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Dynastic Scores Upset Over Favored Martha P Prevails by HalfLength Margin Over OddsQn Choice at Suffolk SuffolkBy By AVERY BROWN BROWNStaff Staff Correspondent SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 1 C R Millers Dynastic receiving a stirring ride from jockey Darrell Madden handed the chalk players a bitter setback when he defeated Irving Gushens Martha P by a half length in the featured Wake field Purse here today The beaten choice was regarded a 1 to 2 chance in the field of seven starters and although she ran a game race was not good enough to stave off the winner Llangollen Farms Devils Chant was third three and a halflengths back of the runnerup runnerupIdeal Ideal spring weather attracted an offday crowd of 10830 Favorites failed to succeed through the early events in fact the largest Daily Double of the current meeting re ¬ sulted in a 118720 payoff payoffThirtyfour Thirtyfour ticket holders who coupled Sandy Lane Farms Great Morning winner of the first race and Charlotte C Claytons Easy Chop in the second race had a few anxious moments after the Easy Mon mare had accounted for the race Lyman Rich ¬ ards rider of Tootsie McCabe who finished second claimed he had been bothered by the winner but after a brief deliberation the result was made official officialIn In the Wakefield Martha P under the veteran Harold Red Keene broke alert ¬ ly from her number one position and gained the head end of the field down to the threefurlong pole Tobacco King a lightly regarded member of the lineup was at the leaders throat latch most of the trip but Keene failed to get excited and had the First Fiddle filly in hand skirting the inside and saving his move for the drive driveMeanwhile Meanwhile Madden had a tight rein on Dynastic as they made a convincing move midway on the turns Dynastic who was notorious for racing wide in his races here last year ran true under the veteran reins man and once straightened for the run to the wire set about his business of out gaming the Gushen miss missThe The scattered backers among the crowd who supported Dynastic received a tidy 1380 The final time of 113 for the six furlongs was acceptable over the racing strip termed fast but still a bit deep and off from the inclement weather of last week