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DARK HOPE BY INCHES Identify Disappoints Thousands at Narragansett Park Inaugural hrilling Finish Climaxes King Philip PhilipHandicap Handicap Vanderbilt Horse HorseSixth Sixth Favorite to Fail PAWTUCKET R I June 19 Dark Hope star of J W Y Martins racing sta ¬ ble brought sorrow to the majority of 15 000 fans present for the opening of the Rhode Island season here this afternoon when he gained a nose decision over A G Vanderbilts Identify distance running champion of the Rockingham meeting and a heavily backed public choice in the King Philip Handicap The finish was so close that only the judges could separate the leaders accurately Two and a hclf lengths back of the runnerup Vicar had no trouble saving third place from the featherweighted Thomasville ThomasvilleThe The downfall of Identify was a tough blow to the regulars as he was the sixth straight favorite to suffer defeat The race marked the most important triumph of 1935 for Dark Hope and added 4830 to the earnings of the Traumer gelding Over a track which was tough and holding following the heavy rains of the previous day he completed the distance in 149 149For For the inaugural and in view of this the initial turnout was surprisingly good Among those present were Gov Theodore Green of Rhode Island Governor Green greeted the crowd as the horses were pa ¬ rading to the post in a brief address in which he praised the track and general manager Walter OHara expressing confi ¬ dence that this meeting would be bigger and better than last lastNine Nine went to the post in the King Philip and it was a foregone conclusion that Iden ¬ tify would be the choice his four stake victories this year making him a 7 to 5 favorite Fallen got him off swiftly after a brief delay at the post and the son of Man o War raced clear going to the first turn Straightened out on the back stretch he was challenged by Vicar but he shook off that colt with slight difficulty and drew away to a handy lead once more He raced clear until making the turn for home and there Dark Hope moved up swiftly on the outside to be lapped on the Vanderbilt racer racerThe The pair sped down the front lane in close alignment with Dark Hope slowly catching the pacemaker pacemakerUnder Under a strong finish by Winters he drove his nose to the front and then in Continued on fourteenth page DARK HOPE BY INCHES Continued from first page creased it to a head advantage Just when it appeared that Identify was thoroughly beaten Fallen roused him in one desperate final rally and he came again barely failing to be up in time timeDark Dark Hope was not hurried in the early stages galloping along in third place for the first half mile He moved up swiftly thereafter to reach second place on the far turn and continued steadily while Win ¬ ters took the outside and the best footing From the quarter post the Traumer six yearold was under pressure and he re ¬ sponded with excellent courage to attain his third victory in seven 1935 chances This also gave M Winters a riding double for the day as he had taken the opening event with Challephen ChallephenBright Bright and Early well beaten by Swash ¬ buckler the last time they met at Rock ingham Park proved a far more capable mudder than the Canter colt when they measured strides in the juvenile dash which was the second best on the days program The son of Golden Broom and Early Vote which was claimed at Havre de Grace by R Robertson for 1500 turned in a keen race in view of the track conditions when he finished the distance in 101 to be four lengths in advance of his former conqueror with Sea Ted slightly more than two lengths away awayThe The race was no more than a twohorse contest for the entire distance the winner and the runnerup rushing away from the other five contestants in the first furlong to travel along head and head to the stretch Then Bright and Early shook off Swash ¬ buckler to draw away steadily in the last furlong The second horse went to the post an oddson choice He was beaten when he could not shake off the Robertson youngster in the first quarter mile In the stretch when placed under pressure he ducked to the inside and at the finish was a mighty weary colt Sea Ted never threatened the two leaders going along evenly all the way
