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Gala Gala Fete Fete Registers Registers in in Fast Fast Time; Time; Dover Dover Lures Lures Unbeaten Unbeaten Royal Royal Note Note Aims to Increase Win Skein to Five Wjlton Stable Youngster Has Wreck Master Among Five Delaware Park Foes By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 29. Final two-year-old event on Delaware Parks attractive stakes program, the 0,000 added Dover, features the mid-week sport at this point and the overnight field of a half dozen youngsters emphasizes quality, rather than quantity. Heading the line-up for the dash of five and one-half furlongs are two aspirants for the championship of the division in Wilton Stables unbeaten Royal Note and Palataine Stables Wreck Master. Others scheduled to compete are Ella K. Brysons Smart; Mrs. J. H. Thourons Fast and Far, Lyle Phillips Bull X., and C. Lamar Creswell, Jr.s Mister C.L. The Dover, which has the honor of having aided in the development of the Kentucky Derby winner, Count Turf, has also been won by such capable juveniles as El Chico, Fair Weather, Royal Governor and Tahiti. This seasons running will carry a purse of 5,200, with the owner of the winner taking down a net return of 1,-475. Scored in Three Stakes- I Royal Note, a son of Spy Song Penroyal, is owned by the partnership of Tilford L. Wilson and Carl H. Houston, and boasts a four-race victory skein, with triumphs in the Lafayette, Bashford Manor and Cherry Hill Stakes included in his record. He has earned 1,417 and it has been reported that his owners recently rejected a 00,000 offer for their charge. Trainer Frank Gilpin has secured the services of Eddie Ar-caro for the Dover. Wreck Master, like Royal Note, must carry 125 pounds and concede nine pounds to the other rivals. The Bolero colt was acquired as a yearling for ,000 and has already earned 0,650, which assures" the Continued on Page Twenty-Eight i Unbeaten Royal Note Seeks Dover Stakes Out to Increase Win Streak to Five; Wreck Master in Line-up Continued from Page One soundness of the investment by owner Frank Rosen. After twice breaking the Laurel- track record for four andjone-half furlongs, Wreck Master joined the ranks of stakes winners with a score in the local Christiana. He will be ridden in the Dover by Glen Lasswell. In the runner-up position behind Wreck Master in the Christiana was Kinda Smart, who was also second in the William Penn, which was won by Right Down. Kinda Smart, a homebred son of High Lea, will have a change of jiders Wednesday, with Nick Shuk his scheduled pilot. The others in the Dover are considered outsiders, although Fast and Far made a favorable impression with his recent whining effort, in which he was timed in 1:05 for five and one-half furlongs, just one second off the track standard held jointly by Pavot and Northern Star. Mister C. L. was a winner here and in his last start was second behind Cup Man, while Bull X. was a recent graduate at Monmouth Park. Secondary attraction Wednesday is the fifth and final running of the Montchanin Handicap, which has increased in distance and purse value with each running. Wednesdays gruelling test is over the mile and six-furlong distance for a purse of ,000. Most notable absentee is the ill-fated Requisition, who clinched the top money award while finishing second in last weeks race, while suffering injuries which necessitated his being destroyed. Heading the field is Caboose, winner of last weeks mile and a half edition, while his opposition will come from Searsie, Go Between, Mully S., Letdown, Ed the Great and the coupling of Blimey and Stalk.
