The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
EIDY FOR WORD
II NORFOLK MEET
Horses From All Sections Wili
IN Compete in Many
Stake Events.
900 ENTRIES TO COMPETE
Nominators Include Names OF
Men Famous on Every
Track in Land.
100 ENTRIES TO COMPETE

~ IN. hest race horses America affords.
s runners of various ages and Glasses
that have been competing FOR purses
in the East. in Canada, In Maryiane
and in Kentucky. will assemble at .he
J.mestown Jockey Club track this
w..k 20 participate in the fall meet
ing of 1912. which will be inausurated
on "Wednesday. And. pursuing GUS
tom instituted when he nrst came TINS
way to provide Virginia's greatest sea
mort with fir=t-ciass sport. Bob Levy
will make the opening day Lanes
nav, The fair Sex OF Norfolk, native
and tourist. will be welcomed at tte
track gates and sent away WIN manu-
some souvenir programmes artisticaliy
worked on SILK.
The colors of every sportsman, Eas'
and West who amounts to anything IN
the thoroughbred world, Will be seen
here. Among the nominators In TIE
six stakes which cloSe4 on October :"
are August RelnloHt, chairman OF the
Jockey Club, of New York; Richard 1.
Wilson. Jr, president OF the Saratoga
Racing Association: Flank }. Noiah.
of Albany. who races under the track
title "Beverwyck Stable; George WA
terbury Langdor,. Richard T. " atkins.
Thomas Clay Mcdowell, proprietor of
the Ashland sud at Lexington: p. r.
Cooney, OF Morrisiown: Mrs Lillian
Alieyn Livingston. owner of Ran,ocas
stud in New Jersey. one of the most
famous OF Eastern Thoroughbred huFs-
cries; p 5. T.. Randolph. OF Lakewood
and Aiken: James Rowe. Harry Payne
Whitney, proprietor Of the Brockdale
Stud and i leading sportsman OF
America and England: John W. Schorr.
of Memphis. J. l. Holland, Captain
William Frederick Presgrave. NAH
ager Of the racins AMI breeding inter
es.s of Thomas clyde. the millionaire
ship owner of Philadelphia: II. Guy
Bedwell and Captain Philip NJ. Walker,
T. :. \. tretired).
Some Fed Are Absent.
Thomas F. Ryan. the Virginia cap
italist Of New York, who has recently
established a frst-class stud in Mel
son County: William Garth, of Abe
marie: Harry X. Knapp and Francis
r. Hitchcock. stewards of the Jockey
Club Of New York; H. c. Haiienbech.
the Gotham publisher. who owns
Worth: Frederick l. and Adams EN
press, and three or four other equally
promising horsemen, do not happen to
be among the nominators for the Nor
folk stakes, but they will bring their
stables in full strength this way and
take part in the overnight racing.
With every circumstance favorable
and every interest working in behalf
Of Norfolk, the coming meeting bids
fair to be the best this city ever saw
and to draw to the city a bigger and
better crowd than has been attract "a
by its predecessors.
The six stakes to be decided are ;he
Monticello Hotel and Exchange hand,-
caps. the Thank; giving. Lynnhaven
Hotel and merchants selling races. for
two and three-year olds and over. ana
the Fairfax Hotel purse for two-year-
ODDS, exclusively. They have attracted
more and better horses of various ages
than have been seen on an American
track this fall, and the horses that
will take part in them will come THIS
way seasoned to do their utmost.
They have raced themselves into con-
dition over the tracks of the West. OF
Canada and of Maryland
In Perfect COndition.
Here they will find a course in per-
feet condition. Superintendent George
Miller has been at work for upwards
OF six weeks. with the result tina, ne
has developed a cushion of velvet
Before the rains of Thursday any
fair sort Of platter could step a mile
over Ailler's track in 40 or bette.
and the wetting il received has made
il ali the better. Water never hurts
= track that is well drained. and the
drainage Of the Norfolk course is nat
ural ard perfect
With good going the day the Month
cello is run il is highly likely that the
winner OF that race will get his mile
n l:s3 CT better. The winner will
have TO be good. because the greatest
horses in the land are in the Month
cello NJ. McDo weII. for example, has
named his great three-yeaT-oId, The
Manager, son OF Voter and Braceg.rdIe.
and the best Voter since Bal!o, Mr.
Schorr has nominated Froglegs. the
eleverest tnree-year-o.d or tn. Cana
dian circuit while The Manager was
out OF sorts. Mr.. Belmont has named
Mission q swift and sure daughter of
the $l-o.oV0 stallion, Rock sand. yIr
Wilson has named AItanaaa, Peno5-
scot and the brilliant two-year old
Tartar. one Of the cleverest young
ssers the current season has developed
II. G. Bed~elI will he represented by
Locheil. as game s1h OF Hastings
as ever stepped on ground James
Rowe has nominated Lahore. winner Of
the best distance race OF the recent
Laurel meeting, and Harry Payne
Whitney viii be represented by Bash;!
daughter of Adam and DISADVANTAGE
and the star t~o-year-old OF the softer
SIX OF the brilliant season ,: 1910.
BashC cost Ar. W hi-ney 81. geo when
she was sold al public action by IN,
Newcastle stable IL the paddock at Sar.
asoga In August and since her r.,urs
from England she nas WOE a race al
TimHco. showing that she mas los
Done OF her " hiio.a brilliant sPccd a-c
unbeatable courage u j. 10 cinCh tha,
Bashti was not tn. greatest two-y.sr.
old OF either sex IN 1919. sac had !
lot Of hard luck in the FurgEity a,
Saratoga yet So. cam. za!!&at!y fror.
behind and all but b.a; the aiI-cOugI.r,
ing Novelty. Jroa Mask. Love Not. NAg
mon Textile and the other star yoUug
STEERS OF the time brought - in hei
rear.
TJeoey G.~ed Hcrses-
Most % these good horses are N tn,
Exchange Handicap. the distance o
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