The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
JAMESTOWN RACES
TO BEGIN MONDAY.
Thirty Days Meeting OF the Fast
Gallopers on Course Near
Norfolk.

NEW YORK. August 3l.rThe in
augural race meeting of the jamestown
Jockey Club is announced. and this
Southern extension of the great sport,
which has been under process of prepa-
ration for some months, is now a GER
tainty. The meeting is scheduled to
open on September 2, and the associa-
ton states that there will be no less
than thirty days racing. The race
course is near Norfolk, within easy
reach of that city, as well as of the
crowds that are sure to patronize the
jamestown Exposition during the
month.
Many of the most prominent citizens
and business men of Norfolk are in
terested in this racing proposition. and
they have gone about the matter in a
thorough manner that is sure to bring
the success that 1t deserves. The best
people in that part of Virginia are, in
fact, enthusiastic over the coming
meeting, and will receive the support
of society of the very highest class.
While the running of the race meet
| ing at Norfolk would seem at hrSt
| glance to be much in the way of an
experiment, such assurances have been
| given the promoters in the way of local
support, as well as from the horsemen
| throughout the country, that there Is
| no longer any question as to the sue
ings in the South have been profitable
and attractive. and with the added at
| fractions of the Jamestown Exposition,
which is bringing thousands to Nor
| folk there should be no lack Of at
tendance to encourage the association
| in its ambitious enterprise.
Mr.. Sheridan Clark, who has for so
long been identified with the turf in
leans and with the Brighton Beach
Racing Association. has been put in
full charge of all matters relating to
| the management and proper conduct
| of the sport, and his long experience
| in racing affairs makes 1T certainty
| that the meeting will run smoothly
and satisfactorily both to horsemen and
| the association. Mr.. Clark has been
around New York tracks for several
weeks with Mr.. William Young, who
is vice president of the association, and
| they have succeeded in securing ma
| terial in the way of horses and riders
| that should make the meeting alto
| gether interesting and attractive te
TO earn fair purses with their strings
| Experienced Turfmcn mt Helm.
| The officials of the meeting will be
| well known and experienced turfmer
| tail of the meeting will be carried ou'
lin accordance with the usual regula'
lions that are so familiar to all horse
men. Colonel S. NJ. Apperson has peer
| Of Norfolk. Is the president of the
/ jamestown Jockey Club. While the as
| sociation states that there will be no
+ less than thirty DAYS racing, II II
| more than probable that there Will b'
an extension of this time for another
| thirty days.
The program for the first week, Sep
/ tenber I'd to September 7th. shows SIP
/ races each day. with $500 added, an,
an Intelligent list of conditions which
/ should prove decidedly attractive tt
| the horsenen. Besides sprint races
/ there are plenty of races from one mile
To one mile and quarter to SUIT TN
distance horses. Three steeplechhse,
| ner week are scheduled, and this, 1T i
1 expected will he one of the most at
/ tractive features of the meeting.