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I 1 » 1 . c ! t I i I 2 1 1 1 I ] - j t , t t 1 I 5 ] i 1 I 1 i - ] - 1 f j ? ; - , 1 1 i - j j i ; , i . I ] 1 1 J r ; - , ! - | e ; l- ] e v , e a I 1 . * " . n j e : l" j j e I I s K e | j J * j j x , e s in n i RIOTER IN SPLENDID TRIUMPH I S Thomas Hitchcocks Veteran Jumper I Wins Indian River Steeplechase. Takes Measure of Good Chance and Sets 1 New Track Record in Accomplishing a Most Popular Victory. STANTON, Del., June 21.— Thomas Hitch-: cocks familiar light green racing colors i a that have been carried in most of the lead- - r ing steeplechase events on the American turf ! f and successful in many were carried to one I 1 of the most popular victories this year when t i Rioter, -seven-year-old son of Reflector, , I 1 a picked up 150 pounds and the dusky J. Mason ! | c to account for the second running of the I e ,000 added Indian River Steeplechase : t Handicap, a gallop of two and one-half miles ; that featured the mid-week racing program 1 I of the Delaware Steeplechase and Race ! c Association at Stanton today. Opposed by F f nine of the best timber toppers that could I be mustered for the long testing journey t over sixteen stiff jumps the elderly gelding ,r f achieved his victory worth ,650 in a drive J r to take the measure of Rokeby Stables 3 , j I Good Chance and set a new track record of f | 4:55 for the distance. The mark clipped I , I eleven and two-fifths seconds from the time ; ! r set by Torturer in winning the same event i I i here last year, and it was the latter which 1 I | took third for F. Ambrose Clark when he j : t led home Annibal, a stablemate of Rioter, 1 t Buck Langhorne and Our Sailor, the only F 1 1 others to finish the gruelling race. Those J ! i missing in the contest were Blackcock and I f Bagpipe, which fell at the eleventh jump, , National Anthem, which did likewise at the 1 t fourth fence, and Brant, a stablemate of £ ] Bagpipe, which ran out of the course at the - $ same jump. t DECLARES WITH RIOTER. f Mr. Hitchcock declared to win with Rioter, » j and he soon opened up a clear lead, while * ] the others, led by Our Sailor, were being 1 j j £ nursed along. For the first mile and one- - J j j half, Rioter enjoyed his easy lead and at t 1 ■ j the twelfth fence was out six lengths before 2 j t Our Salior, his closest opponent. With Bag- - i , j pipe and Blackcock out of contention by f j j ] reason of meeting with mishaps and Na- - tional Anthem and Brant eliminated earlier, i the others failed to catch the steady son of f T Reflector, although at the close Good Chance e I | , was going the strongest, to suffer defeat t j by a length and one-half. None of the jockeys suffered injury other . 1 than the shaking up they received when j thrown to the ground. With clear skies prevailing a good gather-L ing turned out for the entertainment. A v 1 bright sun dried out the main racing strip considerably and it was termed slow for the flat racing.
