The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
KENTUCKY HORSES
ARRIVE FOR RACES
At JAMESTOWN
LAST ARRIVALS RAPIDLY COM
ING IN-LARGE DELEGATION
OF PROMINENT RIDERS.

NORFOLK. VA, Nov. 11.--Ken-
:ucky's delegation of horses and turf
men which are to take a prominent
part in the fall meeting of the James
town Jockey club arrived at the track
yesterday afternoon. The consign-
ment In the special train. which came
over the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way. was made up of the stables Of
G. M. Johnson. William Gerst, Will
liam Walker, Thomas J. Brown, ]. A.
STROBE and others. The horses all
shipped well and were unloaded and
sent to their stalls with despatch.
At the same time more delegations
continued to arrive from Baltimore
by steamer and train. The most promi-
nent stable to get in yesterday morn
Ing was that canpaigned by William
Shields. including his own horses and
those Of r.. J. McGraw, IT. F. Ryan
and other owners. Shields now has
ten head in his care, and he has a
fortunate season on the Canadian
and Maryland circuits. Among the
more notable performers which he
has in winning form at present ere
the two-year- odds. Patty Regain and
Louise Travers
Horsemen were interested at the
track this afternoon In taking look
at the smart band of naIdens which
q. NJ. johnson has in his barn. John
son has had a most successful season
this year. and IL rapidly coming to
the fore as one OF the cleverest train
ers with a horse that the turf has
seen in recent years His horses all
look good and will have no excuses
nysr hz.v Yzs III f,N,sa 4sa.5 he
changed weather conditions. he says.
Even old j. II. Barr. which In his
day has suffered many an equine all
ment Ia fit as a fiddle at present.
and the son of Jean Bereaud Blaze O.
wa IS frisky as kitten when he was
'ei - his stall at the jamestown
track.
Incidentally :. n Barr won two
races at Latnnia- both by wide mar
gins over his fields and as he was one
of the first horses Mr., johnson ever
cam paigned the Tennessee trainer is
rather sweet on this platter. How
ever. there are other turf stars in
Jahnson's barn which the Norfolk
race-going public viii have an oppor-
tunity OF seeing In action during the
meeting, One Of these II Please
Welies the smart two-year- cid flliy
which doomed up AT Charleston last
+---.st tr-.rr
bowed al the spring meeting here.
The Maryland delegation Of riders
this fall at he jamestown races VIII
be an unusually large ono- The sad
dlemen who Will come down to James
town from Pimlico are SIS fellows;
j MeCahey. w, Doyle, r. Musgraxe
H. Alex Guy Burns. Charles Burlin
game. r. Waldron Merritt Buxton. 5
Ford. @ Rowley, Joe Hnrns, A.
schuttinger. Milton Nathan. W Ward,
j. Glass, James ButweN, X karr5ck,
James Callahan. RoSca TroXler, \.
Wilson. M Olsen. Johnny McTaeEart
II Wolfe T.. Carter, Dick Watts T..
Ambrose, II. Connor, Tommy Davies
ard a. Nicklaus.
The steepiechase pilots who will be
seen in the various hurdle events dur
ing the meeting Will include r.
Tuckey. W. Heating, J. kermath, j.
Bowser, f, Woke w Allen J, Day
ton. +. Brooks. +. Lewis, J. Hender-
son and J. Dupee.
Attention has been drawn anew TO
Merchants Stakes to be run en- Thurs
day rs the fourth race, through the
Sparkling workout recently at PIN
leo OF the good two-yes T. old fiiiy
Crosahun, in the stable Of August Bel
mont Crosshun is a half sister to
those good performers Crackerhox
and Croasover. and she will be GER
tain starter in the Merchants Stakes
Expectations of Trainer Sam Hiidreth,
OF the Belmont string, arc that she
viii be q keen contender II this event
all the way. though there is spark
ling field to contest every foot OF the
distance with the Belmont star, Cross
hun has come 70 hand late. and there
Is no telling. horsemon declare just
how good a Ally she may turn out TO
be.