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TRICKERY IS FRUSTRATED SCHEME TO DEFRAUD BACKERS OF HORSE AT JAMESTOWN COMES TO NAUGHT Owner of The Squire Discovers Sponge in His Horses HorsesNostril Nostril Stewards Are Notified and Hjorse Wins s with Ease By Big Margin Norfolk Va April 5 When Jerry Maboneys aged gelding Till Squire galloped home an easy winner of the sixth race at the Jamestowu Jockey Clubs track this afternoon a scheme to defraud backers of the horse was siKilled and a gang of sharpers lost heavily On form The Squire figured a 0 to r favorite for the race but 4 to 1 was ob ¬ tained for the asking There was a reason for this During tin night some one got into the horses stall and inserted a sjxmge in one of his nostrils with tlie idea of stopping him in todays race For ¬ tunately the Job was done hurriedly and this morn ¬ ing wiiile grooming The Squire his owner discovered the dastardly trick ami taking out the sMinge car ¬ ried it to the stewards Nothing was said Mo out ¬ siders but a close watch was kept on the frequ nt ers of the paddock and those who were inclined to take liberties with the horse in the ring were noted for future reference Tlie Squire made liis opiiosi tiou look cheap Jockey Wolfe was instructed to go to tlie front which lie Immediately did when the barrier was released and at no time was the race in doubt the horse galloped in an easy winner by three lengths lengthsThe The largest crowd that ever visited the track was present this afternoon The attendance this spring lias exceeded the expectations of the management ajnl encouraged by tlie success of the meeting Bob Levy instructed racing secretary Joseph McLennan to increase the value of all purses in races at one mile or over These races will in future be worth not less tlran 400 400The The Juvenile Stakes a dash of four ftirlongs for 2yearolds the Old Town Handicap at a mile and a steeplechase over tlie short course were some oC tho attractions Albert Simonsi sent three of tlm Whitney youngsters to the post in tlie stake race and they finished one two three Vega1 winning l y three parts of a length from Holiday which bent Trumps a neck The stable declanl to win with either Vega or Holiday which meant that Trumps was again reserved for some future race Fathom one of the Belmont colts showed a smashing good per ¬ formance In tills race running up from a long ways back and finishing with a great burst of speed It would be well to note this fellow for future refer ¬ ence enceFour Four of the winners were bid up and one of them changed hands a Mr Hewlett securing Lawton Wiggins from J W Hedrick for 1140 an advance of WO over the entered price Start Gift winner of the lirst nice was bid up 105 Striker was bid up from 1100 to 2003 by Sam Louis and Tho Squire was IxHisted 205 over his entered price oC 4 N In the sixtli nice niceII II A Dorsey who is interested in the Delorimiei Park track at Montreal was a visitor here this afternoon He came down from Hot Springs Va whOre lie has been siKnding tlie month of March Mr Dorsey announced that his association would hang purses of H and over The Deloriuiier Park meeting will open May 24 and continue to May 1 The second meeting will begin June 28 and continue to July 5 Two meetings will be given at the King Edward Park course two at Blue Bonnets and two at the new track at Dorvnl This means that Mon ¬ treal and its vicinity will provide something llko fifty days of racing for the horsemen Two car ¬ loads of thoroughbreds have already arrived at Delorimier from Juarez The ollicials of the meet ¬ ing will be announced shortly shortlySmiling Smiling Jack Meyers left for New York tonight after spending several days at Old Point Comfort ComfortJames James Johnston has been schooling the threeyear old Syosset through the field and says that tlie colt is a natural fencer and promises to develop into a great steeplechaser Johnston was anxious to start Syosset In a jumping race at tills meeting but was prevented from doing so for the reason that the colt Is only a threeyearold Sir Cleges has also been schooled by Johnston and has also shown an aptitude for jumping jumpingA A complete list of the owners whose horses either are already here or will be here later on is us follows August Belmont Harry Payne Whitney H T Wilson Thomas Clyde James Howe Albert Simons Lewis S Thompson William Martin Hugh Penny AV 1 Austin J F Carney William Garth Lewis Garth Woods Stockton C C Smithson Col ¬ onel I M Parr W L Maiipin Thomas Rodrock William Carmody Frank Herold John J Moran Max Hirsch E J MeGraw H Meise Martin Foley Qnlncy Stable Paul J Fox Thomas Collins G M Johnson William Gerst George Ham J J McCaf ferty John W Burttschell J L Jones Harry Shan ¬ non W C Gardener William Shields A F Dayton E McBride Miss E A Tyson Wiim lAJiiis L M Aslie W A Burttschcll Jaines Arthur J M Henry J H Thornby H I Carter George J Day J I Killeen K L Carroll Fred Miisante Hiehard Pending Harvey Boyle G B Ensor Eugene Lntz George M OdomD A Brollier W T McGIvney Don F Kinney John Charles M Lee W F HeQ inond Ernest Utterback N K Heal H A Fit gerald J W Hedrick L Illume G F Hitching M J Conrau H I Miller F T Miller J F Sweeney W F Presgrave H J Morris A G Wes ton II G Breckenridge S N Hexter M Burton K Spence J M Cooper W T Anderson Mrs L A Livingston John O Talbott J M Zimmor L Mulligan Francis J Pons A H Bresler J J Good ¬ win C T Halsey W O Joplin C Bills William Cahill C Goodharte C H Wolf Frank Regan S Murray J J McCauIey G II Marlinan J U Strode A Malone J Mahoiiey F C Route G P Sherman J H McCarren John Forrester E Mint r J H Braimon F E Baird E McHedmond W G KlmiDodds
