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FIFTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY Friendly Paul Retains His Winning Ways at Rockingham Park Dunn Star Accounts for Concord Purse PurseBest Best Race of Day Double for forStable Stable and Rider SALEM N H July 25 Friendly Paul from the stable of Mrs F C Dunn the most improved threeyearold racing in New England scored his fifth consecutive vic ¬ tory in accounting for the Concord Purse stellar attraction offered at Rockingham Park for the second day of the meeting The Concord had its decision over the one mile and a sixteenth distance and engaged a field of six threeyearolds threeyearoldsBeaten Beaten less than a length by the Question ¬ naire colt W G Mannaghs Short Cake drove into second place and Sir Mowlee earned third for Mrs A J Abel Peter Aigo the public choice raced into fourth place and Loveday defeated the only other starter Sirasia SirasiaJohnny Johnny Adams sent Short Cake to the front at once drawing into a lengths lead by the time the back stretch was reached Berger saved considerable ground on the first turn with Friendly Paul and followed along in closest pursuit of the leader Adams had the filly well in hand as she set the pace Berger hustled his mount right along and at the half mile ground showed slightly in advance of Short Cake CakeBerger Berger permitted the Questionnaire colt to step right along and soon had a clear lead over his closest rival Loveday had made a brief effort and moved up stoutly on the inside only to run into an opening that wasnt there forcing apprentice Taylor to take up sharply sharplyFORCED FORCED TO THE WHIP WHIPIn In the stretch it was still the Dunn repre ¬ sentative out in front Adams was hard at Work on Short Cake and the filly started to better her position gradually Meanwhile Sir Mowlee was placed under pressure In the closing furlong Berger was forced to re ¬ sort to the whip on Friendly Paul The colt responded in true thoroughbred fashion and refused to yield Short Cake was closing gamely and while the Chestnut Oak filly battled it out courageously she was unequal to the task Sir Mowlee was under a pun ¬ ishing drive and landed a neck back of the runnerup runnerupThe The score of Friendly Paul completed a double for both the stable of Mrs F C Dunn and jockey Maurice Berger both having shared in the triumph of Highpool in the third race raceAnother Another surprisingly large throng was on hand to view the sport and ideal summer weather prevailed prevailedA A dead heat marked the running of the opening tilt engaging a limit field of the cheaper grade platers at six furlongs Foggy Day racing for T J Healey and W E John ¬ sons Hpwellville coming to the finish so closely locked that it was impossible to separate them O L Fosters Peon raced into third place Howcllville made his effort during the closing furlong responded gamely to hard urging and managed to draw on even terms with the Healeyowned miss right at the line Howellville was the extreme out ¬ sider in the field and returned the mutuel of 12180 straight 20120 place and 4420 to show showJUNE JUNE BEE REGISERS REGISERSJune June Bee from the stable of P A Markey completed the Daily Double for ninetytwo ticket holders when accounting for the five furlongs maiden juvenile test that was sec ¬ ond on the card Three of the lucky holders had coupled June Bee with Howellville and received 156560 while the other eightynine successful ones which had chosen Foggy Day with June Bee received 5460 5460June June Bee came out of the pack nearing the far turn and soon drew clear After opening up an apparently safe lead the Jean Valjean miss was doing her utmost at the close to hold a short margin over Ardour a firsttime starter from the Glen Riddle Farm The Clock Tower gelding impressed in his debut and no doubt will show improvement over this per ¬ formance Buenos Suerte the favorite raced in a forward position from the outset and had no excuses excusesThere There was considerable crowding in the early stages Darkmelus Golden Rapier and Side Arm being unable to gain racing room early runningIn in the running In anything but a truly run race Highpool chalked up his second straight victory in the six furlongs of the third race The High Cloud gelding finished two lengths in ad ¬ vance of Woodsia with Briar Plume a simi ¬ lar placeAs distance back in third place As the start came Carrying Time stumbled and unseated apprentice Charlton the High Time gelding raced along with his field and was instrumental in causing a jam at the far turn Briar Plume was forced to take up while fighting it out for the command On the Dot the favorite was the principal suf ¬ ferer being practically eliminated when col ¬ liding with the riderless Carrying Time
