Morning Mail Makes Good: Triumphs in Metheun Purse at Salem-Enthusiasm Second, Daily Racing Form, 1934-07-21

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HORNING MAIL HAKES GOOD Triumphs in Metheun Purse at Salem — Enthusiasm Second. ♦ Showers Fall Before First Race but Have No Effect on New Hampshire Track — Attendance Good. g SALEM, N. H, July 20.— An allowance affair, styled the Metheun Purse, served as the bright and particular feature on todays card at Rockingham Park. This was a test for juveniles over five and a half furlongs for a purse of ,200. It resulted as expected when Morning Mail, from the A. A. Baroni string, got up in the last few strides to wear down Mrs. J. H. Whitneys Enthusiasm and triumph by a neck. Well back of the leading pair G. C. Miltons Grandpas Boy, one of the lightly regarded members of the field, was third. Toolbox was fourth and just a nose back Candy Prince headed the five others. Enthusiasm was beaten out of the stalls by both Star Chase and Grandpas Boy. Ellis hustled the colt along until he was showing in front within the first few strides. Star Chase dropped back and the Milton color-bearer chased after the leader. Morning Mail was right there and Peters had him under reserve. Enthusiasm drew clear before the far turn had been reached. Ellis had him under restraint as he rated him along in advance of the others. Straightening out in the stretch, Ellis permitted the Whitney colt to increase his lead. Peters had gone to the whip on the winner and soon caught Grandpas Boy, to . move into second place. Toolbox, after beginning slowly, had raced past the others and was in fourth position. With only a sixteenth remaining to be run Morning Mail had moved up on the leader. Ellis placed Enthusiasm under vigorous urging, went along with Morning Mail, but, despite the strong riding. Enthusiasm gave way gradually until he was forced to accept defeat by the matter of a neck. The duel of the two leaders had carried them well out before the others. Grandpas Boy held on stubbornly to the end. While a few showers fell previous to the running of the opening event it had little effect on the attendance, a crowd quite up to the usual size being on hand and the track remaining fast. The Heathen, backed into stout favoritism, proved a disappointment to his host of supporters when the best the old son of Donna-cona could do was to finish third. This was in the first event on the card. The winner turned up in Waterset, which registered by a length over Stretch Call. The latter was a similar distance in advance of the favorite. After Oral had shown the way for the run down the back stretch. The Heathen, racing on the outside, dashed into the command. The ten-year-old showed the way until ths furlong post, but he had been under punishment all the previous furlong. Stretch Call was first to overtake the pacemaker. Her hold of the command was of brief duration. Helm had been moving on the outside with Waterset. He set sail for the leaders straightening out for the run to the finish. Waterset was in command with little more than a sixteenth to be run and drew clear at the line. Coming from far back in the closing quarter mile, Mrs. R. L. Rogers Merry Chatter was along in the final few strides to annex the five and a half furlongs of the second offering. Wilrob raced to the place and Informal finished in third place. Macadam showed the most early speed and, followed by Wilrob, cut out the pace. Wilrob, on the outside, took a short lead a quarter of a mile from the finish. The early pacemaker went along with him for the next furlong, but then began to drop back and Wilrob drew clear. Merry Chatter had started to move up, but a sixteenth out Wilrob appeared all over the winner. Just when it appeared that the result was a foregone conclusion. Merry Chatter loomed up and in a few strides was even with the leader. In the last few yards she drew out to have an advantage of nearly a length at the close. Macadam had tired badly and Informal, responding to the whip, beat her to the line to take third by a scant half length. Gaillardia raced to a front-running score in the fourth offering. This engaged a field of seven of the better grade platers under claiming conditions. Following the winner closest at the finish, Vote took second place, and Mumsie was third, a half-dozen lengths in advance of Honeysweet. Arrowswift, the favorite, after leaving the post poorly, never entered into serious contention. Barcelona Pete was practically eliminated on the first turn when he stumbled, almost unseating his rider. Vote outbroke the field, but Gaillardia had assumed the lead before the first turn had been reached. King nursed the winner along throughout, and though shaken up in the stretch was never menaced. Vote and Mumsie were the ones to chase Gaillardia the closest, but were never in a position to seriously endanger his command. Vote drew away from Mumsie in the last quarter mile. Arrowswift managed to race into fourth place in the back stretch, but never could get within striking distance of second place. There came a surprise winner in the mile fifth race when Ukraine lasted in a drive to score by a head over Rock Point with Allenfern taking third over Prince Tokalon. Forewarned, after breaking tardily, had the speed to go to the front in the run to the first turn and Haines permitted the gelding to open up a long lead in the first qunrter. The winner had but one of the field headed straightening out on the back stretch but she moved up fast and before the next quarter had been reached was in second place Forewarneds lead had been cut down considerably and midway of the turn Ukraine went into command. Ukraine was clear at the head of the stretch and Rock Point, responding to punishment, began charging on the leader. The eventual winner was placed under pressure to meet this challenge and lasted long enough to take the award by a short margin.


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