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SUN ERIN MISSES 8Y INCHES , . . Fails to Overtake brillfalon in Long Stretch Drive. ! Rockingham Sport Notable for Its Thrilling Finishes Jockey L. Fallon Scores Double Victory. SALEM, N. H., May 20. Brillfalon, carrying the black and red colors of Mrs. W. W. Vaughan, thrilled a large Monday gathering at local Rockingham Park this afternoon as he charged through the stretch to a hard earned victory over J. U. Grattons Sun Erin in the Derby Claiming Purse, feature of the card. Lapped on the pair at the end was Mrs. P. Kandells Crowded Hours in third place. Gunwale was a tired fourth in the field of seven ,250 platers. The home-bred son of Gonfalon, right with the leaders ail the way,; raced the eight furlongs in 1:40 under J. Wagners urging. Sun Erin was a" well backed 8 to 5 favorite with the successful Yaughan representative showing 4.20 in the tote. Brillfalon won his last at Pimlico and Pimlico horses have been doing well at this meeting. The program of the New Hampshire Breeders Association today was notable for its rousing finishes and the feature was among the best of these. A warm sun brought out an excellent gathering for the first Monday of the season in JNew England. Jockey L. Fallon was the riding star of the afternoon, scoring a double. Brillfalon had to be the best to win the Derby. Purse. He got away fast, challenging the pace of Gunwale and Jack Chevigny in the run around the clubhouse turn and down the far side. Swinging for home, Jack Chevigny quit and Wagner went to work on the Vaughan representative to assume a brief lead entering the stretch. There Sun Erin and Crowded Hours challenged him. Wagner was forced to exert every ounce of his energy to keep Brillfalon inches in front of Sun Erin in the long battle to the judges and succeeded. Sun Erin was among the laggards early, but on the turn he was moving up fast on the outside of the pacemakers and in the stretch his bid was just short of victory. Watson is no match for Wagner in a driving finish. Crowded Hours was another to run past the tiring Jack Chevigny and Gunwale on the turn and offer a challenge in the last quarter. He was lapped on the first two at the finish after failing to get up when it appeared he held an excellent chance about a sixteenth out. Advocate Junior had a tough time graduating in the opening dash when he earned a nose decision over Kowtow, with Bromide just another head away. The good handling by jockey C. Critchfield was responsible for the son of Advocate taking down the long end of the purse. Bromide showed the sharpest early speed and was leading his two closest rivals in the field of nine by a narrow margin in the run to the turn. Entering the bend he drew out a bit, but Kowtow arid Advocate Junior charged down on the outside of him, and the first three to finish entered the stretch abreast, inaugurating a fight that lasted right down to the wire. Advocate Junior, on the "extreme outside, proved best, with Critchfield shaking the whip at him through the last few yards. The three were much better than the rest of the field, with Rose Hazen a distant fourth. Pay Rack, racing for Mrs. E. McBride, was a front-running victor in the three-quarters dash second on the program, scoring by half a length In a drive over Miss L. C. Whites Queen Helen and the favored Twenty Karat, which was another half length hack at -the finish. Twenty Karat was backed down to 9 to 5 favoritism, and G. Watson gave a poor account of himself in the saddle. Going up fast on the inside nearing the half-mile ground, that boy was in a contending position just off the leading Pay Rack. At the far corner he started to go to the outside, but found horses strung out across the track in front of him, then came back to the inside for the stretch run. At the sixteenth pole, he dropped his whip and started using his hands, all of which caused Twenty Karat to be beaten a short length in a race she should have won. Pay Rack had the speed to cut out all the pace. He was menaced by Twenty Karat and Queen Helen on the inside, and Maidwell on the outside approaching the eighth pole. He shook off Maidwell quickly enough and outlasted Queen Helen as Twenty Karat finished on her own courage. Fred Almy, a winner at Jamaica, scored in his second effort under colors at this meeting when he got up in a hard drive to beat J. U. Grattans Stardgan by half a length. Mrs. A. Carfanos Chief A, in turn, was half a length back of the runner-up, and outlasted the favored Alwintour by that margin for the show award. The winner paid 4 to 1. and ran the five and one-half furlongs in 1:08. He was ridden by L. Fallon, who kept him off the early pace of the leading Alwintour and Starogan in the run to the curve, came up fast on the outside and won, drawing out steadily over Starogan, which had much taken out of her in the pacemaking duel with Alwintour, yet hung on gamely in the drive. Zulu Lad, a cast-off from the Belair Stud Stable, that now races for B. B. Stable, was many pounds the best of the nine platers valued at ,500 each meeting In the fourth race. The son of Zev and Nedana became the first repeater of the meeting, and completed a double for L. Fallon, as he reached the finish a length and a half in front of Mrs. T. J. DeBords Lovito, which in turn led Stepbrother by a length for second place. Jessie D. M., a slight favorite over the winner, which was burdened with 118. pounds, was fourth. Jessie D". M. began fast from the outside, went into a clear lead in the run through the back stretch, where Lovito was rating along just behind her. Entering the stretch Fallon moved on the outside with Zulu Lad. At the eighth post Jessie D. M. tired, and Zulu Lad swept past on the outside, with Lovito on the inside. Zulu Lad easily outran the filly. Queen Vic was all but left when Seabo was forced to snatch her up as he was squeezed back by the other
