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f 1 1 c e -] a s t I t , j . ] : ! • | j 1 I ! I 1 1 ! I 1 1 I i j I 1 1 ! I I 1 j ! i j • i • I I i 1 | I i ! I , | j 1 t i I 1 • i . 5 5 . 3 3 D I 5 1 9 I 5 I 5 : I i. - :. 5 0 0 s t NIGHT JASMINE CONSISTENT • T. F. Swords Good Filly Wins Again at Rockingham Park. » Third Consecutive Victory for Daughter of Sand Mole— Gay Banner and Can- tersine Score. ♦ SALEM, N. H., July 10.— T. F. Swords* consistent Night Jasmine won the feature event at Rockingham Park this afternoon. The race was a claiming affair at a mile and sixteenth named in honor of Jack Demp-sey, former worlds heavyweight champion, who with Gene Normile witnessed the running from the stewards stand. The victory marked the third consecutive for the four-year-old daughter of Sand Mole and Shades of Night, and fifth winning essay out of her last half dozen outings. Pressing the successful filly closest at the finish was Vote, that races in the interest of M. S. Boyd. Third fell to the lot of H. H. Browns Adobe Post, with Below Cost leading the five others that made up the field. The filly was alert at the post and broke out of her stall repeatedly. When the start came Night Jasmine left fast and drew clear in the run to the first turn. Below Cost held second place when the turn into the back stretch was reached and Biff, moving along on the outside, was showing the way to Vote. Adobe Post was next. The well regarded Pennywise had left from the outer post position and was forced to lose a lot of ground while racing on the outside on the turn. The Sand Mole filly continued to set the pace all through the back stretch, well clear of her closest attendants. Vote and Adobe Post, racing under re- straint until the far turn, made their moves simultaneously and began to gain. Appren- tice King was steadying Night Jasmine along and en the stretch turn permitted the Sword representative to increase her advan- tage. Vote had moved into second place and racing gamely was still a length back as the finish was reached. Adobe Post had raced into third place but could never threaten the leading pair in the final furlong. Biff and Below Cost had both tired in the last quarter mile. The sport opened with a five and a half furlongs dash for maidens of all ages. Nine started, and it resulted in a triumph for Cancel, a three-year-old daughter of Canter, racing for L. Haymaker. A length back of the winner Dash In was second, and the pacemaker, Lady Buck, barely held on long enough to take third place from Secular. Lady Buck, under alert handling, dashed away into a long lead, racing clear of Can- eel until after leaving the back stretch. Approaching the stretch Lady Buck started to shorten strides, and the Hay- maker filly rapidly closed the gap that separated her from the leader. It was not much of a trick for Cancel to run down Lady Buck in the stretch. Haines kept after the Canter filly all the final furlong. Dash In closed with good energy, moved by the tiring pacemaker, but never could offer a threat to the winner. Lady Buck tired so badly that Hughes was forced to resort to the whip to hold Secular safe. Mousseur, three-year-old, that had only faced the starter in one previous effort, was installed the choice. He failed to show anything in the running to accord him such honor. Gay Banner proved a galloping winner over the maidens that met in the second, another sprint over the five and a half fur-1 longs. Racing into the lead in the opening furlong, Gay Banner quickly drew clear. She then opened up a long lead. The Sun Flag filly attempted to bear out in the stretch and Lynch was forced to strike her over the nostril several times to keep her straight. Reigh Rose was the leaders closest rival, with Morway heading the others of the company. The silks of Sylvester W. Labrot were car-5 ried to victory in the third when Little Dinah proved better than the eight other two-year-olds that met in the third. This was another dash at five and a half furlongs and under claiming conditions. For the bet-5 ter part of the opening three and a half furlongs the winner and Prosecutor raced as a team, with the filly on the outside. Tutticurio was in third place, but nearing the stretch Westys Duke moved by the Tutti Frutti colt. Little Dinah succeeded in shaking off Prosecutor before the stretch turn was reached, and apprentice Peters hustled her into a good lead. Little Dinah was never threatened afterward to be home with a comfortable advantage. Prosecutor tired from his efforts racing with the Labrot filly and lost the place in the closing strides to Westys Duke. Old Nick, the favorite, was never a threat, though a brief spell nearing the stretch loomed up as a potential factor. He never could improve his position when placed under pressure through the final th ree-sixteenths. Jockey Glen Haines rode his second winner of the afternoon when he piloted C. J. Meisters Cantersine to an easily attained score over the small band of platers that matched strides in the fourth race at six furlongs. Though the Canter filly met with little •* opposition to lead practically from flag fall to finish, it was a stirring finish for the smaller awards. Postscript and Ilchester, racing back of the leaders for the first quarter mile, made their move at the same time leaving the back stretch. Gaillardia had been forcing the pace, and dropped back after going a half mile. Through the closing quarter Ilchester and Postscript were going along stride for stride, with the three-year-old on the outside. Bit-5 tybit, benefited by saving ground in the stretch, joined in and the three battled along closely locked in back of the winner,
