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NORFOLK MEETING ENDS DEAD HEAT BETWEEN SALON AND EXECUTOR IS FEATURE OF CLOSING DAY. Jockey Kcrmath Gets Nasty Fall in Steeplechase, but Escapes Serious Injury Favorites Successful in Four Races. Norfolk, Va., November 29. The closing day of the Jamestown Jockey Clubs meeting attracted a large gathering to the Norfolk course. A card of seven races was provided, with the Chevy Chase Steeplechase, the Chesapeake Handicap and the An ltevoir Handicap as features. The real incident of the afternoon was a dead heat, which came with the running of the opening race, a dash of five and a half furlongs for two-year-olds, iu which Salon and i-jxecutor passed the judges so closely alligned that they could not be separated. Executor made most of the -pace, while Salon came from behind. The purse was divided. The steeplechase was marred by an accident, in which jockey Kermath, who had the mount on the favorite, Mclos, got a nasty fall. He was unconscious tor a time, but finally recovered his senses and was none the worse for the fall aside from a few bruises. The winner turned up in Syosset, which beat Ragusa half a. length. Colonel Cook, winner of the third race, was bid up from 00 to ,100 and was retained by his owner. Albert Simons carried tlie horse to ,000 and then C. C. Smithson bid ,100 and secured him. Colonel Cook will be fired with the hope of mending a suspicious looking ankle. A majority of the races were won ly favorites, the successful choices being Montrcsor, Colonel Cook. Brynary and Strenuous. Executor was favorite in his race. II. Neustadter, J. Johnston and J. L. Whitehill will leave for Juarez ou Monday with a carload of horses. Mr." Neustadter purchased Rey from Sam Louis this afternoon and this horse will lie included iu the shipment. Steward Frank J. Bryan, after hearing all the evidence in the J. W. Hedrick-lt. I. Miller controversy, referred the case to the Jockey Club. A mass of evidence was forwarded to the stewards in New York. Scallywag was jnmped on in his race and pulled up lame. The horse was. also crowded against tho fence and McCahey suffered a bruised leg. An operation was performed on jockey Ambrose this afternoon. Tho boy is suffering from a fractured skull. Altamaha was withdrawn from the seventh race at four oclock. Trainer Tom Hcaley was anxious to load his horses so as to ship them to Belmont Park tonight, and the stewards excused Altamaha from starting. J. T. Temple started ills new purchase. Bronte, in two races. He warmed him up for the third event by starting him in the second race, which was a steeplechase over the two-mile course. James Johnson, owner of the Quincy Stable, sold three of his horses this morning to J. F. Sweeney. The lot included Striker, Joe Finn and My Fellow. The horses that Hugh Penny has been handling for T. F. Sheedy have been turned over to F. E. Baird, who will ship them to Charleston. A number of bookmakers who operated at Norfolk left for Charleston tonight and Indications are that there will be about a dozen layers in line at Palmetto lark on Monday. Hugh Penny today closed an option which he held on Brynlimah and Fathom. N. K. Beal disposed of the horses to close a partnership. Penny will probably secure several yearlings which he will winter here. Brynlimah and Fathom will be sent to Charleston, together with Thrifty and Tay Pay. Jockey Butwell left tonight for Jacksonville, where he will spend the winter in hunting and fishing. Frank .1. Bryan and Herman Conkling left for New York. Starter Dade returned to his home in Kentucky. Joseph A. Murphy departed for St. Louis and Fred Gerhardy for Detroit, Mich., where he will spend the winter.
