The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-02
Dust From the Track.

proud Of the showing made by Pierce
horsehesh.
Among the Wayne visitors were j.
f. LETTERS, a prominent merchant, and
w. b. Vail, formerly of Norfolk.
r. w. Beswick, Jesse Beemer and
Robert Bathke acted as special police
at the race grounds. M. II. Green act
ed as track marshal.
Automobiles were put in the shade
for the moment. Not single one had
the nerve to poke it's gasoline tank
into the paddock.
1.-TWO bits for single, Marcus"
Everybody knew it was Bob Reynolds
voice. Marcus did it. His father was
the tickeldest man in the crowd.
The ball games of Thursday and Fri
day will continue all the, time, unin-
terrupted by the racing. Wire net
ting will be stretched so as TO protect
the track.
"Skeet's" father was the most in
tensely interested fan in the crowd.
Several times he was going to lick the
umpire. Skeet comes by his baseball
blood honestly.
Only one case of foul driving occurred
during the day, so far as the judges
found. Beezley, whipping into the air,
prevented Jimmie from passing him
and was set back.
If you want detailed news and Cos
sip of each days races ON the same
nj uht uat a cpnv of Tho NowC, ov+ ro
issued at p. m. daily during the
races. If the newsboy doesn't find
you, find the boy.
Woods Cones of Pierce, who owns
three of the horses which were en-
tered in the Norfolk races, was down
there would be many more visitors on
Thursday and Friday.
Among the first day visitors from
Tilden were: Pat Stanton, e. B. Han
son, G. c. Warren, George Krumm,
Charles Wurzbacher, Sam Wurzbach-
err, Mr.. and Mrs. August Borgmeyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ruegge.
President Groesbeck of the local as.
ISOLATION was pretty nearly call i'm
as a result of strenuous work connect
ed with the meet. But he was happy
at that He said that there were CSC
tickets sold for the first day.
Mr.. Stafford of Coleridge came to
Norfolk from Wayne, where his race
horses have been entered His string
leave tonight for Fonda, Iowa, and the
northwest Iowa race circuit. Mr.. Stat.
ford is an old friend of Mr.. Rothe, vice
president of the Citizens National bank
of Norfolk.
President p. j. McManus and Sec
rotary M. H. Mccarthy of the O'Neill
driving association, were in Norfolk
for the first day. Mr.. Mccarthy said
that there would be a large delegation
from the Holt county seat on Thurs
day, when O'Neill plays ball here
against Pilger.
President Galley of the North Ne
braska Short Shipment circuit, who
was the only visitor from Creighton
on Wednesday, said that there would
be twenty-five or thirty from the Knox
county seat on Thursday afternoon
and evening. They will return home
Friday morning.
Norfolk is bedecking herself with
purple and yellow, the official colors
of the Norfolk race meet. The pretty
yellow and purple ribbons fly from
parasols and from the whips on her
carriages. About the city and in the
Norfolk avenue, decorations flags min
gle with the race colors.
NJ. M. Sorenberger, the starter who
is to have charge of all of northern
Nebraska's races again this summer,
has been at this business for thirty
years. For fourteen years he has been
married and the Norfolk meet is the
first race event he has ever attended
without being accompanied by Mrs.
SOrenberger, who is this week in Sioux
City. Mr.. Sorenberger lives at Cleve-
| land, Texas, and left home June IA to
begin his season. He came to Nor
folk from Iowa and after finishing this
circuit will go down into Texas for
seven weeks of winter racing,