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GORMLEY SILKS IN FRONT Hermie Roy Defeats Best Handicap Horses at Agawam 15,000 Tax Tracks Accommodations. AGAWAM, Mass., June 20. Showing a dazzling burst of speed through the final quarter, Hermie Roy, ridden by Harold Tinker and sporting the red with white-hooped silks of Mrs. J. A. Gormley, defeated a field of five of the best handicap horses, on the grounds here this afternoon at Agawam Park. A crowd that numbered close to the 15,000 mark crowded each and every inch of the spacious stands and lawn. . Eldee, Mrs. K. Lauras five-year-old mare, was second, while third went to Kindacorn,. from the A. Papa stable, with Dancing Cloud saving fourth money for Philip Schwartz, while Wee Wink brought up the field of five. : The start was directly in front of the stand, starter Ira Gregory sending them away as one, the entire five racing heads apart for the first twenty yards before Eldee showed in front, racing some little distance out off the inner rail, while Kindacorn, skirting along on the inside, was right behind. Then came Dancing Cloud and Wee Wink, racing as a team with the ultimate winner, Hermie Roy trailing some three lengths in the rear. All around the turn and down the back stretch to the lower turn Eldee still showed the way, though Kindacorn made an attempt to move up on the leader until the mare still held her position. Midway on the stretch turn Hermie Roy was noticed to lengthen stride, soon passing both Wee Wink and Dancing Cloud, being headed by but Kindacorn, which was next to be passed, and Eldee. Well into the stretch Eldee still held command, but Hermie Roy uncorked such a burst of speed through the final sixteenth that despite the heroic methods of Maschek to keep Eldee in front, the mare could not hold the winner off, finally being passed at the twenty-yard post as the winner drew away to pass the judges a length in front and still widening the gap. The day was ideal for the sport, with a brisk wind sweeping over the course and this, aided by constant harrowing, left the track proper in almost fast condition, a feat which speaks well for the sandy nature of the loam used in its construction. The downfall of the favorites still proceeded in the fourth. Betty Shaw, owned by R. W. Perkins and one that must be blindfolded at the start of each race, finally broke well up with the leaders, jockey Sullivan being able to quickly discard the bandage, the mount rushed along the inner rail to show in front before the first quarter had been traversed. Once in command it was merely a question of how far the rider elected to win by, the final margin being some five lengths with the filly eased almost to a walk. Charmed Eyes, from the Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs string, was second, with Fitkin, of the Mrs. Floyd West stable, third.
