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I I ! , 1 J i • to to hi JJ ,„ Pi I i j , I ! in . p f ■ ? to J DELAWARES OFF-DAY SPORT Heavy Track and Small Fields Result in Light Attendance — Phone Dijon Takes Feature. STANTON, Del., June 23.— With the better-grade horses kept under shelter, a program recruited from the cheaper platers on the grounds was the entertainment furnished for an average assemblage for the sport at Delaware Park today. With no feature down for decision and all races decided under claiming conditions, most interest centered on the running of the sixth, a dash of six furlongs that brought out six sprinters, with a value of ,000, and it resulted in one of the many upsets that have marked racing here. Phone Dijon, from the T. L. Evans stable, was a front-running victor at liberal odds. Taking the lead at the start and dominating the race for the entire distance, the three-year-old son of Microphone was victorious by two lengths for his initial success of the year. Escohigh, in the silks of the Tall Trees Stable, finished second in the field of half a dozen starters, and she was the same distance before Mrs. W. W. Vauh-ans Briar Plume, which led the others in the small field. NIGHT RAIN. Rain during the night turned the racing strip heavy, and with small fields the rule most of the eight races, a small crowd watched the sport and betting was cones pondingly light. Outsiders again accounted for the most races. In the nearest approach to a feature jockey E. Decamillas had Phone Dijon on his toes at the start and quickly sent his mount the front. Hadnogal, Escohigh and Sonny John attempted to keep pace with the gelding, and the four went abreast into the turn. Rounding the turn Escohigh came the throat latch of Phone Dijon, which had not been asked for his best speed, and they hooked up in a brisk duel. With the stretch reached, the T. L. Evans gelding unleashed his true speed and moved away to prevail as he approached the finish.
