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STAR PORTER WINS AGAIN » Defeats Flying Sailor in Spectacular Finish .at Rockingham. 1 Crazy Jane Victress in Secondary Feature —Apprentice Howard Hughes Pilots Four of Days Winners » SALEM, N. H., July 9.— The Raymond Claiming Handicap, which served as todays feature at Rockingham Park, was again productive of a spectacular contest, terminating in the second consecutive victory for Star Porter, racing in the black and white stripes and red sash of the Maryland sportsman, Ral Parr. The four-year-old son of The Porter scored at the expense of Mrs. A. A. Baronis Flying Sailor, while The Pelican, racing in the interest of J. D. Mikel, took third from the well-backed choice, Dark Hope. Character was next to complete the field. The winner, benefited by the fast early pace, was permitted to run back of the leaders and down the back stretch had only the favorite headed. Character and The Pelican were out in front disputing the leadership, racing heads apart. At the completion of the opening quarter mile Character enjoyed a short lead, but started dropping back after a half mile had been traversed, and The Pelican then forged to the front. The half mile had been run in :45% and it was a pace that was to take its toll. The effort in disposing of Character had cost the Mikel gelding a big effort and he had shot his bolt by the time the stretch was reached. Hughes, after leaving the back stretch, continued to skim the rail with Star Porter and, benefited by a great saving of ground when he was hustled through on the inside as the leaders swung wide, met with little opposition when he challenged for the lead. Peters had also avoided the early pace with Flying Sailor and made his effort in the stretch, but was forced to lose some ground on the turn. Hughes kept Star Porter under a brisk hand ride all through the last furlong and was clear at the finish. The Baroni trick had raced well, but was unable to endanger the winner. The Pelican, while unequal to the task of keeping pace in the closing test, was a length to the good of the disappointing Dark Hope. The latter, when placed under punishment, was unable to improve his position to any great extent. Crazy Jane, a castoff from the Joseph E. Widencr string, which Mrs. R. T. Flippen claimed last out, made good at the first asking for her new owner when she scampered home in ront of the better than aver-fege splinting plateis that matched strides in the foi»-*H iat a head in back of the winnei at the unc, Toytime, racing for S. W. Labrot, was second, and right between the leading pair Zorana was Ihird. After assuming the lead in the first three-sixteenths when Toytime was taken back of the pace after racing into the lead in the opening strides, Crazy Jane shook off Be-dight and .opened up a comfortable advantage. Bedight was chasing the winner closest, but before the furlong post had been reached, shov ed signs of tiring. Zorana had saved a lot of ground on the stretch turn ana moved up. Toytime had been ayed for her best and also began gaining tah. inner. Hughes was hard at work jR.tsi. filly, and though losing ground K in the last seventy yards, she stuck it gamely to ha e her head in front Mr the er..-. Toytime, while succeeding in Tvertaking Zorana to earn second place, was a couple of strides short of reversing the verdict, travelling the fastest of the leading trio at the windup. Douglas F., on the reports of several fast trials, was accorded a good chance in this but failed to show enough speed to keep pace with the leaders and dropped back steadily. Crazy Jane marked the second successful mount for apprentice Hughes, who had previously piloted Gay Blade in the opener. A rattling finish saw S. W. Labrots Gay Blade returned winner of the maiden juvenile race, which started the afternoons sport. Justa Jane was a close second, and Sweepogan, the favorite, was a bang up third. The favorite and Justa Jane showed the most early speed and fought it out heads apart. Sweepogan held a slight advantage until nearing the furlong pole, where Justa Jane assumed a brief lead. Meanwhile, Hughes had been moving up with the Labrot colt and was brought to the outside for the closing drive. He closed with keen late speed to gain the award right at the end, while Justa Jane had increased her lead to a neck over the choice. Slay Boy, which had come in for quite some volume of play after being last to be away from the post, raced far in the rear throughout, failing to close with his usual burst of belated speed. Dancing Queen made good for the followers of form when, under an exceptionally strong finish by Frank Baker, the daughter of Wrack was along in the late stages to snatch victory from Gammon in the second race, at five and a half furlongs. A couple of lengths farther away the pacemaker, Khelaboo, lasted to save third from the jaoid gOi..g Great Master. rAnother close finish marked the running WL the five and a half furlongs of the third Hrhen Flashing Thru led for practically very stride of the way, though doing his utmost at the close to hold a slight advantage over Grace Blotter, the public choice, while Twidgets was a fast finishing third. Waterset, well supported here, proved a disappointment, racing far back from the start, and at no stage of the journey was able to reach a prominent position. Apprentice Howard Hughes had a field day in the saddle guiding home his fourth winner of the afternoon, when he scored L astride Moane Keala in the sixth race. Hughes was forced to call on his skill to kft the mare home a head in advance of WL Forlorn, while Rock Point closed an Bnense gap at the end to take third.
