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STIRRING ROCKINGHAM FINISH Nose Separates Roustabout, Legume and Furfiber at the End. Best Contest Seen in New England This Year Prevaricate Accounts for Opening Race. SALEM, N. H, May 26. A nose separated the first three horses in the Advertiser Handicap, which featured a sunny afternoons sport at Rockingham Park today, and the finish was one of the most hair-raising affairs seen in many months. The camera said that C. V. Whitneys Roustabout was the winner, that Breckenridge Longs Legume was second, and W. A. Jones Furfiber was third. The finish was a tribute to H. D. Monroes handicapping, for the crowd was sending forth war whoops from the time they hit the stretch until they flashed past the judges grouped like cavalry horses in an exhibition. After Chance Line had been scratched, only five horses remained in the race. There were no show tickets sold, as Boston Brook and Furfiber were coupled as the Jones entry. Gov. Sholtz was fourth in the field, and Boston Brook last. The event was at a mile and a sixteenth and from the start in front of the stand, Gov. Sholtz was first to show, but L. Knapp drove Legume to the front as they made the turn and he held it by a narrow margin all the way down the back stretch, with Boston Brook in nearest pursuit and Furfiber third. The winner was far back at this stage. Boston Brook caught Legume on the turny but tired rapidly. Then Furfiber moved up to challenge and as they hit the head of the stretch Roustabout joined in the argument. The three charged down the stretch as a team in the best finish seen in New England this year. The time was 1:46. Clear, cool weather prevailed for the sport and a marked increase in attendance was noted. The track was in a fast condition, but not yet sharpened to its speed of last year. The silks of Alfred G. "Vanderbilt were carried ,to victory by Prevaricate in the five-furlong dash that opened the program. The Balko two-year-old came from, behind the pace set by Bill Gallaghers Say" When to score by a length and a half, finishing the distance in 1:01, indicating that the track here is still a bit cuppy. Another length back under Greentrees jacket, Somali was third, a neck in front of T. F. Swords Lady Day, with the favorite, John Hay Whitneys Tall Oak, fifth. Little Paula flaunted J. N. Crof tons American beauty silks home in the second, another five-furlong event for two-year-olds, scoring by a length over A. G. Vanderbilts Moonburri, which beat Greentrees Mock Modesty by a nose for the place award. Whittle, well played, was fourth in the field of eight. Bobby Jones rode the ;winner. Unfurl and Gay Sweep set the. pace, but both quit when the real running began. The winner was absolutely last at the start and had to close a tremendous gap to score, making her charge on the extreme outside. Moon-burn was fifth, well within striking distance in the early stages and began to move forward at the head of the stretch. Mock Modesty was third most of the journey. The winner was another of the numerous outsiders, showing 8.20 in the "tote." Unfurl ruled favorite. Miss Ginbar, three-year-old Zev filly, closed a wide gap in the stretch to beat the pacemaking Dixie Princess by half a length in the third event. A length farther back, Lookout Boys was third with a half length to spare over Masked Revue. F. Maschek rode the victor and put up a sturdy finish to get her home. Dixie Princess set all the pace, followed by Lilleen, in the early stages, but the latter did not figure once the drive for home began. Miss Ginbar was rated third for most of the distance by Maschek, who turned in one of the best rides of his career. She covered the six furlongs in 1:14. Another indication that Lyman Brusie, who went gr,eat guns at Narragansett, has just about the fittest stable on the grounds here, came in the sixth, at a mile, when Up and Up, trained by Brusie and carrying the colors of Mrs. E. I. Wade, scored by a neck over the pace setting Rock Point after being forced wide on the first turn and, going on the outside on the second turn. It was a corking good race. The plater was moving far up in class from his previous efforts. Onrush, a warm paddock tip, ran third, and Miss Careful was fourth in the field of a dozen. The winner was given an excellent ride by the apprentice, W. G. Jackson. The winner began on top and was taken back to fourth behind Rock Points pace until they hit the turn. Then he began to move up and was second at the head of the stretch. He raced gamely in the stretch and outgamed the pacesetter.
