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WestropeRyan in Delaware Triple Complete Feat With Magic Lamp LampLatter Latter Scores in Polynesian After Earlier Successes of Cobblers Bench Alf A Mo MoBy By FRED GALIANI GALIANIDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 8 Jockey Jack Westrope and trainer Jim Ryan combined their talents for a sweeping afternoon both of them winning three races on the card with the climax coming in the featured Polynesian Purse as Rokeby Stables Magic Lamp scored a twolength victory Earlier in the afternoon Ryan and Westrope won with Cobblers Bench in the I first and Alf A Mo in the fifth race both of those horses running for Mrs E duPont Weir WeirMagic Magic Lamp was restrained off the early pace until midway of the turn where Wes ¬ trope turned the Alibhai colt loose and he won without feeling the sting of the whip Second in the race two and a half lengths back was Gerald Stricklands Joymaker while a distant third came Hal Price Head leys Regal Manner who set the pace until the head of the stretch Magic Lamp was hel dat oddson tiy the crowd estimated at 13500 and paid 360 The time for the mile and a sixteenth over a slow track was 147 147First First Score Over Distance DistanceMagic Magic Lamp a threeyearold son of Alibhai out of the stakes winning Milcave was scoring his first victor yover a distance and his third of the year The Polynesian was his second score at the meeting sub ¬ sequent to two efforts in which he met the class of the country in the Gotham Stakes and Wood Memorial In the former he was second to the gray champion and was fifth in the Woods WoodsOnly Only five horses horsesf f started in the feature with Regal Manner outrunning Joymaker for the lead into the first turn Some dis ¬ tance back came Magic Lamp while Little Greg and Mr Skip came next Down the back side the order remained unchanged and there was no shifting of positions until they came around the turn and straight ¬ ened out for home Magic Lamp ranged up on the outside of Joymaker who had come up on even terms with Regal Manner at the head of the stretch Regal Manner fell put of the fight after a few yards and Magic Lamp under a hand ride gradually and relentlessly drew away from Joymaker JoymakerRegal Regal Manner was seven lengths back of Joymaker spent from his early efforts while Little Grey and Mr Skip finished in the same positions they were when they left the gate gateWestropes Westropes triple put him in the lead with 10 winners while Ryans hat trick also cemeted his position as the leading trainer with five
