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SNOW FOXS SEVENTH STRAIGHT Three-Year-Old Carries 120 Pounds to Easy Victory at Jamaica. Steel Cutter Tries In Vain to Overtake Jackson Racer Knights Flume Set Back in Opener After Finishing Second. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 14. Hugh W. Jacksons good three-year-old Snow Fox was winner of his seventh consecutive race when he scored in the feature offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today. It was also his second at the current meeting. This was the Inwood Handicap, at a mile and one-sixteenth, and the son of Gallant Fox Martha Snow, under his scale weight of 120 pounds, was giving away plenty of weight to each of the three other starters, but he never left the result in doubt, carrying all the pace and winning by two lengths over Townsend B. Martins Steel Cutter, and J. B. Partridges Prince Abbot took third from Old Story, the only other starter. It was rather a bleak day for the sport, with threatening clouds hanging over the course and a chill in the air, but a big crowd was on hand. In the feature Corundum had been withdrawn, reducing the field to four, and it was generally agreed that Steel Cutter was the only one calculated to give the Jackson gelding an argument. He went out bravely in an attempt to race with the big chestnut, but Wayne Wright had Snow Fox in hand as he galloped along in front. Ira Hanford also had a hold on Steel Cutter as he followed the big fellow, but when he made a move to go to the son of Gallant Fox, Wright just eased his pull and Snow Fox jumped away cheerfully. FLASH OF OLD SPEED. Leaving the back stretch. Old Story showed just a flash of what he used to be as he moved up slightly, but that move did not last long and Prince Abbot was doing his best before the stretch was reached. Tw.o lengths clear a furlong from the finish. Snow Fox had the same advantage crossing the line. Steel Cuter was easily best of the others, and Prince Abbot had beaten Old Story five lengths. Royal Rank, an unsexed son of Sir James, was a surprise winner over the maiden juveniles in the opening five and a half furlongs dash. As high as 60 to 1 in the market at one time, he went to the post with plenty of 30 to 1 available against his chances. Clarence Buxtons Knights Plume, the favorite, raced to the place and Loyal Son. from the Brookmeade Stable, saved third from Tory Rose. Then, while no claim of foul was made, Knights Plume was disqualified from the place, with Loyal Son moving up, and third was awarded to Tory Rose and Strolling By was named fourth. Knights Plume had swerved somewhat In the stretch run and may have impeded Loyal Son, but at the time the colt appeared beaten. Earlier in the race there was considerable interference, in which Strolling By knocked Harvesting out of contention. BY SAFE MARGIN. Loyal Son left the post running and, opening up a lead of two lengths, he was still showing the way when the stretch was reached, but was tiring. It was there that Royal Rank, which had been racing for-wardly, came by to be winner by a length and a half. Knights Plume was closing rapidly on the outside when he swerved and straightened away he led Loyal Son over the line by a length. Drawbridge, from the Wheatley Stable, had to be much the best of the fillies In the six furlongs second race, designed for juveniles, for she was in no end of trouble before she crossed the line winner by a length and one half over Greentree Stables Allowance, and J. M. Zimmers Yetive took third from Celtic Legend. The latter at once went into a long lead, and Little Sleeper was heading the others. Yetive was in a forward position and Drawbridge, not so alert, was bnck of these and racing on the inner rail. Allowance was also coming slowly. Celtic Legend was rushed right along by Sammy Renick. but before the stretch was reached she was shortening stride and Yetive closed on her. Drawbridge was making up ground, but Stout held to his rail position and when the stretch was reached the filly was badly bottled up. Inside the final furlong Stout pulled her from the rail and, at a loss of ground, she ran down the leaders. Yetive disposed of Celtic Legend, but she could not withstand the final rush or Allowance, which closed strongly on the outside of the company. The third was a split of the second race, being six furlongs for juvenile fillies, and It saw J. T. Taylors Planetoid the winner over Hugh W. Jacksons Clamorous and Louis Strubes Janeen easily saved third from Joseph E. Wideners Magic Circle. From a good start Planetoid and Magic Circle, closely lapped were rushed into a long lead and Clamorous was easily showing the way to Dizzy Dame back of them.
