manage to get up in the closing stride to beat Turkey in the Straw a1 a1neck neck while Tarts in a desperate drive just managed to last long enough to finish a head in front of Continental with Bryn ary right on top of the first two beaten a neck for second place placeThe The sixth race found Apiaster and Idleweiss heads apart passing the judges Idleweiss was probably best He was shuffled back in the early stages and after dismounting Buxton complained to the judges that jockey Turner had grabbed him by the leg while passing Michael Angelo Turner was called up and questioned by the officials but denied having interfered with Buxtqn He said that in passing his leg might have struck Bnxton and if It did it was accidental The matter was given no further consideration by the officials The riders here have already learned that nothing bordering on foul tactics will be tolerated and the races probably will be truer run than at some other tracks tracksJesuit Jesuit and Azure Maid were the only ones of the eight starters in the steeplechase that finished thtf course without mishap Dr Heard bolted outside the flags directly after the start and while he fin ¬ ished the course he was not placed Virginia Creeper took the first jump at the extreme end and at the second fence tmltetl over the outside wing and fell At the fourth fence Lizzie Flat and Galliii came to grief and at the sixth Norbitt went down and Lampblack tumbled over him Azure Maid fenced well enough but lacked speed and she was beaten off about thirty lengths by Jesuit which was well in hand during the last turn of the field fieldThe The following horsemen made known their Inten ¬ tion of shipping from here to Charleston at the con ¬ clusion of the Norfolk meeting Adair Baker T Tighe II O Bedwell J K Wainwright W T Anderson KIngDoddsJockey and W KIngDodds Jockey Joe Byrne who was injured at Pimlico while riding Nonpareil was at the track this after ¬ noon He probably will be seen in the saddle again next week weekAmong Among the arrivals today were Frank Frisbie and W C AVeant who came over from Pimlico with their horses Nat Byer brought over P S P Randolphs Besom BesomFrajib Frajib M Taylor and H C Hallenbeck were visi ¬ tors Trainer Taylor announced that he would race some horses here and would send them over from Pimlico Mr Hallenbeck said that they had bet little hope of saving Worth as the severed tendun was expectedAmos not knitting as well as expected Amos Turner was another new arrival He came from Kentucky and will remain for the rest of the meeting He is looking after the interests of his rider Clarence Turner Mr Turney probably will ship his stable here next spring instead of to Beu nlug as has been his custom in previous years yearsThe The horses owned by George J Day J D Killen and G P Sherman arc due to arrive from Latonia tomorrow morning morningFrank Frank J Bryan will leave for Middleburg Vn Friday night to attend the meeting which will be given by the Middleburg Hunt Club on Saturday next
