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Race Mile and OneHalf in Montchanin Handicap HandicapHearth Hearth Mouse and Alacrity To Meet Again at Delaware DelawareDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 22 The Montchanin Handicap a series of events which increases in distance and purse value with each running reaches the marathon stage tomorrow when a field of 10 routers travel a mile and onehalf for a purse of 5000 in the semifinal edition Following the final running next week an additional award of 2500 will be dis ¬ tributed among the first four point scorers with points being allotted on the basis of 24 to the winner 12 to the second horse six to the third horses and three to the fourth horse horseTopweight Topweight of tomorrows field is H Hes sey Millers Hearth Mouse under 122 pounds and the leader in scoring with a total of 42 points Others in tomorrows field are Cedar Farms Old School 114 Miss Ruth McClenaghans Sarawak 113 E L Rankins Picardy Belle 112 Lawn dale Stables Alacrity winner of last weeks race 111 Audley Farms Pine Lake 109 L Lewis Head an Tell 108 Apheim Stables Ted Wes 107 L A Minskoffs Ticker 106 and Taylor Leatherburys Little Willie 102 pounds poundsHearth Hearth Mouse while tomorrows 12 fur ¬ longs is asking a great deal of him has compiled a highly satisfactory record in the three previous events After winning the inaugural running Hearth Mouse was third and second in subsequent runnings runningsAlacrity Alacrity clever winner of last weeks race and Picardy Belle who will be mak ¬ ing her first start in the series seem to rate serious consideration in the mile and a half running The Montchanin victory was Alacritys first of the meeting while Picardy Belle was second to Golden Bull in her lone local endeavor endeavorSarawak Sarawak Old School and Little Willie have failed in previous runnings of the Montchanin While unimpressive in the most recent edition Sarawak raced ex ¬ tremely well in the mile and an eighth run ¬ ning placing behind George Case CasePine Pine Lake is an extremely unreliable mare but off her best efforts seems to rate con ¬ sideration Head an Tell was a galloping 10length winner on Saturday over 7500 platers and an upset from this point seems a possibility Ticker while unsuccessful in his last was claimed out of the race for 5000 Ted Wes raced poorly last out in New York after beating 3500 platers be ¬ fore that thatPossibly Possibly the best race on tomorrows pro ¬ gram is the Bellefonte purse a sixfur ¬ long allowance event for threeyearolds The overnight field includes such compe ¬ tent sprinters as Sister Leona winner of her last two and King Midas Others are Manyunk Certified Peace of Mind Oriole Seven League Gain A Foot Golden Reigh and Sun Elsie ElsieAnother Another sprint event certain to attract considerable attention is the days finale which calls for claimers of the 15000 to 12000 variety to vie at six furlongs In the field are Cock Feather Flood Town Trans air Lee Circle Valdina Decoy Lovemenow and the MartinCohen tandem of Denagee and Devotedly
