Seven Mid-Distance Runners Clash: Ocean Front Goes In Delaware Event; Easton Colt Meets Up With March Chick Again; Support Also Seen for Highfortidies, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-25

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Seven MidDistance Runners Clash Ocean Front Goes In Delaware Event EventBoston Boston Colt Meets Up With March Chick Again Support Also Seen for Highfortidies HighfortidiesDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 24 Seven highly capable middle distance thoroughbreds including Mrs H K Hick eys Ocean Front and Henry L Straus March Chick two lightly regarded eligi bles for the rich Sussex Handicap have been named overnight for Delaware Parks featured Great Dyke Purse at a mile and onesixteenth onesixteenthNamed Named overnight to oppose the two handicap aspirants are Christinana Sta ¬ bles wellregarded filly Camargo Nydrie Stables Highfortidies Brandywine Stables Dirl W D Pawleys Travancore and R K Mellons Dillsburg DillsburgOcean Ocean Front and March Chick raced to ¬ gether in their last appearance with the former finishing three lengths and one notch ahead of March Chick Prior to that March Chick finished second to Service Pilot and Ocean Front was fourth to Pellicle Ran Second to Pellicle PellicleHighfortidies Highfortidies a daughter of Jacopo and Ensigns Up has been a reliable mare dur ¬ ing the current session After finishing fourth in a sprint event Highfortidies finished in the runnerup position behind Pellicle It was evidently that race which put her on edge for she came back to step a mile and a sixteenth in 145 to beat a field of fillies and mares The New Castle effort turned in by Camargo was rather disappointing to that fillys connections for she had come up to the fixture in excellent condition In a prep race for the New Castle Camargo was third to Better Value and Petrol Point beaten less than four lengths In tomor ¬ rows company she figures to be in the thick of contention contentionThe The locallyowned Dirl has sh6wn fair form at the meeting but has found money positions very evasive He has been fourth to Incline unplaced behind Pilaster and fourth to Golden Bull in three endeavors Travancore raced only once locally and was third to Bahrameter and Night Count on that occasion Dillsburg has campaigned at the various hunt meetings with only moderate success and the gelding must show sharp improvement to rate an iota of consideration considerationFillies Fillies are featured in the secondary event eight of them having been named overnight for the mile and seventy yards Fort Casimir Purse Included in the field are Wee Nip Sis Lea Galacherry Penny Dare Wanima Challalita Invective and Stoney


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