New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
Ambitious Plans Being Made for
Meeting in Virginia.

Horsen,en are looking forward with Keen
n1ea sure +o tho meeting Of the Jamestown
Jockey Club. at Norfolk which VIII oesiii
tho day following the close of the P1milco
meeting. next month It is promised that
the jamestown Jockey Club Will take tile
place once occupied by the NaShlhsto'i
Jockey Club. Except for the fallure Va
the New York tracks TO keep their scheo-
,Iles there would be no cessation of racing
in the East until the snow flies
Bob Levy. who is the head and front OF
the new racing association. is sansulne
that II will be the most succeSSfui race
meeting ever conducted in the Old Dom1n-
ion. Business men in Norfolk are entnusi-
astic, as they had a taste last spring or
the benefits that come from the presence
of racing crowd in the city. Norfolk.
with its suburbs. Is a city of one hundred
thousand persons, and is only nVe hours
ride from Washington. six hours from Bal
timore, nine hours from Philadelphia ana
twelve hours from New York. 1t Is a de-
lightful trip by steamer from any of tneSe
points Steamship companies charge only
81 horse TO ship from Baltimore TO Nor
folk. and they allow attendants 70 accom-
pany the animals.
Interest in the meeting is shown by the
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close at o'clock on the opening day 10
give employees an opportunity to atteno
the races An aviation meet will be given
in connection with the horse racing. The
meeting will carry the Endorsement of the
Norfolk Board of Trade, the Business
Mems Association and the Industrial Com
mission, and the Merchants Association
purposes to give a trade excursion TO as
TT1,, f,,ir,1 inc
from other cities in the state, as well as
from the Carolinas.
Norfolk is noted for its excellent hotels.
and It claims TO surpass in this respect
any city of its size in this country Many
Of the hotels were built at the time of the
jamestown Exposition. and have continued
10 keen open their doors The climate OF
Norfolk is delightful Old Point Comfort.
which is lust across the Chesapeake Bay.
is only thirty minutes ride. 1t is the pur-
pose of the jamestown Jockey Club 10
arrange for wintering horses at the course.
The purses for the coming meeting VIII
be larger than those of last spring, and II
the patronage warrants the asSocia ton
will make another increase at the explra-
ton of the first seven days. The book for
the first week Will be out on September 10.
officials for the meeting. which begins
on November / and continues to Novem-
Der 49, with the. privilege of an extension
to November DC, will be: Presiding Judge.
Edward Cole; associate judge and racing
secretary. F W Gerhardy; stewards,
Frank J. Bryan. W. P Riggs and Con-
gressman- elect William A. Young, of Vir-
ginia A B. Dade will do the starting.
Hartman Conkling will be the paddock
Judge, J. Hosford Smith clerk of the scales.
and Mortimer H. Mahoney will have
charge of advance information.
The plant at Norfolk consists of a first
class one-mile track. a commodlous grand
stand good stables and one of the finest
clubhouses in the South, Electric cars run
into the grounds. and a fine boulevard for
automobiles and carriages leads directly
to the course
Among the horsemen who have already
applied for stalls are J. z. Madden. r. I.
Wilson, jr, H. K. Knapp. r. F. carman.
Frank Wer, Earl Linnel. George NJ. Odom.
c. c. Smithson. Woods Garth. n. X. Beal.
William Garth. Lewis Garth, Ed Peters,
David Dunlop. P. NJ. Burch w p. Burch.
F. c. Piper. the Brownleigh Park Stables,
r. Z. watkins. J. l.. MCGinnis, Max HirSCh
and II T Stone