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Spring Maiden Chase . Taken by Rebel Coat Odds-on Independence Gives Way To Cardy Fencer at Delaware By CHARLES IIATTON DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June .r 21. — That steeplechasing is effete was ; manifest to a crowd of about 9,200 here this sunstruck afternoon when the ,250 , Spring Maiden Steeplechase attracted only lour entrants in three interests for a test of approximately two miles over 12 hedges. This fiasco resulted in a driving three-quarters length victory for Mrs Vernon G. . Cardys six-year-old gray. Rebel Coat, the .outsider of the field in the win-only betting. Scott Riles challengd Mrs. Michael G. Walshs Independence with him coming to the last fence and forced this brother to Bold Ruler to yield. An interval of 50 lengths and Mrs. Ogden Phipps Affable, the only other to complete the course, earned the third award. Affable had led a turn of the field, though Pat Smithwick lost an iron at the outset. Ruby Brick, coupled with Independence, and favored at odds-on, came a; cropper with apprentice James Wyatt at the fourth obstacle. , RebelTCoat returned and earned his •Canadian owner a check for ,625, of which ,575 was net. He carried top-Aveight of 150 pounds and his time on firm footing was a lustreless 3:42, far behind Continued on Page Fifty-One Spring Maiden Chase Taken by Rebel Coat Odds-on Independence Gives Way To Cardy Fencer at Delaware Continued from Page Ten the course record of 3:38% established by the far more accomplished Morpheus and equaled by Hurst Park at this meeting. Only 9,089. was wagered on the race. An examination at the track hospital disclosed that apprentice Wyatt was none the worse for his fall, and his mount "was able to walk onto the wagon for transportation from the scene. Following this seventeenth running of the Spring Maiden, Mrs. Albert Stewart, who is former president J. .Simpson Deans daughter, appeared in the winners -enclosure and presented connections of the successful Rebel Coat a watch. He had raced without distinction for ,500 in 56, and this was his seventh trip to the post during the present campaign. Rebel Coat trailed the field the first turn of the course, while Affable led as Smith-wick tried to compensate for his lost webbing. Ruby Brick prompted Affable closely to the fourth fence, where he fell. Affable then put in some very bad landings at the seventh and eighth, and Independence went up to challenge and into the lead. Bold Rulers erratic brother he wore blinkers appeared all over a winner coming to the front field for the run in, but Riles brought -Rebel Coat up to challenge. With both doing their .utmost, Rebel Coat won by almost a length.
