Daily News from New York, New York • 89

DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1974 5 Iff vif nil I li At 1 V- i News photos by 'Robert Rosamilo Old clocks, old pitchers and bowls and curious-lookinjr clowns give kids and grownups plenty to look at on Vanderbilt where the accent was British at colonial version of the famous London Portobello Road market. kn Fair of humanity, ithe toughest part of most transactions was getting a hand into the pocket to fetch the necessary greenbacks. The one-day fair, sponsored by the Biltmore and Roosevelt hotels, also brought Denis Piper, mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, who, accompanied by his mace bearer, Paul Biy, exchanged greetings with Mayor Beame while the late Winston Churchill's daughter, Sarah, and a bulldog that looked ven more like old Winnie listened in outside Grand Central Terminal. drawn by the re-creation of London's Portobello Road on Vanderbilt Ave. from 42d St.

to 47th St. And what Aitchison was telling Rowe, in sort-of-reverse English, was, "Holy mackerel, it's going to take those poor slobs a long time to get home." With more than 250 American antique dealers augmented by six more right off the Portobello Road, it figured to be a big day for sellers and buyers of such collectibles as old books, old picture frames, old pots, old jewelry, old you-name-it. Given the squash By PETER COUTROS Things were a bit dicey with midtown traffic yesterday. Downright beastly, you might say, or maybe even sticky wicket. "Blimey," blimeyed bobby Bob Aitchison to his fellow bobby, Ray Rowe.

"It'll take those poor blokes donkey's years to get to their. digs." Loosely translated, the foregoing has to do with the horrendous traffic jam occasioned by crowds 1 By SAM ROBERTS Gubernatorial hopefuls Hugh Carey and Howard Samuels conditionally pledged yesterday not lo hike taxes if elected, but taxed the patience of voters and viewers for 31 minutes as they quibbled over campaign financing and federal aid in the final live televised clash of their photo-finish fight for the Democratic nomination. Both predicted victory in tomorrow's primary, in which as few as 25r(' of the state's 3.8 million Democrats may turn out to choose their statewide slate and candidates for Congress, the Legislature, City Council, Manhattan district attorney ami local political offices. V4 f. '3 News photo by Jack Clarity Contenders Hugh Carey (left) and Howard Sam uels face off in final TV debate before primary.

'oddest 77,009 Gallop to Rmeway for By PATRICIA O'HAIRE In what some observers declared was the largest single outdoor gathering for a one-day event on Long Island, some 77,000 young fans streamed steadily through the gates at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, L.I., starting at 6:30 a.m. yesterday, to spread their blankets on the infield turf, bake in 80 degree temperatures and groove on Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in New York City and from noon to 9 p.m. in Nassau and Westchester.

Carey, the seven-term Brooklyn congressman whose highly effective $600,000 media campaign closed the chasm between him and Samuels, conceded he could lose if overcast skies and unenthusiastic voters make for a lov turnout. But he confidently declared, "I feel I've won in public sentiment, and the only way we will not be the winner is if people don't come out." Agrees It's Close Samuels, the organization-backed former boss of the Off-Track Betting who the rule books say, would benefit from sparse voting, claimed victory in what he agreed has become a horse race since Carey eroded his reform and regular support. He cited "the fact that I've talked about issues" and added: "I like Gas Prices Up in July Prices of regular and premium gasoline in fie metropolitan area posted the smallest monthly increase in. July since prices started upward spiral last fall, the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics reported yesterday.

A gallon of reglar inched up 0.3ro to 59.2 cents while premium rose 0.4to 63 cents. Since last October, regular has jumped 39.7 in price while the cost of premium increased 37.5, the bureau said. Bruce Drake an orderly one. Spectators were informed as they passed through the gates that they would not be permitted to bring in anything in bottles or cans, and that their picnic baskets and boxes would be inspected. Some people had to break open their soda bottles and pour them into plastic bags for later use, but even that didn't disturb the mood of the crowd.

They were out to enjoy the day, the music and even the discomforts. Hardly anyone who arrived after noon was able to get close enough to the stage to see the performers, but even that didn't bother too many, most of whom had paid $10 for their tickets in advance ($15 at the door), and $2 for parking. One girl, who would 'only Identify herself as Joanne, a recent high-school graduate from Lyn-brook, L.I., was standing by a wall a good distance from the stage. It was impossible for her to see anything going on. "We don't have to see them as long the sounds being made oy four major rock groups.

It was wall-to-wall, shoulder-to-shoulder people, sitting in mud or on grass wet from the rain of the last few days. A few lucky ones found dry spots. Few seemed to care. They stretched out, hunched up or wandered around, looking for room enough to sit. But by noon, there was hardly enough, space left on the infield for even one more body.

The affair was "Summersault '74," and it was billed as a ten-hour musical extravaganza, featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, this year's supergroup, along with the Beach Boys, Jesse Colin Young, plus Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott and the L.A. Express. The doors were to open at 10:00 a.m., the music to begin at 2:00. But by early Saturday evening: cars were lined up at Continued on page 58, col. I) minutes after Graham announced that President Ford had granted a full pardon to former President Nixon, an announcement that was greeted with moans and roars of disapproval.

But these were followed by cheers when Graham-told the crowd he would inform them of the results of Evel Knievel's jump later in the afternoon. The trowd was, on -the whole, the Raceway parking field entrances. At about dusk they were permitted inside where they spent the evening camping out. The doors to the track opened at 10:30, and at noon with so many spectators already on the grounds and thousands more coming' in, producer Bill Graham moved up the time schedule. The music began at few Big Spenders Find oat haul their bankroll determine our candidate for mtate office.

See Edward O'Neill' City Hall column on page 21. as we can hear them," she said. I).