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ROCKINGHAM PARK HANDICAP 10000 Added Event BigAttraction of Final Saturday at Salem Discovery Identify War Glory and Other Stars Among the Prospective Contestants Crowd of 25000 Expected SALEM N H June 14 Discovery arch rival of the champion Cavalcade during 1934 but a far less impressive performer this season makes his fifth stake appear ¬ ance of the year at Ihe local grounds to ¬ morrow when he goes postward in the mile and a furlong Rockingham Park Handicap the 10000 added event which heads a half holiday program of high excellence The Alfred Vanderbilt fouryearold Tunning coupled with Identify is certain to be the choice of the public despite disappointing recent form How short the entry will be is questionable but the belief prevails that the pair should show at least 8 to 5 Ten have been named to oppose them several good recent winners being in the lot and under the handicap arrangement the keenest sort of a contest should result resultThe The skies were fair today and the sun shone brightly If this continues the man ¬ agement anticipates a crowd of at least 25000 For Discovery is quite an attraction in New England following his worlds rec ¬ ord run at Narragansett Park last autumn Admirers of Discovery did not weaken when he was beaten in the six furlongs Tobog ¬ gan Handicap his first of the season for there he was right on top of the leaders at the finish Nor was his Metropolitan at a mile a poor race as it appeared that he would have given King Saxon a sterner argument only for lugging in through the stretch Then came the mile and a quarter Suburban where he was a bang up second to Head Play the latter travelling the dis ¬ tance in the dazzling time of 202 202It It was the Queens Cpunty Handicap at Aqueduct on Monday which caused many followers of the Display colt to desert him In that mile event he was in a perfect posi ¬ tion for five furlongs but when called on in the stretch either couldnt or wouldnt run If he does no better tomorrow Discovery will draw another blank If he goes kindly theyll never beat him himIdentify Identify running mate of the stable star has taken the Granite State and White Mountain Handicaps over the local course and is in top form at present He has plen ¬ ty of speed and this should enable him to protect his companion in the run to the first turn For Discovery has drawn the rail with the other colt just outside him This was an excellent break for the first named Identifys final was a half in 48 handily handilyWar War Glory a first class stake winner dur ¬ ing his younger days and recently acquired by Frank Carreaud is rated second best of the field having been assigned 120 pounds just eight below Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts colt The onetime Riddle racer showed a flash of his olden form in a victory during the Belmont Park meeting and has been carefully prepped at Narragansett Park for the occasion He has been going soundly and his record says he holds class over the other aspirants aspirantsThe The Belair Stud of William Woodward has named two Vicar and Palma The first named showed a mile in 143 very han ¬ dily for the race but there is no apparent reason for starting the filly Though shes in with a feather of 94 pounds she seems outclassed outclassedLynx Lynx Eye a castoff from the C V Whit ¬ ney stable and winner of the second half of last Saturdays White Mountain Handicap raced well enough on that occasion to be given consideration However he was only a neck in advance of Fidelis in that stake and there are many who believe the latter should have been the winner The Wildair gelding must pack the same 114 he carried in his successful performance while Fidelis drops two and will have only 103 up Mr and Mrs Walter OHara will be here from Rhode Island to do their own personal rooting for Howard standard bearer of their Araho Stable This fellow is an excellent stayer and has trained nicely for the stake shaping up as a strong contender contenderGallant Gallant Mac a Virginiabred racer sharpened up for the affair with three eights in 35 while in front of that he showed a sensational mile and a furlong in 154 through the mud the first mile in 141 It was a move which gained him many ad ¬ mirers Dark Hopes chances do not look so bright but in Our Count and Up and Up the race holds two feather weights which may prove troublesome The first of this pair stepped a half in 47 and eased up five eights in 101 Thats running Up and Up went a mile in 142 handily handilyThe The remaining seven races are all filled and there is not an oddson choice apparent in any of them All of which should be much to the liking of the halfholiday gathering
