Identify Proves Best: Saves Day for Vanderbilt in Rockingham Park Handicap.; Discovery Finishes Third to Stablemate and Dark Hope--,370 Prize to Winner., Daily Racing Form, 1935-06-17

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IDENTIFY PROVES BEST Saves Day for Vanderbilt in Rock Jngham Park Handicap Discovery Finishes Third to Stable mate and Dark Hope 7370 Prize to Winner SALEM N H June 15 Cheered on by 25000 enthusiasts Identify saved the day for Alfred G Vanderbilt when he drove to vic ¬ tory in the Rockingham Park Handicap at the local course this afternoon His more highly regarded stable companion Dis ¬ covery finished in third place a head behind J W Y Martins Dark Hope At the finish the son of Man o War and Footprint was three lengths in advance of the runnerup in what was his third stake triumph of the meeting and his fourth of 1935 Over a greasy and slippery track due to heavy rains shortly after the noon hour the four yearold ran the distance in 112 to win with something to spare spareThe The victory added 7370 to his not in ¬ considerable earnings earlier in the season and from a monetary standpoint was the most important of all The score easily was the most popular with the crowd which had made the entry a 6 to 5 favorite chiefly because of the presence of Discovery Due to the fact that both finished in the money Continued on thirtyeighth page IDENTIFY PROVES BEST Continued from first page the pair paid more for show than for straight showing 29 to 20 20Eleven Eleven started in the Rockingham Park Handicap but it was little more than a one horse contest all the way Skinny Fal lon now riding in superb form had Identify away fast and sent him to the front before fifty yards had been completed He sent the son of Man o War off to a clear lead as the field raced past the stand and then rated him along cleverly until a quarter of a mile from the finish At this point Dark Hope appeared a threat and Fallon bore dovyn vigorously on Identify to dispose of the bid of the Traumer gelding before the sixteenth post had been reached From that marker the Vanderbilt racer had no opposition oppositionIdentify Identify was the best claim of 1934 judg ¬ ing by his record thus far He has earned 17935 this season chiefly through victories in the Toboggan Handicap Granite State Handicap White Mountain Handicap and todays stake stakeDark Dark Hope whose two previous races were excellent proved the only one to threaten the winners supremacy Winters sent him along smartly once the back stretch was reached to gain a position within striking distance of the leader Making the turn he gained on the big brown gelding and as they turned for home it appeared that he might overhaul Identify At the head of the stretch Winters went to work with the whip but his charge was unable to gain any con ¬ siderable ground on the winner and in the last hundred yards he was tiring badly badlyDiscovery Discovery had no excuse Bejshak saved ground on the inside all the way hustling the son of Display vigorously The four yearold showed a flash of speed which car ¬ ried him into second place as they turned out of the back stretch and the cry of here comes Discovery went up from thousands of throats It was just a flash however for the Vanderbilt star could not improve his position thereafter and missed second by a scant margin marginVicar Vicar was in second place in the run to and around the first turn but dropped back to fourth place on the far side There he remained to the end War Glory was well up early but tired after five furlongs and came out of the race lame Our Count went along evenly to be fifth at the finish How ¬ ard did not appear to favor the going The other hopefuls showed nothing nothingBalmacan Balmacan registered his second successive triumph of the meeting in the opening of ¬ fering Sun Teatime was easily best of the others The battle for the lesser splits was thrilling with De Valera getting up right at the end to take show honors honorsWholey Wholey after gaining a prominent place in the run through the back stretch was content to remain off the pace with the winner Sun Teatime was outmatched in the running and Pay Rack was under pressure forcing the pace then came Mixed Party The Sun Briar mare proved to have more left and shaking off her pursuers increased her lead slightly slightlyNear Near the stretch Balmacan was asked for improved speed it was instantly forthcom ¬ ing and in the final furlong it was no task for him to wear down the pacemaker to open up a daylight advantage by the time the finish line was reached reachedThe The silks of R W Collins young Ken ¬ tucky breeder and owner were carried to their first victory of the meeting this after ¬ noon Glitter Glow turned back seven other twoyearolds that opposed him in the sec ¬ ond a dash of five furlongs under claiming conditions Sketchy from the Golden Rod Stable was second while Wise Will was up in the last nod to gain third from Spear SpearHigh High Treason was installed an overwhelm ¬ ing choice but was taken up repeatedly in the early running and had little chance to show her best bestSchutte Schutte rated the winner back of the pace and came through on the inside at the stretch turn when the leaders svung wide The Lee O Cotner colt kept under punish ¬ ment wore down Skotchy and was slowly drawing away increasing his advantage at every stride strideSkotchy Skotchy while unable to stall off the win ¬ ner was four lengths to the good of Wise Will for his share of the prize prizeBright Bright and Early improving son of Golden Broom and Early Vote skipped over the five and onehalf furlongs in the Aga warn Handicap in 107 to win with ease from the five youngsters that opposed him Nick Wall had Robertsons colorbearer away fast and wisely eased back when Laidley rushed Sandy Mack up on the outside de ¬ termined to take command Not until the middle of the turn was reached did he be ¬ gin his charge on the outside The Golden Broom colt went to the pacemaker briskly to put him away by the time the pair had straightened out for home homeWall Wall bore down with the whip in the middle of the stretch and Bright and Early came away from his opposition quickly to score by four lengths with speed to spare Torita outpaced in the early stages came with a nice turn of speed when driven hard in the stretch and got up in time to nose Tugboat Frank out of the place award The latter finished in his customary stout ¬ hearted fashion to be three lengths in ad ¬ vance of the weary Sandy Mack at the end endGolden Golden Fate favored by the slippery track proved better suited than half a dozen rivals in the six furlong dash which preceded the stake Hughes had the elderly son of The Satrap and Golden Fair away swiftly from his outer station but the Apache Stable col ¬ orbearer could not keep stride with Red Badge in the first quarter mile dropping well off the pacemaker Making the turn Hughes sent his charge up swiftly on the inside making a short turn for home and riding vigorously with hand and heel in the final threesixteenths


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