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Hasty Royal Darlington Purse Winner at Lincoln Downs DownsLINCOLN LINCOLN DOWNS Lincoln R I May 2 Lincoln Downs agrees with K Stables Hasty Royal The threeyearold colt start ¬ ed eight times at the meeting and has yet to not get a check In the featured Darling ¬ ton Purse this cloudy afternoon he came up with a big one defeating Ben Greens Sunshine Swiv by a length and a half A similar distance back was E Benedicts Miss Rico who rider lost his whip at the start startHasty Hasty Royal close up all the way tri ¬ umphed under jockey Larry Adams who was winning his second race of the after ¬ noon Hasty Royal returned 520 as the favorite and sped the seven furlongs in 127 over the fast track trackThe The Darlington was for sophomore horses who had not won three races Hasty Royal fit that category being a maiden last year but finding new life in the Rhode Island atmosphere Since coming to the smallest of the states he has won three races been second twice and third the same number of times in eight outings outingsLady Lady Sue B cut out the early running in the Darlington with the gray Marco Polo second and Hasty Royal a close third Lady Sue B continued to hold her lead and Marco Polo was eliminated when he tried to run up the inside and Jack Kurtz on Lady Sue B naturally shut the hole After that Marco Polo was out of it itMiss Miss Rico loomed into contention on the turn along with Hasty Royal the latter quickly taking over the lead Under Adams skillfull riding Hasty Royal gradually in ¬ creased his margin Sunshine Swiv far back in the early running came along briskly for second money while Miss Rico kept third by a comfortable margin marginGeorge George Gibb leading rider of the meet ¬ ing was tossed from his mount Stratonaut going into the first turn of the fifth race The Bristol Conn rider was tossed over his mounts head when the horse hit the inside fence He was removed from the track in the ambulance and taken to the first aid room Examination there revealed that he was only shaken up and suffered no injuries
