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INFIDOX BY A NECK Drives to the Front in Final Strides . to Outlast Jolly Tar. Deprives Jeffords Stable of Double After War Regalia Had Registered in Secondary Attraction. - BOWIE, Md., Nov. 25. Infidox, five-year- old son of Infinite and Paradox in the outfit of D. A. Wood, barred the Jeffords famiiy from a double when Le drove to a neck victory over a snowy course this afternoon in the mile and a sixteenth Mayor Howard W. Jackson Purse, named in honor of Baltimores chief executive. Pressing him closest at the end was the Man o War three-year-old Jolly Tar, under the banner of Walter M. Jeffords and a stable mate of War Regalia, which had taken the secondary attraction for that sportsmans wife. Another length and a half away the tiring Brown Moth saved third money by a wide margin. The winner was best fancied of the party, showing 23 to 20 in the machines, with the .runner up next in demand. Wintry winds, accompanied by a driving snow, whipped out of the North last night to blanket the course in white and prevent all but the hardiest of racegoers from turning out for a program which was marked by a close observance of form, with favorites Tand second choices taking the majority of events. The track oyer which the thorough- breds raced was a slushy one, with mud " horses best favored. I PROVES PLAINLY BEST. Infidox plainly was best in the main event. Eccard had him away briskly to force the pace of Brown Moth fc- half a mile and race that colt into the ground before six furlongs had been completed. The Infinite horse drew away slightl turning for home but through the stretch he had to be driven out to withstand the challenge of the Jeffords colt. Jolly Tar was closer to the pace today than he had been in recent starts and at the half mile ground he looked all over the winner, as he usually does his best running in the final quarter. He was within striking distance of Infidox at the top of the stretch but, under extreme pressure from Peters, was unable to wear down his older rival. Brown Moth had plenty of early foot and, though tiring, was decidedly best of the others. Patan finished fairly well while Cerisse III. tired. War Regalia, a daughter of Man o War and Regal Lady, which broke out of the maiden ranks over a sloppy track at the Spa, found a track made to order for her in the Fairhaven Purse, for youngsters of her sex, so driving to a length and a half victory ovef Stable, with the latter just nosing the pacemaking Nellie Bly out of the place. The winner, a 21 to 20 choice, registered her second victory in five chances for Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords, as she completed the distance in 1:16. Continued on tioenty-third page. INFIDOXBY A NECK Continued from first page. Peters did not have as easy a task -winning with War Regalia as generally anticipated. He had to drive that miss hard all the way to wear down Nellie Bly in the last furlong and draw but in the final hundred yards. Stable was shy on early speed but finished stoutly on the outside to get up in the last stride for the place. Alice Dodge, running without snowshoes, proved decidedly best of the filly non-winners in the opening six furlongs, a ,000 top and ,500 bottom claimer. At the finish Nash had her four lengths in advance of the tiring Dinamita, with the latter outlasting Gay Casino to take the place by half a length. The winner, a .45 to chance in the machines, was steadied behind the pace, swinging around Dinamita in the stretch and away to an easy lead. The runner-up had her usual speed, moving into the clear on the turn after putting away Lady Timarole, and then faltering, as usual, in th-2 last three-sixteenths. Gay Casino did not leave the post as alertly as usual but finished well to outstay Drosera. BY WIDE MARGIN. Dian, veteran plater in the stable of Mrs. George Brenton, had little trouble disposing of th-5 ,200 top and bottom platers in the mile and a furlong of the second. Stevenson sent him to the front on the first turn and he drew away steadily from his rivals, finally passing the judges four lengths in advance of Bright Chance, with the latter another half a length in front of Taunton. The Diophon gelding was best supported in a field of twelve, ruling a 23 to 20 choice. Bright Chance, f.uggish early, went up fast going to the turn out of the back stretch to threaten the winner for a brief moment. He hung on in the last auarter and was all out to save the place. Taunton finished well, while Day is Done showed nothing. Ugin, top weight of the Marylanders in the six furlongs of the third, was unable to handle the l.ghter burdened Nansemond, giving way to the three-year-old daughter of Bud Lerner and The Sauaw in the final yards. The latter scored the first of the meeting for the Baltimore banker, Howard Bruce, and brought the score of Ronnie Nash for the day to a double. Her margin of victory was a scant head, with Clap In three lengths away as he outlasted Jobakheta for third rnoney. C -Harrys Dream gave apprentice Nash his second triple of the meeting when he came from behind the pace in the mile and a sixteenth of the sixth, a claimer limited to fillies and mares, to win going away by four lengths. Star Mint, going in improved fashion, also finished well to take the place from the poorly ridden favorite, Melody Maid. West used no judgment with the latter, rushing her off her feet to subdue the sprinter, Gold Knightess, in the first half mile and having nothing left for the stretch run.
