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IMPROVED PAUL MICOD Proves Best in Feature Race al Aurora Friday. Poppye, Medium of Heavy Backing, Makes Good Diomed Scores in Thrilling Finish. AURORA, 111., Oct 3. The Oscar Nelson Purse for three-year-olds and over, at one mile and seventy yards was the feature on the program of the Fox Valley Business Mens RaciiTg Association for the twenty-fourth day of the meeting. The state treasurer was on hand to make the presentation in person of the beautiful trophy that was awarded to the winning owner of the race named in his honor. Around the feature was framed four sprinting dashes and one race at one mile and seventy yards. A cool breeze blew over the course but the weather was ideal for racing and there was a large crowd on hand to view the sport Paul Micou proved best in the Oscar Nelson Purse winning with the utmost ease from the stretch where Dorius loomed up as the He showed vast improvement over his last start when he was ridden by the inconsistent jockey, Eaton, when he was beaten six lengths by practically the same horses. He was a good horse today and moved right out in the lead and never left the ultimate result in doubt, winning by six lengths. Heavy Artillery followed him to the turn out of the stretch where Dorius loomed up as the .contender with Elias O. leading the remainder of the field. As they turned for home it was apparent that Paul Micou would be an easy winner. Dorius tired in the last eighth and he was an easy victim for Elias O.s rush and finished third. Poppye was the medium of a coup in the third race when she was backed from two and a half to three to two and she made good after a hard stretch duel with Joe Tag getting the verdict by a half a length. La-vinia was third by a nose behind Joe Tag for second place. Joe Tag started out to make the pace and Poppye, which had begun slowly was rushed up on the outside and was in the lead when they turned for home. Ontario went wide turning for home and it cost him considerable ground. Lavinia, after being outrun in the early racing circled her opponents and was gaining rapidly in the finel drive. Sequel was moving up fast on the inside and was shut off so sharply that she was taken up sharp and eliminated from whatever chance she had. AUXTIE MILLIE" FAILS. Diomed ran a fast five and a half furlongs when he was home first by a head in front of Peter Brown in a thrilling finish. War Zone was the one to be third. Auntie Millin, the favorite, failed to get any pare of the purse after racing close up to the sretch turn. Parnell Lad was the winner of the first race in easy fashion after being confidently backed by the talent and it was quite a relief to see a favorite get home in front as the layers have had everything their own way for the last three days. Gross lost no time and sent his mount to the lead and he won in impressive style. Mitzi McGee chased him to the stretch where she gave up and finished in the rear. Intake also quit after reaching the stretch and it was Black Dinah which gave him the only real opposition from there home but second was the best she could do. Billy Welch, which was a little slow to begin, finished with rapid strides to be third. VETERAN RACER TRIUMPHS. Old Top o th Morning, the twelve-year-old son of Peep ODay, was the winner of the second race when he was home a nose in front of Double T., and the latter was a length in front of the favorite, Simplicity, for second place. Simplicity went right to the front soon after the start and opened up a good lead and held it until they reached the stretch. Turning for home Top o th Morning, which had been in close pursuit from the start, rounding the turn, slipped through next to the inside rail when the field swung wide into the stretch. Climax was the winner of the concluding race .when he led home twelve ordinary platers. Faber showed the way to the three-eighth post, where Climax passed him with a rush and went into a long lead, which brought him home a winner by five lengths. Faber finished five lengths in front of the rank outsider, North, Pine for third money. Martha Moore and Ponce followed Faber to the half mile ground, where they dropped back beaten. Hasty Miss, another of the prominent contenders in the early running, also dropped out of contention but managed to finish fourth. Jockey G. Mein was thrown from Northrop when there was a jam at the three-quarter post in the last race and a man standing near the spot was knocked unconscious when Northrup ran into him. As yet there is no report of whether Mein or the man were seriously hurt
