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BIG CROWD AT AURORA » Large and Enthusiastic Gathering Witness Saturdays Program ♦ Northern Miss First in Chicago Purse, Chief Offering of Day — Spirited Racing Meets With Public Approval * AURORA, III.. June 6. — Despite the intense heat a large and enthusiastic crowd of racegoers turned out to witness the running of Saturdays program at Exposition Park. The stands were filled to their utmost capacity and it is estimated that ten thousand people were in attendance. The sport, while devoid of any special feature, was good and some keen contests were provided in the various races. The Chicago Purse, for two-year-olds, was the main attraction and brought together a field of six, the colt Jimmie Trinz having teen withdrawn at .a late hour. The winner timed up in B. R. Wishs Northern Miss, which ran like a fair filly, beating Sligo Branch, iwith Vacation Time third, and clipping two-fifths seconds off the track record, made by 1 the latter on opening day. Starter Morrissey had them away in line and Vacation Time, a fast beginner, went to the front, with Northern Miss second and Sligo Branch running strongly in third position. When the stretch was reached the leader began to tire and Northern Miss caught him and was never in danger from there to the finish. Sligo Branch also passed the tiring Vacation ; Time and easily took second place, with the early pacemaker having no opposition for . = __were never serious contenders and finished | many lengths back of the first three. The first race was for three-year-olds and over which had never won a race and Pocket Mouse graduated from the maiden class, while Colonel Schooler was second and Jolly Boy third. They were off immediately and Pocket Mouse, which in his opening day performance here showed a sparkling performance, soon assumed command, never to be headed and won in hollow fashion by four lengths. Colonel Schooler raced in closest pursuit of the leader all the way. but was tiring and just managed to beat Jolly Boy a half length for second place. There was a wide gap between the latter and the rest of the field. The winner was the medium of heavy speculation in the straight pools and returned the shortest dividends of the meeting, being less to win than he was to place and show. Ticker repeated his success of yesterday I when he was up in time to beat Straight ] Shot in the second. Five cheap perform- , | ers went to the post in this race, which was at one mile and seventy yards, and the ; class of horses that contested demonstrated : strongly the fact that there is a good chance hsr any sort of horse that can go a longer route at this meeting. Straight Shot, a I • recent arrival from Wheeling, where he ! raced with but little success, raced in front ! Contioued on twenty -fourth pate. I BIG CROWD AT AURORA ffMitinued from first paee. until midway of the stretch, where the winner caught him and held him safe for the remainder of the journey. Crestwood lioy raced wide in the eariy stages and carried Ferrum with him and was third wnen the latter tired. The winner was backed with confidence by those speculatively inclined and returned small earnings for a ticket. Although plenty of sprinters are quartered at the Aurora course and little difficulty is experienced in filling short distance races, there is a shortage of long distance performers and handicap horses and as a result in the longer distance races today there were only small fields. Thus is hard to account for as the purses for handicaps are ,000 and ,500 and general manager Trimble announces his intention of increasing the purses in the handicaps and in all other events as the meeting progresses. As stated yesterday, the management is erecting a new, well equipped, fifty-stall barn in which to house the better class of horses that their owners care to ship to Aurora. Little Thistle, from the stable of A. Goodwin, was returned winner of the fifth. The son of Thistledon came fast on the inside through the stretch and easily disposed of Candy Stick. The latter raced well throughout and easily saved second place from Lou-anna. Statler won the sixth race by a narrow margin from L. T. Coopers Cup o Tea and Talequa was third, five lengths back of the first two. The start was delayed for four minutes before the starter found them ready. Statler was sent to the front and showed the way throughout, being three lengths in the van midway of the stretch. Cup o Tea gained steadily on the winner in the stretch, however, and finished going fast and cutting down the hitters advantage with every stride. Talequa was outrun in the early stages, but came with a fine burst of speed Hearing the finishing line and disposed of Theo Fay for the third postion of the purse. The third race was a stirring contest. Seths Alibi was winner by a half length, but the real battle was for second place, Viennese, Mit, Mulciher and Eddie Jr. finishing noses apart in the order named. It was difficult to decide which had really taken second, third and fourth places until the numbers were posted. When the webbing was released Mulciber dashed to the front and at the half was racing a length in advance of his company, with Rotarian leading the others. There was a general closing up when the field turned for home and nearing the end the first five were bunched, but Seths Alibi was going the fastest and was victorious, with the others in line. Kotarian had tired badly and finished sixth. The concluding race resulted in a good contest and, although only five went to the post, it was a real horse race all the way. Red Squirrel went to the front and led all the way, but was forced to stand a gruelling drive through the stretch to earn the verdict from Rib Grass. The latter stayed finished with rare courage. Tulalip, the public choice, could never get to the first two, but finished well in the middle of the track to be third.
