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TheMast Accounts ForTorri Roby Chase j By Fifteen-Length Margin Oyer Proceed Favored Swords Point Falls At Ninth Fence; Darby d Amour AnnexesTThird Purse in Row By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 18.— Mrs. Esther duPont Weirs The Mast, lightweight starter under 133 pounds, this afternoon scored a 15-length victory the fifth running, of the Tom Roby Steeplechase Stakes. The four-year-old Annapolis gelding negotiated the about two miles course in 3:45%, which was just four-fifths of a second slower than Great Flares track record. Ridden- by Josepb Snyder, who rideswith the double apprentice allowance; The Mast paid 1.90 as third choice with the crowd of 10,657. Charging into second position at the fifteenth and last jump, and retaining that spot to the wire was Joseph M. Mulfords Proceed, who finished four lengths clear of Lazy F Ranchs Extra Points. Following the runnin, jockey Snyder receiver a trophy from Mrs. Bayard Sharp and her daughter, Sara. It was astride Sharps Knights Quest that Tom Roby was involved in a spill during 1941. He has since been hospitalized in the Mary Immaculate Hospital, Jamaica, Long Island. William M. Duryeas Swords Point was the choice in this event and dueled for the ! lead during the early stages. He came a cropper at the ninth fence, pitching Danny IMarzani to the ground heavily. The rider was fortunate enough to escape without I injury. . ; When Swords Point was eliminated; he left The Mast and Extra Points to vie for the lead, with the former asserting his superiority almost immediately. As the twelfth fence was. approached, The Mast held a six-length lead and, after dropping back momentarily following a bad bobble at the 13th obstacle, he was always far clear thereafter while earning 0,350. He came back with a rather severe looking cut in behind, possibly sustained "as he drove through several of the hedges. Mrs. Mary Robinsons Darby DAmour, a -stakes winner several seasons back, while sporting the silks of the Darby Dan Farm, and idle for almost two years prior to this meeting, won his third race inas many tries while accounting for the six-furlong second race.
