Fleam the Magnificent: Carries Belair Stud Silks to Easy Victory at Rockingham Park, Daily Racing Form, 1934-07-16

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FLEAM THE MAGNIFICENT • Carries Belair Stud Silks to Easy Victory at Rockingham Park. ♦ Concedes Weight and Defeats Roustabout and Greyglade in New Hampshire Handicap. ♦ SALEM, N. H., July 14.— The Belair Studs Fleam, a magnificent three-year-old bay daughter of General Lee and Flambino, to the riotous cheering of the vast crowd at Rockingham Park, was an easy winner of the New Hampshire Handicap, ,000 added, that headlined Saturdays program. The General Lee miss, under the impost of 120 pounds, was one pound over the scale, [ conceding weight to each of the five other I starters. Roustabout, racing for C. V. Whitney, followed in the wake of the winner, beaten three lengths. Just another length away Greyglade, another filly, which races for S. W. Labrot, was third. Piety was fourth and Hickory Lad finished in advance of the only other starter — Sunador. Little time was wasted in the stalls and the field was sent away to a good start. In the running to the first turn Sunador and the Whitney colt were heads apart and as they went slightly wide Saunders sent Fleam up on the outside. Pete Walls permitted the Kilmer colt to step right along in the run from the three-quarters mark until reaching the far turn. Roustabout was under steady restraint and Continued on fifteenth page. FLEAM THE MAGNIFICENT Continued from first page. pressing the pacemaker closest. Saunders had the Belair filly under a nice hold as she held to third place a few lengths off the leader. When only three furlongs were left to be run the race really began. Workman called upon the Chicle colt and soon moved up to Sunador. Saunders was taking no chance on the winner and brought her to the outside. Greyglade had started to moved up ! and gained room next to the rail. A quarter mile from the finish Roustabout was in : command, but Fleam was right with him i and still racing under mild restraint. In the stretch, after a brief rush with the ! Whitney colorbearer, the Belair miss began ! to draw away, and increased her lead with j each succeeding stride in the final furlong. Roustabout, when passed by the winner, J continued gamely. Greyglade, after looming up as a possible threat at the stretch head, was unable to maintain the sped demanded to keep pace, though easily saving the lesser split of the prize. The winner negotiated the distance in 1:44%, or within three-fifths of a second of equalling the course record. The victory added ,350 to the coffers of Belair Stud. Star Porter, sterling and consistent four-year-old that races for Ral Parr, was an easy winner of the Telegraph Claiming Handicap. This was the second best offering on the card and had its running over the sprinting distance of three-quarters. Though the son of The Porter had only a neck to spare at the end, Workman was taking him up sharply all through the closing strides. Chinese Empress earned second place for A. Bartelstein, and J. D. Mikels Ridgeview came from last place to take third from Character. Sobieha, the only remaining starter, was never a factor at any stage of the journey. As her usual custom, the Kai-Sang filly was first out of the stalls, though unable to shake off Star Porter until on the far turn, where Workman eased back slightly. Character was racing close up. Hughes had never made a move on Sobieha and was just in advance of Ridgeview. Chinese Empress was still in front in the stretch, but Star Porter had been brought to the outside and, roused with the whip, bounded into a lead of more than a length. Ridgeview had started to move up, while Hughes, still sitting still on Sobieha, dropped back to last place. Star Porter was running strongly in front, drawing away at every stride when Workman began taking up and permitted the Bartelstein filly to again race within a neck by the time the finish was reached. The Mikel mare had finished well on the outside and was right at Chinese Empress saddle girths at the end. A driving finish resulted from the opening four and a half furlongs, fashioned for plater juveniles. Gay Blade, racing for S. W. Labrot, was returned winner, defeating a former stablemate, Color Bearer, which now performs in the interests of Riley and Meeker. Radiator, after showing the way until reaching the stretch, was third, with Little Cynic finishing in advance of the seven other starters. A mishap occurred in the running when Miss Trooper, after breaking slowly, was rushed up to her field, stumbled and fell. Jockey Glen Haines was removed from the track in an ambulance, and cursory examination showed a bad scalp wound and back injuries. He was rushed to the Lawrence General Hospital. Gay Blade had to be best of his company to score. The Happy Time colt was shuffled back at the start and, circling his rivals, moved up fast approaching the stretch and at the end outgamed Color Bearer. Radiator while holding on well, was unable to stave off the stretch challenge of the leading pair. M. "Happy" Buxton who arrived to saddle Speedmore in the ,000 added New Hampshire Handicap, Saturdays feature, reports that owner J. H. Louchheim is due here late Friday. William W. Woodward, chairman of The Jockey Club and master of the Belair Stud, came up from New York to witness the performance of Fleam in the New Hampshire Handicap.


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