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BLACK HAND WINS HANDICAP ♦ Ratti Colorbearer Triumphs in the Harvard at Salem. » ! Terallce Lowers One Mile Record to 1:37% In Winning the Secondary Feature. SALEM, N. H., July 11.— In one of the most stirring finishes of the meeting P. F. Rattis Elack Hand, winner of the Rose Ben Handicap on opening day, added the Harvard Handicap to his list of triumphs when, under a punishing drive, he was able to drop his nose down in front of Flying Sailor, performing for A. A. Baroni, right at the end. Just a neck in back of the fighting leaders C. V. Whitneys Trumpery was third before Chinese Empress. Haines was astride the winner and avoided the fast early pace, as Chinese Empress and Trumpery were out setting the pace. Flying Sailor had been slow to find his best stride, and through the back stretch was well back. Near the stretch Workman, who had the Whitney three-year-old in second place, made an effort to go to the leading Chinese Empress. The Bartelstein-owned filly, when challenged opened up a lead on Trumpery and Workman was forced to go to the whip. Meanwhile the Ratti colt had been brought to the outside, and made his effort. Flying Sailor began to show improved speed and moved up. When Workman struck Trumpery with his whip the colt started quitting. He was forced to drop the whip and, taking the three-year-old to the ouside, was forced to resort to a hand ride. It was right within the shadow of the finishing line that Black Hand had the pacemaker headed and in the next stride Flying Sailor was right with the Flying Ebony colt, though just short of reversing the award. Black Hand, by his victory, added ,920 to his earnings, the winners portion of the ,500 added prize. The victorious Flying Ebony colt ran the five and a half furlongs in the smart time of 1:05. The second most important race on the card was the Windham Handicap. This saw the lowering of the mile course record, A. Bartelsteins Teralice running the ejght furlongs in 1:37% to reduce the old mark one-fifth of a second. The four-year-old son of Terry, to keep his record unblemished, reached the finish a length to the good of C. V. Whitneys Roustabout, with Sarada, the favorite, in the silks of F. A. Griffith, taking third place. Teralice had defeated some of the shiftiest sprinters at the track in his only previous race, which was over six furlongs. The added distance of the Windham had little effect on the Terry colt. Kurtsinger restrained him back of the fast early pace established by Universe. It was while only a quarter mile remained to be run that Teralice was asked for his best. He moved up on the inside of the leaders, took command when the pacemaker started shortening strides and was not endangered by the closing stretch challenge Roustabout offered. A rattling finish came out of the running of the opening dash, furnished for juvenile platers over the five furlongs distance. It afforded the opportunity for E. B. Town-sends Unlawful to earn his second consecutive purse by scoring by a narrow mat gin over the recent winner, Grandpas Boy. More than a length back of the dueling leaders Great Master easily saved third from Lea lette. Rhodius staged a game rally through the stretch in the second race, at six furlongs, which enabled him to gain honors in the closing strides. Just a neck in back of the winner, Lamp Black, another that came stoutly in the drive, was up to gain the place in the concluding stride. Vacillate lasted lo be third. Informal, claimed last out from the B. B. Stable, made good at the first asking for Mrs. A. R. Smith. The Infinite filly, in with the feather of ninety-four pounds, reached the end of the five and a half furlongs of the third race a length to the good of Kham-seen, sporting the silks of S. W. Labrot. Third place went to R. P. Watts Wise Count The Lawrence Telegram Purse, an allowance affair that attracted seven better than average juveniles over five and a half furlongs, resulted in a stirring finish. Merry-land Farms Star Chase was triumphant over the well backed choice, Sun Antioch, from the Willis Sharpe Kilmer stable, by the smallest of margins. C. P. Lindners Bank Holiday landed in advance of the others. Apprentice M. Peters rounded out a riding triple by guiding Calome to victory in the seventh, scoring easily at the end of the mile from Brown Wisdom, with Baboo earning third. Peters had previously won with Unlawful and Rhodius in the first and second races, respectively.
