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THRILLS IN HEADLINER Six Starters in Jefferson Feature Finish Closely Aligned. 1 Ironsides Wins, With Annapolitan Second and Aunt Deb Third Weather Conditions Ideal. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 20. Although the program was entirely made up of races for the cheaper grade of horses, the sport, under excellent conditions at Jefferson Park today, was unusually interesting and productive of a number of thrilling finishes. Among the more keenly contested race was the Clem McCarthy Claiming Purse, fifth on the program, and attracting seven of the older sprinters. After it had been stubbornly contested, almost from the start of the three-quarters, six of the participants rushed to the point of finish in close alignment. Ironsides, the winner, defeated Annapolitan by a head, and the latter had only a short length over Aunt Deb, which was closely attended by Elizabeth Bolla, Steph-anite and Hippias. The winner, ridden by W. Ellsworth In the colors of the Sophia Lee Stable, was well backed, and his success popular with the average-sized crowd that viewed the fast track racing. AUNT DEB UNLUCKY. Aunt Deb, making her first start in some time, was the one to set the pace, but she was unable to get very far away from Annapolitan, and Elizabeth Bolla also kept close up. The early stages found the winner and Stephanite a good distance back, but they steadily improved their positions in the final quarter, and the field tightened into a cluster when the last sixteenth was reached. Racing on the outside, Ironsides got to Annapolitan only a short time after he had headed Aunt Deb for the lead, and the final strides found the winner a bit too good for the Labrot stable colt. In the last eighth Elizabeth Bolla failed to find room, and with better luck, might have been a stronger factor. Half Day was eliminated when he suffered a hemorrhage after going half the distance. Beauty Bride carried the Shandon Farm colors to a popular and easily gained victory in the opening race, in which twelve three-year-olds raced over the three-quarters distance. With a neck over Princess Nancy and following a length and one-half back of the winner, Drury accounted for third. Esta-brook, which led in the large field for five-eighths, finished fourth. As Estabrook showed the way, W. Garner rated the Shandon filly along in nearest pursuit and when called upon in the stretch, she easily disposed of the leaders. This accomplished, she drew clear and the late rushes of Drury and Princess Nancy did not bring her into serious danger. COTTON TIME SCORES. Closing with a great rush, Cotton Time, racing for J. P. LeGrand, got up to win by a length over Elkhart, a rank outsider, in the second race, also for plater three-year-olds, at three-quarters of a mile. Tulane Lass, second choice to the winner, was third, and Array led the others. Elkhart, which had speed from the outset, appeared in a fair way of winning when he drew into decisive command entering the stretch, but the winners great rush was too much for him and he gave way to her when within fifty yards of the finish. Several stumbling steps shortly after the start cost Tulane Lass some ground, and when fully settled in her stride she came through in even fashion. The third race, in which twelve of the three-year-olds and over platers tried conclusions at a mile and seventy yards, resulted in a nose finish and victory for the suddenly improved Noels First, from the stable of Mrs. L. M. Holmes. Thomas Seth was second and Miss N. Conlan third. Responding strongly after being permitted to race along a distance back of the leaders for three-quarters, the winner overtook Sweep Past and Miss N. Conlan for the lead seventy yards out and, holding on well, stalled off Thomas Seth, the stronger of the two in the concluding stages. Although she weakened after getting to the front in the stretch, Miss N. Conlan was only a half-length back of Thomas Seth at the finish. Luck Piece performed below his best here. Ormontime registered his first victory of the meeting when he outstayed Constance Ann, Entrap, The Southerner and six others Continuei on twenty-second page.. THRILLS IN HEADLINER Continued from first page. at a mile and one-quarter in the fourth race. J. Battista had the mount on the winner, and the result marked a mild upset, most support developing for Vole, which reached the end of the long route well in the wake of the leaders. Moving up steadily through the final half-mile, and wearing down the leading Entrap, the winner outstayed the swift closing Constance Ann by a length. When passing The Southerner in the last furlong, the winner so sharply impeded the Haughton gelding as to almost eliminate him as a con- tender for the major honors. Indulged with all the pacemaking, Entrap weakened in the drive, yet only lost second by a head to Constance Ann, which closed with a great rush.
