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Darby DAmour Outlasts Erigeron in Hard Drive Comes From Behind to Administer Nose Defeat to Foe at Delaware DelawareDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 1 Darby Dan Farms Darby dAmour and Grandview Stables Erigeron arch rivals during the recently concluded Garden State meeting met again in Delaware Parks featured Elsmere Purse with the former emerging victorious by a mere nose after a long stretch duel Sylvester W Labrot Jrs Repand idle since his Rowe Memorial victory in late May was third followed by Dion K Kerr Jrs Flying Weather and G G Gilbert Jrs Scholar ¬ ship Darby dAmour a noted speed horse himself was forced to come from off the pace to wear down the favored Erigeron and complete the six furlongs in 116 Erigeron was backed down to llto10 with the result that Darby dAmour pair 1210 mutuel mutuelBright Bright skies were in evidence for the first time at the meeting but a rather small postholiday crowd of 8500 was on hand to witness the program conducted over a heavy race course courseErigeron Erigeron with four wins and two sec ¬ onds to his credit in six starts this year demonstrated his vaunted speed from the barrier and had attained a fourlength ad ¬ vantage after the opening quarter mile Jockey Harrison B Wilson astride Darby dAmour failed to become perturbed how ¬ ever and bided his time to the stretch while his mount was racing on the inside and on even terms with Scholarship When the latter gave way it was Flying Weather who moved to join the Darby Dan speed ¬ ster sterDarby Darby dAmour moved to the leader en ¬ tering the home lane as all other opposi ¬ tion faded For a brief second it appeared that Darby dAmour was to hang but Wil ¬ son did his utmost with whip and heels and his mount responded gallantly to wear down the weary Erigeron ErigeronRepand Repand surprise winner of the Rowe on the opening day of the Maryland spring season was making his first appearance since that time While his race was satis ¬ factory it was evident that he was in need of the conditioning
