The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-09
FALL RACE MEET AT NORFOLK
jamestown Jockey Club Races to Be.
gin November !.
Plenty of Good Horses ia be
There and Big Purses
Hung Up.

| Norfolk. Va, Oct. S.-With reservations
already made for the stailIng Of several
hundred high-class horses 20 be shipped
] for the fall meeting Of the jamestown
| Jockey Club. 10 begin November ! and
continue until November Il, with prob
able extension until November %. the as
surance that the sport at the track will
be OF the highest class Is made complete
| by the announcement OF the feature
for the first seven days of the meeting.
The character OF a track and the class
OF sport which it offers is judged largely
| by the size Of purses which il offers.
That being so. jamestown should com
mend itself 70 ali turfmen and other
lovers OF the sport OF racing.
The features for the first seven days
follow;
Opening day 1Nonolk Day. November l-NorfoIk
Handicap, seven fuHcaes, an ages slo0 g1arau-
Ieed. Sieeplechase: Yurlei $50 added. -Four ether
races # SZ50 and url
secoDd dsy-Mo1ticello Hotel Prss; one nile;
tsgeeyesr 5lds and upward soc added. Five other
rAcs Of $50 and ID
Thnl iay-Oidsnob3e Handicap six furlougs for
twoyear-olds; 500 added. line ether races o 50
| and mp
Fourth day-Lyauhayen HoteI Purse: FIVE and one
hail fuTlonss; al -gesi SO addei. Five other
races Of $50 and upl
Fifth Day-E1elansa Handicap: one and one
eighth miles. thrce-5caFolds and upward: a.oCo
guaranteed. Lins Caf- SrsepIecaase, purse; 500.
added. lFam other races o. so and up
l Sixth day-Atlantie Hotel Purse SIX ard ons-hsh
fuiungs; for tWOyear ODDS 500 added. Give ether
races Of SO and up
! Seventh day-Lorraine Hotel Purse: one mile; all
ages; 500 added. Give other Hees q $50 and upj
! All seeplechases viii be for 500 and up added.
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! Manager Bob Levy, OF the jamestown
track, who spent the last half Of this
week at Marlboro. Nd, where a meeting
is now on under the auspices OF the
Southern Maryland Racing Association.
writes that all the horses now racing
there and which viii later race AT PIN
leo viii be shipped to jamestown. and
then there are lots Of horses that will
not race al either of those tracks that
will be shipped direct here. Canada VIII
send down a big buRch.
The indications are that turfmen and
other followers of the track VIII be here
in large numbers from New York. Phila
/ delphia, Baltimore, Washington and other
places in the North ALREADY the local
hotels, of which there is an abundance
of the first class type. are receiving COM
municauons from prospective visitors as
to reservations, and boxes are being re-
served in the grand stand at the track
From day 10 day the outlook Cor a big
meeting here grows even brighter There
is no reason why owners should not ship
their horses here, and as there viii be
on In the East no races at the time Of
.fa To
very good reason for their doing so.
Manager Levy sent down from Marlboro
the names of nineteen owners who VIII
ship here 1l5 head OF horses. and say
there are plenty more 10 follow.
There are two other things that are
expected TO help things along at James
town in the early stages of the meet
ing One will be a merchandise exposi-
ton week, the first week OF the meeting.
and exhibition aviation fights for the
first three days Of the meeting. All
railroads will give reduced rates to Nor
folk throughout the meeting. Altogether.
beginning November ! and continuing for
some little time, 1t IS expected that Nor
folk will be a pretty lively place. All !
the big stores Of the city will make a
special display of merchandise during
merchandise week and offer special bar !
gains TO visitors.
Everything at the jamestown course is !
being pat in apple-pie order for the
meeting. Carpenters are making any re-
pairs that might be needed at the rae /
ing plant, and both clubhouse and grand /
stand are being touched up with fresh /
paint The track is being cut up and |
narrowed and the few horses that are
now at the track for training are exer-
cIsine on IL