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OPENING DAY AT ROCKINGHAM More Than 12000 Present for the First Day of 1939 Salem Season Be Blue Proves Best in Principal Offering Offeringof of Inaugural Program Grand GrandDuke Duke a Repeater SALEM N H July 24 Proving that she always runs her best when she is fresh the rested Be Blue fouryearold filly owned by Thomas H Heard Jr scored a sparkling victory in the Manchester fifth and feature race of Rockingham Parks inaugural today todayWhile While a gathering of more than 12000 turned out for the first day of Rockinghams first meeting of 1939 Be Blue just cantered home in the six furlongs dash as the favorite and won neatly with J E Millers Unas ¬ sisted second and Felix Spatolas Wise Prince third The brown daughter of Blue Larkspur Be Still reeled off the distance in 111 remarkable time for the somewhat deep going of the new track trackBe Be Blue always was in front but this time she had to race with Unassisted throughout the whole six furlongs The latter was kept off Be Blues pace with Benjam and Snow making attempts to move up with the pace ¬ makers but unable to do so Snow made one gesture and failed and again missed in the stretch while Benjam likewise had a chance at the head of the stretch stretchBe Be Blue drew away in the stretch run and as Accolade and Scarlet Raider made their stretch moves the Miller protege held up long enough to take the place money moneyTOPS TOPS AS FIRSTTIME STARTER STARTERThus Thus Be Blue which had been rested after the meeting at Suffolk Downs demonstrated once again that she is tops as a firsttime starter She showed that a year ago in New England and she proved it again at the out ¬ set of the New England season when she won at Narragansett NarragansettThe The first race of the Rockingham meeting went to a New England racer Griewrack owned by John R Macomber of Boston and Framingham The fouryearold daughter of PeteeWrack ever partial to the local rac ¬ ing strip closed at 4 to 1 odds and won like a good thing in the mile brush as she out ¬ lasted C E Simmons Heniy M with Mrs J A Nix Skipped third Right after the finish J Kugelmans Lady Orchid collapsed on the track was revived once and then collapsed again againMrs Mrs A J Abels Grand Duke a recent winner at Suffolk Downs scored his second victory in a row at 4 to 1 odds as he fol ¬ lowed the pace then rushed through in the stretch to take the second race and make the Daily Double of Griewrack and Grand Duke worth 4220 Grand Duke came fast in the final eighth to defeat the favorite P J Dohertys Bow Tip with Mrs E An ¬ dersons My Gracious third At the start of this mile event Elylee took the lead fol ¬ lowed by My Gracious and Bow Tip It looked as if Bow Tip could go to the front at any time but Eddie Smith held off and My Gracious stayed right with him until the turn for home Here Bow Tip took com ¬ mand but Grand Duke slipped through on the rail and took it all
