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JAMESTOWN MANAGEMENT HAS PROBLEM. How to Take Care of All Stables Desirous of Shipping There Is Causing Concern. Norfolk, Va., October 27. Among the many notable stables which have made nominations for the four stakes to be run during the approaching autumn meeting of the Jamestown Jockey Club, is that of Harry Payne Whitney, who will be represented In two of these events. Trainer Albert Simons, who is now handling the active division of the wealthy easterners stable, will ship the entire string to the seaside course here at the conclusion of the meeting at Pimlico. For the Lynhaven Hotel Handicap, which will be run Saturday. November 15. Mr. Whitneys Valkyrie and Some Kid are eligible. Cherokee Hosts II. is regarded by trainer Simons as a certain starter in the Mouticello Hotel Handicap, for all ages, one mile, which will be the feature for decision on the afternoon of Saturday, November 22. Sylvan is the second dependency of the Whitney stable. All Gold, of which so much was expected, and which to date has been a rank failure in this country. Is an absentee iu the list of the Whitney nominations. Trainer Simons, in a letter to Manager Bob Levy, says that the horses in the Whitney stable will be seen frequently in the overnight races. In point of numbers, the Whitney string will be larger than that now racing at Laurel, for several fresh horses will come down from the farm at Brookdale to join the big band already at the Maryland track. Manager Levy has returned from a Hying trip to Laurel, where he completed the collection of stake nominations. The situation regarding stall .room still is a trying one, for the Jamestown track, with its 025 stalls, will accommodate not more than 450 horses. Yet there are more than 500 for which reservations have been sought from Laurel and upwards of 100 from Kentucky. How best to meet this situation, and avoid either overcrowding or neglecting those owners who have applied for stall room, is a matter that is calling for considerable consideration. Associate Judge and Handicapper Fred. W. Gerhardy will be here in a few days from Laurel and will aid in straightening out matters. Mr. Levy declares that on all sides he received assurances from horsemeu while he was at Laurel which led him to the conviction that no meeting ever held at Jamestown will compare in class and patronage with the approaching autumn session, "inaugurating the fifteen-days racing session with the running of the Merchants Selllug Stakes, value jl.000. for all ages at three-quarters pfamlle, the opening day. Thursday, November 13. will be ladles day. and great crowds of femininity from all over1 the tidewater district will attend. The social aspect always has been a pleasing feature of the racing here. Numerous parties from up-state, where the hunting sot has been more than usually active this fall, have made reservations at the local hotels and it is assured that Norfolk will lie crowded as seldom before by the inllux of racing folk. Joseph McLennan, who was at Latonia last week, will be here in a few days. He found that the earlier expectations of a big shipment of horses from the blue grass state were not unfounded, for at least eight carloads, including 300 head, will come on from Kentucky as soon as the big meeting at Latonia ends. Fred Auerbacli, one of the managers and chief owners of the Charleston track, who it at Latonia assisting Frank J. Bruen in collecting the stake nominations for the Palmetto Park stakes, wired Manager Levy requesting information as to how many horses from Kentucky could be cared for here. The stables of G. M. Johnson, William Gerst, P. M. Civill. E. J. OConnell. J. H. MeCarren, Adair and Baker, T. J. Brown, C. K. Allen and a number of other owners who made applications early will be accommodated in their old quarters at the Jamestown course. The hook program for the first nine days of racing was issued today and it presents an attractive list of overnight handicaps and other races prepared by Manager Levy and Mr. .McLennan, livery class of horse is cared for "and the entry list from day to day should be unusually large. For the third day of the meeting. Saturday. November 35. seven races are carded, including the Lynnliaven Hotel Handicap and the Rose Tree Hurdle Handicap. Races at considerable distances for two-year-olds and all-aged fields abound. Col. Ral Parr, Baltimore financier and turfman, intends to go into jumping on a more pretentious scale than ever. His recent purchases of the good prospects Skibbercen and Ballybey from II. Bozier Dulany, Washingtou society man, are in line with this resolve. The horses, both three-year-olds, attracted the attention of Col. Parr and trainer William Garth through their build and manifest powers tif endurance, and both will be seen going over the jumps here if weather and other conditions are favorable. Tlie Jamestown track presents a busy appearance these days. Track Superintendent George Miller has moved to the clubhouse, which lias undergone a general refurbishing and from now until the lirst of December he will busy himself in general charge of the plant. All the stalls are in tiptop condition, and the work of going over the course and topping the jumps in the field is well under way. Intermittent showers have delayed the work only slightly and the repairs to the roadways and other improvements have been nearly completed. Several stables will winter at Jamestown, although the bulk of the horses that come here will go on to Charleston. Railroad officials are already figuring on the big movement of horses to tlie southern racing point, tlie seventy-eight days season there having made it positive that more than 500 horses will go from Jamestown to swell the quota which" will shin direct to Charleston from Kentucky. Messrs. Fred Auerbacli, Santo Sotille and Frank J. Bruen will come here later on to arrange for this big shipment.
