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NIGHT SPRITE NARROWLY Snatches Victory From Universe After Close Hard Fought Finish Fast and Interesting Bace Marks Decision Decisionof of Mondays Main Event M Peters PetersCarries Carries Off Biding Honors SALEM N H June 25 A condition race called the Concord Purse staged over the mile distance for a purse of 1200 was the principal offering of a well balanced Mon ¬ day program that was offered patrons here this afternoon afternoonThe The Concord Purse resulted in another splendid contest when the consistent Night Sprite from the B B Stable got up in the final stages to snatch victory from Universe that races for T M Cassidy Sylvester W Labrots Greyglade was third and Collat ¬ eral from the C V Whitney stable was fourth Then followed Postscript Honey sweet and Coflier to complete the field fieldUniverse Universe though beaten from the stalls soon dashed to the front Turning into the back stretch the Cassidy representative was showing the way to Night Sprite with the latter on the outside outsideGreyglade Greyglade was on the inside and holding third place while the Whitney colt was fol ¬ lowing As the field sped down the back stretch it was still Universe that was set ¬ ting the pace The ultimate winner was holding second and with the exception of Collateral which had caught Coflier the running positions remained unchanged unchangedElston Elston was rating Universe along and it was Greyglade that moved up to take the lead Night Sprite also made his effort in the stretch and the trio battled along stride for stride Greyglade was caught in close quarters and dropped back in the final strides and Night Sprite finishing boldly on the outside got up to head Universe a few yards from the finish The winner ran the distance in 138 138After After the brilliant opening Saturday with the 30000 crowd and the 321000 mutuel play Rockingham settled down to the even tenor of its racing ways yet the large turn ¬ out and the lively betting gladdened the hearts of the officials and showed that New England is taking the sport of kings with a vengeance Blazing vengeanceBlazing heat in Boston and large New England cities helped bring the crowd to Rockingham which is swept by the cuol breezes that come from the hills of New Hampshire The weather was ideal for the patrons and the track was fast Continued on twelfth page NIGHT SPRITE NARROWlYi Continued rim first page Apprentice M Peters rounded out a triple for the afternoon on Flying Gypsy in the final event of the day His other two win ¬ ners were on Star Chase in the second and Santerno in the third thirdThe The diminutive Glen Haines who gained the distinction of riding the first winner opening day again brought home the victor in the initial dash when Teeter Totter was returned triumphant over Lady Laura and seven other juveniles that met in the five furlongs dash dashThe The Folymelian gelding after racing in close quarters in the first few strides was taken to the outside and began moving to the front gradually Lady Laura and Truly Yours were disputing the leadership arid the filly shook off the Canter colt in the stretch and drew clear Meanwhile Teeter Totter moved into a prominent position Taken to the outside Teeter Totter began gaining on the leader was on even terms with Lady Laura a few yards from the fin ¬ ish and in the concluding strides moved into a lead of half a length Lady Laura though unable to cope with the superior late speed of the winner had a wide margin over Truly Yours for second place placeAfter After Charmed Eyes and Little Dinah had raced themselves into exhaustion the first three furlongs of the fiveeighths of the second race a juvenile affair Star Chase had little trouble assuming the lead after straightening out in the stretch and lasted to win winThe The Purchase filly carrying the silks of the Merryland Farm gained a clear lead a furlong from the finish and gamely with ¬ stood the challenge of Old Nick which car ¬ ried him within a neck of the winner at the end Little Dinah though spent from her efforts in disposing of Charmed Eyes met with little opposition for third place having a BoyA wide margin over Grandpas Boy A mishap occurred in the running which fortunately did not result in any harm when Happy Easter stumbled and threw her rider into the infield as the others was rounding out of the back stretch stretchEleven Eleven one thousand top and bottom platers furnished the contention in the six furlongs of the third offering Santerno proved best in the running scoring at the expense of the wellbacked Victorium while Twidgets defeated Get Ready for third thirdSanterno Santerno after outbreaking his opponents dropped back Get Ready and Twidgets were fighting it out for the lead in the first half mile Santerno had never been far from the pace and moving up fast again raced to the front in the stretch He was clear crossing the line lineEight Eight high class platers raced in the fourth on the program It resulted in a rous ¬ ing finish with C J Meisters Cantersine under the feathery impost of 95 pounds lasting to gain a nose advantage over Star Porter that performs in the interest of Ral Parr while close in the wake of the leading pair Moane Keala was third before The Pelican PelicanThe The Pelican was sent to the front at the rise of the barrier The Haste gelding was never able to gain a clear advantage being joined immediately by the Canter filly Well back of the leaders Star Porter was holding to third place and under restraint i The Pelican was first to tire and Canter sine opened up a clear advantage The Canter filly appeared to have things pretty much her own way when Burke called upon Star Porter for his best Inch by inch he crept up on Cantersine but little Haines was working like a Trojan on the Meister miss and stuck it out to take the award by the scantiest of margins marginsA A surprise came in the sixth when Erech finishing with a rush got up in the final strides of the six furlongs to snatch victory from My Purchase and return the sub ¬ stantial mutuel of 7530 for the usual in ¬ vestment Playing On was third
