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RIDING LIGHT EARNS PLACE IN DIAMOND STATE LINEUP LINEUPJeffords Jeffords Racer Takes Delaware Event in FrontRunning Fashion FashionSTANTON STANTON Del June 20 Riding Light a wellmade son of Blue Larkspur Light ¬ ship qualified handsomely for his Diamond State Stakes engagement when he was a frontrunning winner of the North Wildwood New Jersey Purse feature event offered a big crowd at Delaware Park this afternoon With Albert Schmidl at the reins the Walter M Jeffords threeyearold came to the end of one and onesixteenth miles a length be ¬ fore Greentree Stables Century Note and Pete Jr furnished by Mrs M R Waugh was third a head back of Century Note arid a nose before Dan Sullivans Seven Hills HillsAlthough Although fashioned for three and four yearolds the main attraction brought Cen ¬ tury Note as the only fouryearold under colors and the brother of Twenty Grand came from far back to earn the second award awardSultry Sultry but clear weather prevailed for the sport offered over a fast track and Riding Light was the most popular of the several successful favorites favoritesPOPULAR POPULAR REPEATER REPEATERRunning Running back to his previous easy victory Riding Light experienced little trouble in racing Sobriquet into submission and he cleared him before entering the final half mile However after establishing a clear lead the Jeffords fashionablybred represen ¬ tative was ganged entering the stretch and Schmidl was forced to put him to strong pressure Equal to the task Riding Light again drew clear and was increasing his margin when Century Note came with his belated charge to nip the tiring Pete Jr The latter moved into contention at a loss of ground and appeared ready to wrest the lead from the winner a furlong out but the effort was too great and he weakened in the last stages stagesWhen When Pete Jr moved forward Seven Hills went with him but the latter had to lose much ground and although sent through the field when entering the stretch was unable to catch the flying leaders Riding Light a 4 to 5 choice ran the distance in 146
