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SEVERA TO RACE NO MORE. Tampa, lia.. January 23. Sevcra, a four-year-old bay filly by Sempronius Princess Maine, joined the ranks of discarded racers this afternoon when she won tlie Hunt Club Purse. The conditions of the nice called for her debarment from future racing and to serve as a prize for the winniug gentleman rider in a race tn be run next Friday. A whip duel engaged in by jockeys Winklield and I Wrispen in the third race, while astride Grenade and Star Venus respectively, was the main incident of this afternoons racing. Tho boys continued their tactics for nearly a sixteenth, but as the judges thought both equally at fault no disqualification 1V.1 lowed. The offenders will bo summoned before the officials tomorrow for punishment. J. P. Boss arrived today in the interest of the stakes to bo run at Lexington this spring. T. 1. Martin, owner of Emmy Lou, . claimed Escbau in the closing race for 10.