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THE DARB POPULAR WINNER Vindicates Judgment of Many Backers at Rockingham Park. Favorites Have Good Day at Salem Course Flowery Lady and IHoano Keala Score. SALEM, N. H., May 24. The Darb, stretch running five-year-old son of St Germans and Maud Muller, carried the Eton blue banner of the powerful C. V. Whitney string to a clean cut victory in the feature in the Manchester Claiming Handicap over six furlongs here this afternoon. Burdened with top weight of 115 pounds and ridden by Alfred Robertson, the bay horse raced the three-quarters in 1:12, the fastest for the distance to date of the meeting, to lead the Apache Stables Golden Fate by two lengths at the end. Third, two and a half lengths farther away, Ascot Stables Stocks beat Character by a neck. Six started at the ,000 claiming price and the victory of The Darb was hailed by the large gathering, which backed him down to 3 to 2 favoritism in the tote. He was one of several well backed choices to make good during the afternoon. Jack Healey sent The Darb to the post a keen horse today. He had been third a couple of times at the meeting and was gaining strongly at the end of his last race. That made him the choice. Robertson got him away in front, but immediately took him under light restraint, rating off the pace of Happy Knot and Character to the turn. There Character went to the outside of Happy Knot to put that mare away in the stretch as Robertson raced wide of both with The Darb. Golden Fate attempted to move with the Whitneyite, but could not handle him in the last eighth, where he drew away as Golden Fate beat off Character for second place. At the end Stocks slipped through on the inside to nip the Jersey Stable representative in the final stride for third. After failing in eleven earlier attempts, John Tio finally graduated from the maiden ranks in the opening race. John Tio and Uncle July were fractious at the gate, and the former beat the closest of his rivals to the flag by almost a length. September Child showed just a flash early, to be second in the first furlong, but Faust sent Light Weight clear of the pack on the outside, and went-up to John Tio, taking a short lead of less than a length on the turn. Entering the stretch, he looked all over a winner, but Fisher was busy on John Tio, and the son of The Porter hung on doggedly to get up in the last strides for his victory. Cablegram was third nearly all the way, a length and a half back at the end. Krona tired in the stretch. Masked Gal scored her second straight at the meeting when she charged up on the outside in the stretch in the second race to.v beat the Greentrees Browbeaten a neck in a hard drive. Third, lapped oh the other two at the end, was Cash Book. Ina Dear , was fourth. The latter set the early pace, " with Browbeaten moving up on her going into the turn and racing head and head entering the stretch. They continued to drive along in front, battling for a narrow ad- vantage to within the shadow. of the finish, where Faust swooped down with Masked Gal on the outside and gained a close verdict. Ina Dear quit all over, allowing Cash Book to take third in the final stride. . Jockey Frank Munden checked in from Texas, and will resume riding within: a day or so.
