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G. M. JOHNSON SUSPENDED RACING OF J. H. BARR GETS KENTUCKY OWNER IN TROUBLE AT NORFOLK. Two Bookmakers Denied Further Privileges of the Course in Connection with Case Rye Straw, Only Winning Favorite. Norfolk, Va., November 19. Racing at the Jamestown Jockey Clubs track this afternoon was overshadowed in a measure by a ruling made by. the stewards, which brought suspension to jockey Fraiik Adams and owner G. M. Johnson. The ruling of the officials was based on the running of the horse .1. H. Barr. The latter was a starter on Monday in a big field and, after getting away from the post poorly closed a big gap and finished fast. He was in with a poorer lot the following day and. breaking from the outside, went to the front and led. all the way. The ruling, which appears a severe one, was based probably more on the contlicting stories told by Johnson than on the improvement shown by the horse. Adams unquestionably rode J. H. Barr badly the day he was beaten. As to Johnson, he has always borne a good reputation and it was the first time during his career on the turf that lie had been called into" the judges stand. In connection with the case, bookmakers G. Devine and H. Ohmar were barred from further privileges. The stewards have another case under consideration, or rather probably will will have tomorrow. It appears that R. I. Miller, in whose colors the horse Water Welles runs, complained that J. AV. Hedrick had attempted to extort 50 from him after Water "Welles won a selling race here on Monday last. The race in question was a ,500 top and bottom affair. Miller claims that Hedrick asked for 50 not to run the horse up. The stewards have asked Miller to put his complaint in writing. Stirring finishes came with the running of most of the races this afternoon. The upsets which are so frequQiit here, were again the rule and in only oue race did a favorite score, Rye Straw being the solitary successful choice. Yodeling, at odds of 00 to 1, running in the colors of Henry J. Morris, won the opener, with the. two -clioicesj-Walters ami Sn preme, unplaced. The third race, a dash of three-quarters of a mile for two-year-olds, resulted in a spirited contest, four of the eight starters finishing heads and necks apart. Tiie winner turned up in Fathom, which came from behind and beat Some Kid a neck. Orotund, the favorite, finished fifth. Before the races this .afternoon an accident occurred outside the entrance to the course, in which ex-jockey James Walsh was struck by an automobile and killed. Walshs home is in Xenia, Ohio, and his body will probably be shipped to that point.
