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BILL FARNSWORTH NARROW WINNER AT DELAWARE OUTGAMES BUSY MORN BY HEAD IN THRILLER THRILLERVeteran Veteran Gelding Withstands Bids of Runnerup and Happy Lark to Gain Popular and Exciting Score ScoreSTANTON STANTON Del June 2 Like Old Man River Bill Farnsworth eightyearold Crack Brigade gelding keeps rolling along He picked up the top impost of 121 pounds in the Newark Purse best event offered at Delaware Park this afternoon and carried the yellow and black silks of Mrs Frank J Navins Tall Trees Stable to a narrow and popular victory Gene Autrys Busy Morn was a head back of him at the end of six furlongs and Mrs V Leonards Happy Lark third some two and onehalf lengths farther back Scotch Trap got up to beat the tiring Hants who completed the field by a nose for fourth fourthWith With the two holidays out of the way the third day of the meeting settled down to normalcy this afternoon and although showers yesterday and during the night left the track in a slow condition for the opening numbers it became better and was classified as good for the fifth contest The crowd considering the heavy overcast skies was a surprisingly large one and wagering was well above that for the same day last year yearSECOND SECOND FAVORITE TO CLICK CLICKThe The Newark was a hard fought contest with Melvin Calvert driving Bill Farnsworth over the six panels in IrlSvs He had the winner off in fine style and took a hold of him when Hants drove through on the in ¬ side to ask for the lead Busy Morn was on the outside and this trio were heads apart going into the turn Happy Lark was a length back of them but moved forward when Bill Farnsworth drifted out approach ¬ ing the stretch This forced Busy Morn wide and enabled Happy Lark to take a momentary lead but he was unequal to the task for Bill Farnsworth had regained the lead at the eighth post and Busy Morn was fast wearing down Happy Lark During the run to the wire Happy Lark gave away ground and Busy Morn reached for the win ¬ ner However Bill Farnsworth had enough left and responding to Calverts fine han ¬ dling held on to the end When Happy Lark moved forward Hants began to weaken and Scotch Trap who was never a factor wore him down in the final stride strideHeld Held at odds of 47 to 20 Bill Farnsworth was the second straight successful favorite of the day and the fourth of the meeting meetingProviding Providing the first popular score of the afternoon Legenda furnished by John Tigani prominent Wilmington owner drove to victory in the fifth race Slightly more than a length back at the end of one mile and seventy yards was Charlene the sec ¬ ond choice and pacemaker for nearly a mile and Miss Fix It was third thirdPaul Paul Keiper leading rider of the meeting handled the Tigani representative and he reserved him until nearing the final three eighths where he sent him forward to wear down Charlene soon after entering the final furlong However after drawing clear Legenda tired and Keiper kept him under strong hand riding to the end
