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TWENTY THOUSAND AT SALEM Record Crowd Watches Be Blue Win Tomlin Handicap. Victory Completes Triple for Jockey Charlton and Double for Texas Owner Charlton Chalks Up Four Winners. SALEM, N. H., July 29. Twenty thousand fans, one of the largest crowds that ever jammed its way through the gates at Rockingham Park, saw the game filly Be Blue set virtually all of her own pace to carry the silks of the Texan, Tommy Heard, Jr., home in the ,000 added Tomlin Handicap, feature of the first Saturday of sport at the New Hampshire Jockey Club meeting. The race marked a double for the Heard silks and a triple for apprentice "Chuck" Charlton, who had previously ridden to victory on Quaternary and Modest Queen. It was the second score in a row for the winner, which earned a net prize of ,720. Be Blue showed the way to Yancey Christmas Rough Time, which looked all over a winner as he charged to within a head of the victor as they straightened out for home. Be Blue showed plenty of heart, however, and readily drew away again when Charlton bore down on her as they sped to the sixteenth post. At the end the daughter of Blue Larkspur, ridden out smartly, was a length and a half clear of the Christmas campaigner, finishing the distance in 1:11. PORTERS MITE THIRD. W. E. Boeings Porters Mite, regarded as one of the outstanding two-year-olds of the 1938 season, came with a great rush through the final eighth to land third, a length back of the runner-up. Golden Voyage was next under the wire. Stage Beauty showed the early speed and the quitting tendencies that have distinguished all her racing. She broke on top and fought it out head and head with Be Blue until they were approaching the far turn. There Faust, who had been rating Rough Time fourth, moved on the outside. Stage Beauty stopped to a walk on the turn and Rough Time moved into second place, showing just a head back as the horses were set down for the final drive. At the eighth marker Be Blue still heM to a slender lead and here Charlton shook his mount up. He met a ready response. The Blue Larkspur filly moved off to a length and a half advantage at the sixteenth marker and Rough Time, giving his best, could not decrease the margin that separated him from the leader. DISPLAYS SPEED. Porters Mite, off in the ruck, worked his Way up gradually, unleashed a. tremendous burst of speed in the last sixteenth, but his bid came too late. Golden Voyage, third most of the way, could not hold that position when Porters Mite charged on him at the end. The race was named in honor of Tom and Linda McKoy, son and daughter of presi- dent Tom McKoy of Rockingham Park. A handsome trophy was presented to the winning owner. Apprentice- "Chuck" Charlton continued to star in the saddle, riding his fourth winner of the afternoon when he brought Little Banner from last place to take the one mile and a quarter of the sixth race. Following the winner closest at the completion of the long trip, Tobacco finished in second place and the show position fell to Mardromel.
