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DELAWARE HAS THREE FIXTURES THIS WEEK WEEKDiamond Diamond State Polly Drummond and Indian River Steeplechase Will Have Brilliant Renewals RenewalsSTANTON STANTON Del June 21 Another bril ¬ liant week of racing will be offered during the next six days of the Delaware Steeple ¬ chase and Race Association meeting which will come to a close on Saturday July 5 The 6500 added Diamond State Stakes will be offered on Governors Day Thursday the 5000 added Polly Drummond Stakes on Saturday On Wednesday the Indian River Steeplechase Handicap will afford the jump ¬ ers their third chance of the meeting to par ticipate in stake racing racingThe The undefeated jumper Mandingham hero of the Georgetown last week will offer a return match to the old champion Ossabaw with a fifteenpound weight shift against the new sensation in the Indian River Steeple ¬ chase bringing them together at even weights of 153 each G H Pete Bostwicks Sussex winner of the Meadowbrook at Bel mont Park is expected to make his first appearance here in the about two and a half miles timbertopping test testInaugurated Inaugurated last year Governors Day will be attended with much pomp and circum ¬ stance Gov Walter Bacon of Delaware and Gov Herbert OConor of Maryland will be present at the festivities two boxes in the grandstand area being set aside to be decorated with the flags and shields of the stateDIAMOND state DIAMOND STATE PROBABLES PROBABLESOgden Ogden Phipps King Cole heads the list of probable starters for the Diamond State Stakes The division Mr Fitzsimmons is to ship to Delaware Park will include three more candidates for the Governors Day stake the Wheatley Stables Choppy Sea and Belair Studs Greville and Perisphere PerisphereMrs Mrs Walter M Jeffords Riding Light in ¬ dicated he would be a strong contender for the Diamond State following his second straight score here last week King Ranchs Itabo who did not like the going in the Kent will start in the Governors Day fea ¬ ture if the track is fast The Greentree Stables Swing and Sway an almost certain starter worked a public mile in 139 to become acquainted with the racing strip stripHal Hal Price Headley has notified the offi ¬ cials he would send Pig Tails and Lotopoise here for the Polly Drummond and there is a possibility that Edward Snyder will bring Mackerel here to carry C V Whitneys Eton blue in the five and onehalf furlongs dash
