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ANOTHER FOR WESTY JUNIOR Veteran Sprinter Scores Jtiis Fourth Victory Out of Five Starts Easily Triumphs Over Epitaph and General GeneralA A in Merrimac Valley Claiming Purse PurseFridays Fridays Feature at Sslem SALEM N H June 14 Westy Junior veteran sprinter from the stable of H T Archibald scored his fourth victory in five Rockingham Park starts as he scampered the six furlongs of the Merrimac Valley Claiming Purse in 112 to win vith some ¬ thing in reserve At the end the sixyearold son of Westy Hogan and Candy May was a length and a half in advance of the gamely closing Epitaph with General A also fin ¬ ishing stoutly missing place honors by a half length lengthThe The Merrimac was the main race on a program given over entirely to platers It was little more than a onehorse race throughout The winner made a lunge out of his stall the barest fraction of a second before the starter sent the sixhorse field away and this gave the veteran ever a rapid beginner an advantage which never was overcome overcomeWagner Wagner sent the Archibald sprinter away to a long lead in the back stretch run and he widened out farther on the turn At the head of the stretch he had all rivals driv ¬ ing hard bshind him and from that point had only to coast home Epitaph which came on f iom New York with Discovery will not return with that colt as he was taken out of the race by T F Swords for 2500 The Epinard gelding raced only in spots but ia the last threesixteenths he finally leveled away awayGeneral General A was far out of contention early and his final spurt on the outside was a powerful one Sir Ten closed only fairly well Ted Husing chased the early pace and then retired in the stretch High Hand II was never a factor factorSlipper Slipper King dropped down in cheaper company than he had faced previously dur ¬ ing the meeting completed a double which Bally Bay started for L Haymaker when he drove to a length victory in the mile event which was the days second best offering Belle Grier was a steadygoing second a length and a half in advance of the swiftly closing Easiest Way The winner was out ¬ paced early but moved up fast from the halfmile post circling the leaders at the head of the stretch and wearing down Belle Grier to take command just inside the six ¬ teenth post At this point Fallen started to take mat ¬ ters easy and Belle Grier under the urge of the whip came on again to drive her nose to the front This caused Fallen to bear down with his stick and the Infinite colt came on again to take the award Belle Grier had the speed to be right with Para dun in the pacemaking and hung on well under Johnsons drive Easiest Way was a far distant trailer during the early stages and came with a mighty rush in the stretch Paradun furlongsJean was done after six furlongs Jean Lee second in her two previous outings performed right back to those splen ¬ did efforts and graduated from the maiden ranks This was in the five and a half fur ¬ longs of the first that attracted a limit field of twelve starters from the maiden three yearold and upward plater class classThe The Jean Valjean threeyearold reached the finish a length to the good of Yehonala Just a head away Nervy Nella was third thirdBally Bally Bay proved the second successful choice of the afternoon to triumph The Happy Time gelding led for practically the entire way reaching the end with better than a length to spare over Frisco Two lengths farther back Morden was third be ¬ fore the outsider Stepping In InThe The five and onehalf furlongs dash of the third brought together a field of nine each under a claiming price of 1000 B B Stable supplied the winner in Great Lover Play Book chased the winner across the line while Cancel was third thirdSeabo Seabo was astride the winner and he went to the front before the half mile ground was reached Cancel well placed from the start followed closest after the leader The leaders soon drew out from the others and dominated the running until less than a fur ¬ long remained to be run Great Lover con ¬ tinued along in front never to be menaced However in the stretch Play Book under punishment closed willingly bore in through the late stages bothering Cancel The latter was spent at the time and it had no effect on the result resultFormer Former jockey Charlie Frost who took over the training duties of the P Kandell string this morning wasted little time send ¬ ing out a winner for his new employer Crowded Hours turned the trick in the mile and a sixteenth of the seventh race The finish found the St James threeyearold a length to the good of the pacemaking Pocket with Playmore racing into third place
