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