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FINE OPENING AT NORFOLK EASTERN RACING SEASON OF 1913 IS AUSPICI ¬ OUSLY ENTERED UPON Biggest Crowd in History of Racing at Virginia VirginiaTrack Track Sees Tarts Win the Norfolk NorfolkSelling Selling Stakes Norfolk Va April 1 The opening of the Tamos towu Jockey Clubs meeting at Norfolk this after ¬ noon ushered in the easteru racing season of PH3 the bright prospects of racing being resumed mi the metropolitan tracks lent added interest to the opening and many racing folk from New Xork wre present to give the sport hen agood sendoff Th attendance was by far the largest that ever wlt nessed a race at the Norfolk track and with otlur conditions iu keeping the sjiort was thoroughly en ¬ joyed The program was a sevenraces affair witn the Norfolk Selling Stakes a dash of six furlongs as the main attraction Some of the best sprinters on the ground went to the iMist in this race and it furnished a stirjing contest with Tarts first homo by a scant half length iu advance of Warbler The winner came from behind and showed a game performance Four of the seven races were won by horses that came from Charleston and the tinlsles ju a majority of instances were close enough to he interesting interestingThe The Whitney stable finished first and second in the twoyearold race Trainer Alltert Simons de ¬ clared to win with Delft and Troxler was forced to take Trumps under si stout pull at the end to let her stable companion get up in the last stride The Whitney pair were heavily supported and ruled first choice Delft was quickest to leave the bar ¬ rier but Trumps caught and passed her before they had gone a sixteenth Troxler had Trumps in hand for the remainder of the trip and on her showing in this race she is evidently more than a fair sort sortThe The Virginians put over a good thing when Ixton won the third race They wagered witli confident and Jimmy Hutwell made no mistakes He wv alert at the post and when the barrier was released was olT In front and retained the lead ail the way Fifteen wayFifteen layers were on hand and those who were inclined to speculate found the odds quoted x tremely liberal as compared with those laid ut Charleston That part of the enclosure was packet all afternoon Those in line included Jolinny Lewis A Angerman William K Eugstrom J Pritchard Steve Lllommedieu Mike Harris Charlie Walters Al Hanf Gus Hlunie K A Kennedy AI Valentine T J Shaw and Ted Colmrn ColmrnThe The starting machines that Mars Cassidy has been using all season were delayed en route from Juarez and George Miller the track superintendent here kindly loaned one of the Imrriers on which he re ¬ cently secured a patent The new gate worked like a clock and gave excellent satisfaction ami Mr Miller was complimented on its great success This machine works on the principal of the Maxwell gate except that it has a luirrier of webbing In place of netting It weighs only fiftyone pounds and can be carried around in a suitcase suitcaseStarter Starter Cassidy was in rare form during ti afternoon his work being of the giltedged variety lie had several bad actors at the jtost in the stakH race but secured an excellent start There is n better man at the barrier than Mars Cassidy when he is in good form Frank 1 Nolan proprietor of the Keyerwyck Stable was among tin visitors Dave Gideon Thomas Keator and Chicago OKrien weje othor prominent turfmen present Allie Louden racing secretary and manager of th Hamilton and Ottawa tracks in Canada was among the arrivals Mr l ouden Is here in the interest of the stakes offered at thwe two tracks and he re ceived yromises from a number of horsemen to ship their stables to take part iu both of these meet ¬ ings Mr Iouden will remain here for the rest of the week weekK K W Cxtrter who looks after the racing in ten sts of Thomas Fortune Ilyan ami Louis Feustal trainer of the Helmont horses came over from Heir nlng to participate ii the opening William Garth also arrived from Washington to assist his sou Ixwis in the saddling of several horses which tho latter sent to the post during the afternoon afternoonThe The stallion Chester Kriim which was being pre ¬ pared for the races by B Kathman broke down this morning after working six furlongs in 11 and will be retired to the stud
