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j | l j j | I j j GAY CHARLES GARNERS ,800 Rich Georgetown Chase Handicap Feature of Delaware Park Card. Jumping Race Results in Thrilling Spectacle for Spectators — Rioter Leads for One Mile— Two Fall. STANTON, Del., June 14. — Picking up the steadying impost of 160 pounds and making no mistakes as he cleared twelve jumps, Gay Charles, from the Gwladys Whitney Stable, under a good ride by jockey Frank Slate, duplicated his score in the Corinthian Steeplechase at Belmont Park, when he accounted for the rich Georgetown Handicap that had its second running and which featured the sparkling card of the Delaware Steeplechase and Hunt Association at the Diamond state track here. Endowed with a purse of ,000 added, for which the winners share was ,800, the score came in a thrilling finish when he barely beat Torturer from the F. Ambrose Clark stable by a head, while a half dozen lengths away Thomas Hitchcocks Annibal, topweight under 169 pounds, was a driving third. Buck Langhorne, Bagpipe, a stable-mate, and National Anthem were the only others to finish the gruelling test after Rioter, another T. Hitchcock starter and Straw Boss, from the Mrs. L. E. Stoddard, Jr., stable, fell at the ninth jump. The lattei pair were the only casualties in the second renewal of this fixture that brought out the cream of the steeplechase division. ONE WITHDRAWAL. The Georgetown found only one of the overnight starters declining the issue when Paper Maker was withdrawn at the regular time, and the race could hardly have been improved upon as a spectacle as it was a keenly-fought contest from the drop of the flag. Rioter led for over a mil£ and in his wake the others followed closely bunched and several took turns in challenging for the lead. Rioter, under J. Mason, led to the ninth fence where he fell and it was here that Gay Charles assumed the lead which he held suc-| cessfully to the finish and marked up his second victory in three starts this yeai In landing in second place. Torturer overcame interference to overhaul the winner at the end and with better fortune may have reversed the verdict. He was crowded back at the eighth fence and then finding racing room, closed in a manner to suggest that he would have been more dangerous with clear passage. In the supporting feature, termed the Middletown Handicap, for grade "B" performers, Conquer, disgracefully beaten in four previous starts this season, came to life suddenly to achieve his initial victory of the year when he ran a mile and seventy yards to score over the heavily-backed Lucky Omen. His rush brought him out six lengths before Annibal, which came from a rear posi- tion. Racing took place over a racing strip left in a muddycondition from rains of the past few days, and a few winning favorites made the matinee enjoyable.
