June Fete Scores Upset In Delaware Filly Event: Extreme Outsider Drives Home Neck Ahead of Del Tex Maid, Daily Racing Form, 1953-06-06

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June Fete Scores Upset n Delaware Filly Evenf EvenfExtreme Extreme Outsider Drives Home Neck Ahead of Del Tex Maid DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 5 Showing a lack of respect for the judg ¬ ment of some 12000 fans who sent her postward as the extreme outsider in this afternoons featured Yorklyn Purse Happy Hill Farms June Fete vanquished a field of classy juvenile fillies to graduate from the maiden ranks Thomas Johnsons Del Tex Maid was second with Rusty Lyn Stables favored Pegeen finishing third in the five furlong dash The winners time was a re ¬ spectable 59 under Arnold Kirkland and she returned 60 It ItThe The race was a speed duel from the start with Mrs P A B Widener ITs Miss Spy Del Tex Maid Horse Shoe Stables Wolf Gal Pegeen Darby Dan Farms Lady breath and June Fete involved for the bet ¬ ter part of the trip Only Daverne Emerys Carrier Girl failed to race prominently at any time and her effort was a distinct dis ¬ appointment for she was a close second choice to Pegeen PegeenMiss Miss Spy after holding a brief lead gave way to Del Tex Maid who clung tenacious ly to her advantage to within the shadow of the finish where Kirkland sent June Fete through along the inside to grasp vic ¬ tory in the final strides The winner like all other members of the field with the exception of Del Tex Maid and Carrier Girl is pointing for next weeks Polly Drummond Stakes StakesDel Del Tex Maid was beaten just a neck and held a similar advantage over Pegeen The latter was seeking her third successive win having beaten By Jeepers here on opening day and while she failed to make good she again earned a portion of the purse for the seventh time in as many starts startsA A bitter disappointment in the race was Ladybreath the Roman Miss Brief young ¬ ster who was the toppriced filly of last years yendues when the John W Gal breathbwned stable bought her for 46000 She displayed smart speed in the Yorklyn then faded badly and beat only one mem ¬ ber of the field


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