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SOBIEHAS EASY VICTORY Takes Revenge on Cutie Face for Recent Rockingham Defeat. ♦ McCuan Colorbearer Just Romps Into First Place in the Lawrence Tribune Purse, Days Feature. ♦ SALEM, N. H, July 6.— In the way of a feature the racing secretary offered a sprint condition affair bearing the title of the Lawrence Tribune Purse. The five and a half furlongs dash attracted a field of five from the three-year-old and upward division, and of the half dozen named overnight Postscript was withdrawn. The event proved nothing more than a light exercise for Mrs. E. McCuans Sobieha to lead her four opponents to the finish. Cutie Face, from the F. A. Griffith string, which defeated the winner by a short margin in their last meeting over the Rockingham track, finished in second place. Gold Step, making his first start since being claimed by J. D. Mikel, got up to take the show position. Character led home the only other btarter, Lord Tournament. Cutie Face was first to show from the stalls, but was soon overtaken by Lord Tournament, while Hughes was saving the McCuan mare back in third place and Character was in the rear. There was no material change in the running positions until there remained only a quarter of a mile to be run. Sobieha had j been caled upon for improved speed and assumed the lead, and the pacemaker, when supplanted in command, started to drop back badly. Cutie Face was still entrenched in second place. Sobieha was moving along so well that before the next sixteenth had been completed she had a margin of three lengths over her nearest rival. Gold Step saved ground on the stretch turn and aras going along in determined fashion on the inside. Sobieha never shortened her stride and, racing well within herself, reached the end with a lead of four I lengths over Cutie Face. The Mikel color- i bearer had gained a lot of ground and was just a neck further back. Another good crowd was on hand to witness the sport despite a threat of rain in the forenoon. The weather was close and muggy, and many of the large crowd were minus coats | and vests. A rousing finish came in the opener when Continued on nineteenth page. I ■ 1 . J i * t 1 A c r J i c d li t to I f v a h t to si t to * « si -. fi f. a tfi ft t« ter u up. SOBIEHAS EASY VICTORY f Continued from first page. Grandpas Boy and Mad Bull drove to the ; finish a half length apart and in the order r named. A length back of the fighting leaders _ Radiator took third by a short margin J from Hot Griddle. The contest was robbed of E some of its interest when Charlie Dawn, t one of the favored ones, failed to leave with i the others, trailing far in the rear for the » entire distance. It was the first winning performance . for the Broadway Jones gelding, , which had only faced the starter on two other occasions. Ridden by Willie Saunders, , Grandpas Boy took the lead at once, shook off Radiator, which attempted to go along 5 with him, and at the end, under brisk : pressure, held Mad Bull safe. Unlawful was seen in a triumph over • eight other juveniles that vied for honors i in the five and a half furlongs race, second I on the program. Unlawful scored at the . direct expense of Wax, while the betting, ;. choice, Color Bearer, was well clear of Khe-laboo for the show position. Dornoch delivered in impressive fashion defeat the platers fft made up the field for the third, another dash of five and a half furlongs. Morheart, with a burst of speed, went to the front in the opening furlong, but Kai-Finn soon had him headed, however, and opened up what appeared a safe lead, while Lamp Black was away so poorly as to have but little chance. Kai-Finn continued show the way until right within the shadow of the finishing line, where he began tire badly. Dornoch had closed with a burst of speed in the stretch after circling the field and was up to win in the last strides. Morheart proved gamer than Kai-Finn and took the place by a nose. i Another favorite met defeat when Maca- I dam, after setting most of the pace in the fifth, bowed to the final rush of Polyfon. Prince Abbot came from a rear position to take show honors. j Macadam and Oral sped along in front from the outset. Oral called it a day a quar- i from the finish. Polyfon then moved i It was not until well Inside the seventy I j j i i j yards post that Macadam was headed and J*™ d«w away into a half-length lead by the time the judges* stand wai rrZSh£h°%ltir*d bad,y PrincedAbWbot met with little opposition for the minor pay-off.
