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Scrooge all the way i Asserts Superiority Over Four Op- ponents at Bowie. 1 Peters Handles Phillips Racer in Faultless Fashion Infidox Second Best. " BOWIE, Md., Nov. 21 Scrooge, a four-year-old sen of Haste and Curiosity Shop in the stable of Herman Phillips, proved decidedly best in the mile and a sixteenth Milestown Handicap, the class "C" affair which featured a sunny afternoons sport at Prince Georges Park. Carrying 116 pounds and alertly handled by "Moose" Peters, the New Yorker made the running from flag fall to finish, registering by a length and a half over Infidox, with Gerald another ; length away. The ultimate leader was the second horse Jake Byer had sent to the post during the meeting and his second winner, Selmalad being the other. Steady fall form caused Scrooge to be best supported of the field at 29 to 20. This was the second favorite success of the day. Over a track which was slow, being especially deep on the inside, the Haste colt finished the distance in 1:494,S, a creditable performance. Summer-like weather prevailed once more and, as a result, there was an excellent off-day turnout. PETERS GOOD RIDE. The start in the main event came quickly, with Peters taking Scrooge to the top immediately and hurrying him into the clear going to the clubhouse turn. He steadied his charge along slightly in advance of his j i nearest rival during the back stretch run and then went to a drive on the final turn, I as Infidox made his charge. That five-year-old was shaken off at the top of the stretch, with the Phillips racer continuing steadily to the end in a decisive and clean-cut effort. Infidox, racing in better fashion than in his last at Pimlico, was the closest attendant to the winners pace throughout. Eccard was hard at him from the half-mile post to the stand, but to no avail. Gerald had to race on the inside for the greater part of the race, turning in a good effort over a track he favors. Billy Mole never was a serious factor, finishing five lengths in back of Gerald and half a length in front of Malano. The latter, a South American invader, failed to justify the support he received. THREE IN A ROW. Ghostflyer was the third straight favorite to go down to defeat, the Flying Ebony colt being unable to cope with Dorothy Pomp, color bearer of W. Elliott in the six furlong juvenile dash which attracted the afternoons best field. At the end, Jimmy Stewarts representative was slowly wearing down the daughter of Pompey and Dorothy Kendle, missing chief honors by a scant head. Eight lengths away Sure Miss took third money from Hasten On with little difficulty. The winner was a .85 to 1 chance in the machine. Stevenson hustled Dorothy Pomp into the clear in the first furlong and she remained - in front for the entire way. Through the stretch she was under intermittent punishment, but she hung on gamely under the whip to turn back her principal male rival. Ghostflyer left quickly enough, but was forced to race on the inside for a quarter of a mile. Seabo finally managed to guide him to the outside on the far tuin swinging Continued on fifteenth page. SCROOGE ALLTHE WAY Continued from irst page. for home and it appeared that he would i come on to victory. However, when urged I by the whip, he failed to finish with the I i j spurt anticipated. Hasten Up and Mad De Mie both tired after showing early speed, iwhile Sure Miss closed stoutly. .My Shadow, a beaten odds-on choice in her ! t previous Bowie outing, showed an improved brand of speed in the initial five and a half j furlongs, for filly non-winners, so galloping t to an easy triumph at the considerably" better odds of .80 to 1. The daughter of Ladkin and Tuckahoe, which races for J. S. Archer, was four lengths in front of the pacemaking Dinamita at the final pole, with Alice Dodge a length farther away as she outlasted Beaming Lady for third money. Best fancied in this race was the entry of Counora and Alice Dodge, which showed 11 to 10 in the tote. Dinamita showed the most early speed of the eleven contestants with My Shadow being outpaced for slightly more than a quarter of a mile. She moved up swiftly making the turn and saved many lengths by coming through on the inside, when the leader swung very wide. This enabled her to take command once straightened away and win with speed to spare. The runner-up had no excuse. Alice Dodge closed well from a slow beginning while Counora, forced to race in the deeper going on the inside for three furlongs, retired fast thereafter. SON OF GALLANT FOX. Foxton, one-time member of the Belair Stud outfit, whipped a lot of frost-bitten, sore platers in the mile and three-sixteenths of the second, a ,200 top and bottom j claimer. The three-year-old son of Gallant Fox and Cozy Time, always forwardly placed, j closed gamely under hard urging from Nick I Wall to draw clear of the pubic choice, I Count Tetrarch, at the end. A length and a . half away More Pep was a tiring third. The I winner was well fancied by the Carey Win-;frey connections, showing a trifle better than ; 5 to 1. Wall had Foxton in close attendance to Dunsanys pace until the half mile ground and then his mount dropped back suddenly, as if beaten. Its probable he hit a soft spot on the track, for he recovered quickly to come on again and be lapped on the leading pair turning for home. In the final drive he proved gamer than the older Count Tetrarch. The latter was in. a good position early and moved around More Pep swinging for home in a manner which suggested victory. In the last hundred yards he tired. More Pep was rushed through on the inside going along the back stretch to gain a short lead on the turn. Under punishment through the final quarter, the Canaan gelding tired. Javamocha, second choice in the machines, was so sore going to the post that he never could extend himself. Ugin, away from the races for two and a i half years, had little trouble besting a common lot of Maryland-bred platers in the six furlongs of the fourth. Seabo steadied him along back of the pace "to the top of the stretch and then sent his mount to Vedalia to dispose of her after a brief argument. At the finish the Challenger II. Sweepless gelding, which races for W. L. Brann, was just clear of Moon Harvest but he had speed in reserve. Running in the field with Red Robin, he was responsible for that combina- tion ruling favorite.
