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STEPENFETCHIT WINS DIXIE e Mrs. J. H. Whitneys Colors First in Famous Old Race. ♦ Tred Avon Disappoints Numerous Admirers by Finishing Third — Showers Fall at Pimlico Course. ♦ BALTIMORE, Md., May 6.— Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Stepenfetchit, a four-year-old son of The Porter — Sobranje, scored a runaway victory in the Dixie Stakes at Pimlico this r.fternoon when he beat William. Ziegler, Jr.s, home-bred Keep Out by a length. S. W. Labrots Tred Avon finished third and then followed The Nut, which races for the Warm Stable. The race was run over a heavy track and the winner ran the mile and three-sixteenths in 2:01%. Nine started in the Dixie, Rehoboth and Open Hearth being withdrawn. It was the feature race of the Satruday program and was run as the sixth race. Tred Avon, a great favorite with Maryland racegoers, was favorite and heavily backed. She met with no mishaps and had no excuses to offer for her defeat. Milton got the field away to a good start and Leischman rushed Scotch Gold to the front. In the run around the first turn he was joined by Stepenfetchit and the pair raced heal and head down the back stretch. At the half-mile post Stepenfetchit shook off his opponents and drew away into a lead of two lengths. Steffen permitted him to step right along. On the far turn Keep Out and Tred Avon both moved up. Cruz was driving the former, while Tred Avon was on the outside of the leaders. At the furlong post the gray mare made a desperate effort, but to no avail and in the final sixteenth she began to tire. Stepenfetchit continued to lead and, passing the winning mark, his advantage over Keep Out was a length. Tred Avon was beat- n a length and a half "for second place. The stake had a net value of ,100 to the winner. Showers fell during the afternoon and the races were run over a heavy track. Despite the inclement weather, a large crowd was on hand to witness the sport.
