Two New Delaware Records, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-24

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TWO NEW DELAWARE RECORDS RECORDSSTANTON STANTON Del June 23 The racing strip at Delaware Park is at its fastest and yet it is still regarded as one of the safest in America The rains of early last week followed by a general heat wave felt strong ¬ ly here made the course at lively as a golf ball Two records were brokn on Satur ¬ day Mrs Walter M Jeffords Dawn Attack set a new mark for the popular sixfurlong distance being timed in 110 a full sec ¬ ond better than the old record J Y Yancey Christmas Howard tenyearold campaigner ran back to one of his good races of a few years ago when he was win ¬ ning stakes as he clipped a fifth of a sec ¬ ond off the old mile and a half record and hung up 236 for future long distance horses to take a crack at


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