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The Doge Decidedly Best In Delaware Park Sprint SprintRace Race Marred When OffIslander Falls and Is Later Destroyed DestroyedDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 18 Drawing swiftly away from his oppo ¬ sition in the final furlong Pentagon Sta ¬ bles stanchly backed Sprinter The Doge registered a popular victory in the fea ¬ tured Smyrna Purse here today as the as ¬ sociation presented its preweekend pro ¬ gram in the same gloomy setting that has marked so many afternoons during the current meeting meetingCapably Capably handled by Don MacAndrew The Doge won by the convincing margin of three aiid onehalf lengths but the at ¬ tention of most of the spectators in the estimated throng of 11000 remained fo ¬ cused on a point near the threeeighths pole where Louis J Leppers fouryearold colt OffIslander and jockey Claude Erick son sprawled oh the track following a pecatcular fall Erickson quickly regained his feet evidently none the worse for his spill but OffIsland broke a leg behind and the chestnut son of Isolator Opera Bouffe was subsequently destroyed destroyedThe The Doge obviously back in the form that marked his 1947 season when he was a stakes winner completed the six furlongs over a fast track in 112 while scoring his second straight victory Edward Lask ers Flood Town second choice to the 450 victor earned place honors two lengths clear of Oscar L Nybergs game filly Irisen IrisenDisplaying Displaying his usual speed The Doge moved through on the rail to wrest the lead from Flood Town leaving the back stretch The ultimate winner was hard put to maintain a narrow advantage over the erstwhile pacemaker to the stretch but gradually asserted his superiority there ¬ after and drew out in th final sixteenth to win handily Irisen and Repand the latter on the extreme outside challenged simultaneously midway on the turn but their charges were shortlived and both faded in the stretcru stretcruOffIslander OffIslander was running next to last when he appeared to run up on War Tro ¬ phys heels nearing the threeeighth pole The chestnut colt went down in a heap
