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ALL FORLORN IN BEST FOi Scores First 1935 Victory in Bun ¬ ker Hill Handicap Light Weight Favors Fairsickle in Claiming ClaimingHandicap Handicap Ten Thousand Out Outfor for Days Sport SALEM N H June 17 All Forlorn a mighty keen sprinter in the New England sector last season scored her initial 1935 triumph at Rockingham Park this after ¬ noon in the Bunker Hill Handicap feature of the final of a highly successful twenty nine day meeting at the local grounds The fiveyearold daughter of Menif ee and Sekina which races for Mrs L White turned in the swiftest race of the meeting at the distance speeding over the ground in 111 to win in a hard drive by her own length over the fastfinishing Dreel with Accolade just a neck away leading Furfiber by a half length lengthIt It was the fifth appearance for All For ¬ lorn and her lack of success in her previous races caused her to show 745 to 1 in the tote This was one of twenty horses un ¬ der the care of Joe Gprga which were sus ¬ pended with that trainer However upon the representation that she is being handled by George Mayberry the racing commission permitted her to start The victory was witnessed by a large offday crowd of 10000 despite the fact that there was a late morn ¬ ing rain and a constant threat of a further downpour This failed to materialize materializeNick Nick Wall got All Forlorn away swiftly and she quickly raced into the lead to travel along a trifle more than a length in advance of her opponents for the first quarter mile and continue in this fashion around the turn The Menifee mare was not loafing when she completed the first half mile in 46 and at the head of the stretch she had all of them driving hard behind her In the stretch she continued steadily on her way driven hard by Wall and never was her lead ¬ ership menaced seriously seriouslyDreel Dreel a consistent fellow and winner of his last two starts dropped far off the pace in the early stages and did not settle to his best stride until four furlongs had been completed Then he swept along swiftly on the outside finishing with a sharp final fur ¬ long spurt to be threatening the pacemaker at the end Accolade began fast but dropped back during the first quarter She moved up steadily on the turn and sprinted into second place once straightened away for home homeIn In the last 100 yards she was tiring Fur fiber was shy of early speed but came with a nice burst of speed in the final furlong furlongCarisbrooke Carisbrooke saved ground along the rail all the way while racing forwardly but tired in the final sixteenth under pressure Bachelor Dinner was in a good position early but could not improve it while Time Flight displayed plenty of early speed but quit badly The other two starters were never factors factorsFairsickle Fairsickle a fouryearold daughter of Sickle and Be Fair scored her third victory of the meeting when she nosed out Thomas ville in the claiming handicap which drew platers valued at 5000 Bill Weants lep resentative was favored by light weight of ninetynine pounds but the presence of Hayward in the saddle caused her to be regarded lightly Outpaced early the bay maid moved up steadily on the outside from the halfmile ground and finished with fine courage to catch Thomasville at the end The runnerup was close to the pace more so than usual and might have been the winner only for the fact that Laidley made his move too soon He sent the geld ¬ ing up with a rush on the far turn to wrest the lead from Don Guzman At the head of the stretch he looked all over the win ¬ ner only to tire
