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NORFOLK GOING CHANGES MUD RUNNERS GET CHANCE AT JAMESTOWN JOCKEY CLUBS COURSE. Edward McBride Continues to Have Good Luck with New Acquisitions Tactics Wins for Him at First Asking. Norfolk. Va.. November 17. Edward McBride. who is gathering together a stable to race at Charleston, scored another victory at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs, track this afternoon with one of his new purchases. On Saturday he won tho Lynnhaveit Handicap with the two-year-old till- Water Lady, that he got from Sam Louis a few hours before the running of that stake. This morning lie closed an option with Louis that he held on Tactics and tho latter scored for his new owner in the feature race, a handicap for all ages at one mile and a sixteenth, for which the two-year-old Northerner ruled an odds-on choice. Tactics was well backed by his peo---who probably won him out. The going, which was heavy, just suited him and he was never headed. Making all of his own pace, he won in a canter by three lengths. When the barrier was sprung. Northerner either propped or was left. A all events. , he was hopelessly out of it before they had gone a sixteenth. He was a trailer until the last furlong, when he began wearing the tiring Guy Fisher down and just managed to get up in time to get third money iu the final stride. Despite the change in the going, form was well observed, five of the -even choices winning. All were well backed, which meant that the layers suffered heavy losses. Aside from the second and fourth races, the finishes were close enough to arouse much enthusiasm. Race-goers here are an enthusiastic lot. The Kentuckiaus put over one of their good things when VBub" Mays Billy Stuart won the opener, a dash of five and a half furlongs for two-year-olds. The only run-up of the afternoon came when Cockspur won the closing event, in which ho was entered to be sold for 00. He was bid up to 00 and bought by Sam Louis, who immediately resold him to J. O. Talbott. Warbler, though stiff and sore while going to tho post, managed to beat the lot he was asked to meet in the fifth race. Burllngame was hard at work, on him all the way and ho staggered la half a length in. advanccof-Arraji. . . t General Manager Bob Levy this afternoon declared that the meeting so far has been the most successful in the history of the- track and said he felt sure there would be few departures for Charleston until after the last day of racing here. There is not a town in the country where the entire business community is so heartily in favor of racing as here, and this sentiment has done more to insure success at Jamestown than any other one thing aside from the fact that the Jamestown management will not stand for anything but strictly clean put racing, and It has leen impressed upon everybody that sudden reversals of form her,e will meet with prompt and stringent action upon the part of the management, who are bent upon building up a reputation for Jamestown second to none in the country., Jockey Nathan was suspended for one week for rough riding in the sixth race. He had the mount, on Big Dipper and was held responsible for tho jam at the first turn, in which the favorite. Strenuous, was crowded back. Tactics grabbed his quarter during the running of the handicap, which may keep him in the stable for several, days. Henrv J. Morris purchased Yodehug from H. C. Breckenridge at private sale this morning. Mr. Breckenridge proposes to rent his farm in irgiula and go to California. Alexander Smith Cochran, who last spring purchased several promising racers, among them His Majesty, has arranged to turn all of his horses oyer to his brother, Gilford Cochran, which means that W. R Midgley will handle them in the future. He has interested himself to such an extent in the international yacht race that will be sailed next fall that he finds that his time will be pretty well occupied in superintending the construction of a new boat that lie hopes will be selected as the cup defender. Tho transfer of the horses to his brothers stable means that Charles T. Patterson, one of the loading trainers of the conntry, will sever his connection with Mr. Cochran. It Is just possible that Mr. Patterson will go abroad next seasou, although lie has had several offers to remain in this
