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LARGEST WEEK-DAY CROWD ■ * Friday the 13th Holds No Terrors for Patrons of Rockingham Park. WeU Backed Manya Makes Good in Mohawk Claiming Purse, Best Offering of Card Devoted to Platers. SALEM, N. H., July 13.— Friday the thirteenth held no terror at Rockingham Park, one of the largest week-day crowds of the current session being on hand to witness the sport. Platers held the limelight, six of the seven offerings being under claiming conditions, the lone exception being the first, a maiden juvenile condition affair. Occupying the premier position on the program was the Mohawk Claiming Purse. This engaged a field of eight, each with a claiming price of ,000. It resulted formfully when apprentice Maurice Peters brought A. A. Baronis well backed Manya from behind to score. One length away Little Stokes gained second place for Mrs. R. T. Flippen. A. Bartelsteins Par Value landed third in advance of Integrity. From the start, Cabouse and Fred Almy, which have been performing in sprint affairs in their previous outings at Rockingham, went out to make the running, racing closely locked for the first half mile. Manya was holding the third place, and Par Value was in advance of the others. Fred Almy was through after rounding the far turn, while Cabouse still showed the way while only a quarter mile remained to be run. The favorite had been given a free rein and was at the leaders throat latch, and in the next few strides was in command. Par Value had moved up and soon raced into second position. Little Stokes, after improving his position gradually and after reaching the stretch, was in third place. Manya, once showing the way, opened up a good lead. The Bartelstein filly had made an effort to go to the leader but was found wanting. Little Stokes was going along stoutly on the outside, met with little opposition from Par Value, but despite hard urging was still a length back at the finish. Continued on fifteenth page. LARGEST WEEK-DAY CROWD Continued from first page. Cabouse quit badly in the final quarter and landed back in sixth place. Fred Almy, after his show of speed, faltered so badly that he was last of the lot to cross the line. Manya completed a riding double for apprentice Peters, who previously scored with Oral. One of the biggest upsets of the meeting came when Migratory was a driving winner of the second race at five and a half furlongs. This was fashioned for non-winners, and Migratory, finishing in the money for the first time since making his debut to racing, returned the substantial mutuel return of 41.80 for the usual investment. To effect his score the Strolling Player gelding led Reigh Rose, the well-supported choice, to the finish by a half length. Well back of the leaders, Silver Wrack was third. The third race brought together plater? three years old and older, which have not won since June 22, and it resulted in another upset when Periodical took down the long end of the purse over Dancing Mack. The favorite Ervast gained third from Vacillate, while Manager Bill led home In India to complete the field. As usual Vacillate showed the most speed to take the lead and was attended closest by Dancing Mack. Periodical had been last out of the stalls and was forced to work his way up on the outside. Ervast had been slower than usual at the outset but, hustled along, was in third place, just showing the way to the winner at the completion of the opening quarter mile. Vacillate held to the lead until into the stretch, but began to drop back despite being placed under a punishing drive. Dancing Mack was first to overhaul the pacemaker, but his tenure in the lead was of short duration, as Periodical was running strongly on the outside and, meeting little opposition, he drew out in the last few strides. Right at the end, Ervast succeeded in getting the nod over Vacillate to take third place e
