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VANDERBILT LUCK CONTINUES His MarylandBred Dreel Drives to Neck Victory in Salem Handicap Outlasts Gentle Knight and Spixi in Spectac ¬ ular Finish Joe Wagner Bides Five I Straight Winners SALEM N H June 12 Vanderbilt luck at Rockingham Park continues to run high The young proprietor of Sagamore Farm accounted for another stake over the local track this afternoon when the Maryland bred Dreel drove to a neck victory in the Salem Handicap feature of the midweek program Admirably ridden by Skinny Fallon the gelded son of Trojan and Blaz ¬ ing Ember sped past the winning post a neck in advance of the public choice Gentle Knight with the pacemaking Spixi just a nose behind the runnerup Though only five started the race was bitterly contested from flag fall to finish How closely the three leading contenders were rated by the crowd may be judged from the fact that when the Vanderbilt entry of Dreel and Bachelor Dinner paid 225 to 1 it was third choice in the tote wagering Gen ¬ tle Knight was a 2 to 1 favorite with the soregoing Star Porter next in demand at 210 to 1 The victory was the second straight at this park for the Trojan four yearold netting his owner 1910 His final time of 112 marked a sharp race over a track which was a trifle dead deadDreel Dreel broke alertly but Fallon quickly took him back off the pace permitting his stablemate Bachelor Dinner to go out and battle with the leaders His charge gal ¬ loped along in last place far off the front running Spixi until making the turn Then he brought Dreel through swiftly on the inside coming around the leader at the top of the stretch and continuing courageously under extreme pressure to make the ac ¬ counting countingGentle Gentle Knight favored by a feather of ninetyeight and receiving seventeen from the winner probably was best The son of Sir Gallahad III was bumped repeatedly as Hanford attempted to drive him through inside Star Porter and Bachelor Dinner Not until the head of the stretch was reached did the fouryearold manage to come clear and then he finished gamely under hard urging urgingSpixi Spixi another light weight stole through on the inside racing along the back stretch to make the pace until well in the home lane Not until a sixteenth from the finish did he start to weaken and fifty yards out Dreel had him whipped while he gave way to Gentle Knight in the closing strides stridesStar Star Porter had more early speed than anticipated but retired to last place at the end Bachelor Dinner tried hard to gain the lead and while he was right in the pace he never could attain command At the end he was a good fourth three lengths behind Spixi SpixiHiatus Hiatus a former member of the Joseph E Widener string racing for J U Gratton accounted for her second purse of the meet ¬ ing in annexing the initial offering Op ¬ posed by eleven other plater juveniles the filly was out to the last ounce to reach the finish a nose to the good of Pretty Patricia Wise Will after holding to a prominent po ¬ sition throughout was third thirdApprentice Apprentice Joe Wagner established a new riding record for New England this season when he guided Prosecutor to victory in the seventh The Zev colt marked the fifth successive winner piloted by the Lexington boy this afternoon afternoonThe The blond youngster was forced to call upon all his skill to have Prosecutor home a nose in front of St Omer with General Lejeune taking down the show position positionHiatus Hiatus lost little time in getting to the front opening up a lead of a couple of lengths It was to stand her in good stead for Pretty Patricia after swinging to the outside in the stretch closed with a cyclonic burst of speed that carried her to within a nose of overtaking the winner Wise Will was under pressure throughout and it was only in the last few strides that he was up to defeat Spear for the show award awardA A limit number of 1000 top and bottom platers made up the field in the second race at six furlongs It resulted in the score for the second favorite of the afternoon De Valera reaching the line with better than a length to spare over the unfortunate Ca bouse Third place fell to the lot of the outsider Uppercut UppercutDe De Valera after gaining a forward posi ¬ tion in the run through the back stretch was sent to the leaders on the outside The son of Upset gained the command before reaching the stretch He continued gamely under hard riding and was never threatened through the closing furlong furlongThe The performance turned in by Cabouse was a sparkling one The Baigneur geld ¬ ing slow to leave the stalls and in frequent trouble in the first quarter mile moved up steadily when obtaining clear racing room Though reaching second place his early handicap was too great an obstacle to over ¬ come forcing him to be content with second place Uppercut loomed up on the outside at the turn for home but was unable to im ¬ prove his position in the drive to the finish finishMixed Mixed Party a daughter of Strolling Play ¬ er and Celebration proved best of the twelve platers brought together in the third race another dash of six furlongs This test was framed for those that have not won since the opening of the meeting Morden an out ¬ sider in the field raced to the place with Winged Flight coming from the rear of the pace to earn third Mixed Party had the speed to take command at once She was soon joined by Chimney Top and the pair fought it out until there remained only five sixteenths of a mile left to be covered Chimney Top tired and Mixed Party drew out into a good lead leadThere There came a general closing up in the last furlong but Mixed Party was safely home in first place by a length Morden held on gamely in the drive and had his head in front of Winged Flight A similar distance away Chimney Top was fourth fourthAnother Another J Widener castoff accounted for the second best race of the afternoon through the triumph of Bill Weants Fair Sickle in the mile and a sixteenth race which followed the featured attraction The daughter of Sickle and Be Fair was hustled off into a commanding lead on the back stretch after shaking off Chartres at the threequarter post and continued steadily for the remainder of the trip to complete the distance in 145 and score by slightly more than two lengths lengthsLegender Legender outpaced early though racing in third position gained steadily under hard pressure in the stretch but could not over ¬ haul the flying leader Chartres was eased back by Seabo after racing a quarter mile and continued in second place until a few yards from the finish He was under a hard drive from the threeeighths post to the stand and had no excuses Slipper King the public choice began slowly but went up fast on the outside once straight ¬ ened out on the back stretch He had to go wide from the sixfurlong mark to the quarter post and was a beaten horse at that point
