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i ! . , , j 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 , , , ; i ; ; i . ; . : i TUGBOAT FRANK IN BIG UPSET Stages Sensational Stretch Bun to Score in Revere Handicap. Bostonian Colt Shows Marked Improvement Under J. L. Roberts Conditioning Flora-dora Disappoints in Salem Feature. SALEM, N. H, Sept 30. Mrs. L. H. Ward scored her first victory since becoming an owner a few months back, when Tugboat Frank staged a sensational stretch challenge after closing a great deal of ground to win the one mile Revere Handicap, which fca- tured the mid-week program at Rockingham Park. The winner is trained by Joe Roberts, who formerly owned him and who was recently restored to good standing after a long period on the ground. Evidently Roberts has a way with his horse, for Tugboat Frank showed a vast improvement over recent efforts. At the end he was a half length in front of Mrs. F. P. Coltilettis Sandy Boot and was going away. Weston Adams Gallant Gay. equal top weight with Floradora, under 118-pounds, finished third, and the early pacemaker, Erin Torch, fourth in the field of nine which accepted after the late withdrawal of My Colin. The race of Floradora, rated one of the best three-year-old fillies in. the country, was hard to understand. She broke fast met no trouble and was well placed the first half mile. Then, while still in hand, she began to drop back until she was last FAR IN THE REAR. Erin Torch drove to the lead before they had completed the short run to the clubhouse turn. He drew out rounding the bend and down the back stretch, with Billy I. and Party Spirit coupled in the betting as the A. McDonnell entry, after him. Tugboat Frank was running last and a distant last all down the far straightaway and when Deering moved with him on the far turn he was forced to go around horses. He also lost ground on the turn for home. Tugboat Frank bore down to some hard and heavy running on the extreme outside at the eighth pole and at the sixteenth pole he was going so fast on the outside rail that it was evident he would get up in time. At a longer distance he would have romped in. Sandy Boot worked his way up gradually for the place award, and Gallant Gay held on well under his heavy impost after being out in all the pace. Erin Torch tired after his early efforts and the best he could do was fourth. The race was run in 1:39, good time over this course. CROWD OF 7,500. The crowd numbered about 7,500. The cold weather doubtless cut the attendance down considerably. Mrs. A. C. Schwartz Fair Time, ridden by tiny Johnny Barba, won the opening dash at five and a half furlongs, sprinting home two lengths in advance of Mrs. W. Rosens Regula Baddun. The latter went into such a long lead at the far turn that he appeared unbeatable, but he went wide straightening out for home and Fair Time drove through. Barba saved ground and his mount was widening out in the final yards. John Sperrys Squawker was third, a head back of the runner-up and the same margin in front of Primer. Hastinip flashed to the front briefly as they approached the far turn, but Regula Baddun passed her immediately and she dropped back steadily after that. Mrs. Billy Ames Isadore led throughout in the six furlongs distance to whip Mrs. W. C. Phelans Witless by two lengths in the second. The race marked the first victory for the two-year-old son of Gallant Fox, which is trained by "Sam Hildreth" Brouse and was ridden today by Charley Stevenson. Witless beat the favored Kinross two and a half lengths for the place award and was a neck clear of Starwick at the end. Isadore broke fast and was out in a long lead immediately with Kinross after him. The latter closed ground on the leader around the turn but began to falter as they straightened out and Witless drove by him in the final sixteenth. BARBA IN SPOTLIGHT. Johnny Barba rode both ends of the "Daily Double" that paid 07.40, completing his score in the combination races astride Miss Emily Waites Toano in the third, at six furlongs. The winner led all the way and showed none of her usual disposition to quit, though Barba never let up on her. At the finish she was a length and a half clear of H. A. Catalanos Gift of Roses and the latter had a head to spare over Grannys Trade. The winner went to the front immediately and remained there. The second and third horses were always formidable rivals. Gift of Roses made a menacing move on the turn but could not get to the winner. However, she outgamed Grannys Trade in the drive. Sun Teatime, which finished fifth, was with the leaders for a half and then retired. Onward closed in the stretch to run fourth. Mrs. L. H. Nimkoffs recent claim, Bo-i nanza, a one-time winner of the" Aberdeen Stakes, won as a favorite should in the five and a half furlongs fourth event drawing off from his field to score by three lengths, Mrs. Ed Haughtons Black Highbrow was second, a neck in front of the extreme out-. sider. Calaveras. Marmara was fourth in the field of eleven. Sandy Beach set the early pace, but Bonanza moved past him readily when saving ground at the far turn and was drawing away all down the stretch, finishing under a pull. Black Highbrow, off slower than usual, closed some ground to take second. Calaveras closed well in the final sixteenth after being in close quarters early. Johnny Barba rounded out a triple for the afternoon as ho won the sixth race astride Oaktree Stables Kcokee, which drove up fast in the stretch to beat Mrs. Edward , Haughtons Pharatime by a length. The latter, was a half length clear of Lone Star : Stables Pitter Pat Aunt Flor, which set . the early pace, tired and wound up fourth I, in the field of "eighth -The race was ;riin. in 1:12, Indicating the track is improving. The seventh, at one mile, brought out one of the largest fields of the day. The event was framed for ,000 top and bottom platers and at the finish Union was a half length in front of Below Cost Below Cost had raced prominently throughout the entire distance but the winner, coming with a rush entering the stretch, was not to be denied. Aureate, the luke-warm favorite, finished third, a head in front of Come On, one that had plenty of trouble in the running and Iran a winning race.
