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CHEVALIER TO TOM P Carries E McCowns Colors to Victory in Auroras Feature Well Contested Racing Provides ProvidesGood Good Entertainment for a aBig Big Monday Crowd AURORA 111 May 24 E McCowns Tom P accounted for the fourth and feature attraction the Chevalier Purse at Exposi ¬ tion Park this afternoon He led throughout and at no stage was he in serious trouble Miss Rosedale a forward contender for most of the way was a handy second Green secondGreen Blazes after a game effort in the stretch outlasted Lady in Gold for the short end of the purse Finday and Fast Mail from which much was expected began in a tangle and were never prominent prominentMost Most favorable weather conditions onc more prevailed and an excellent crowd for a Monday witnessed the sport Due to con ¬ stant work the track was in unexpectedly jood condition following Saturdays rains pirited finishes again featured the racing One of these came with the running of the first race in which Embryo was hard pressed at the end to stall off the fast closing Jean nette S Sheffield in turn was doing her jest to save third thirdEmbryo Embryo cut over sharply on his opponents going to the far turn crowding back Welly Jdna Mitchell and Affectionate Mary then opened up a long lead but was tiring rapidly during the closing stages stagesKENDALL KENDALL DRAWS CLEAR CLEARAfter After acting badly while at the post Aris ¬ totle accounted for the second nice He wrested the lead from Countess Claridge and St Nicholas a sixteenth out but had to be shaken up in the last few strides to stall off the determined rush of Red RedAfter After the leaders had raced closely bunched until midway of the stretch in the third dash ECendall closed with a rush and drew clear in the last fifty yards Chas Whitney found an opening next the inner rail inside the final eighth post and outstayed Our Buddy for second place after the latter had dis ¬ played speedP much early speed P T Barnum was a keen factor to the last sixteenth then tired tiredAlthough Although closely pressed by Romping Lad until reaching the stretch Mercutio drew away during the run to a handy victory in the fifth which marked his second success at this meeting Try Again always well up under hard drive finally outgamed the tiring Romping Lad for second place The others were never serious factors factorsThomas Thomas Piatt cut out the pace to the stretch head with London Smoke in close pursuit in the sixth race When straightened out Lon ¬ don Smoke took command and drew away winning by a comfortable margin Runquoi always well up outlasted the others for sec ¬ ond Although tiring rapidly Thomas Piatt saved third from Settee which failed to improve fourth position positionMoving Moving up with a rush after entering the stretch Bullet Proof drew away during the final eighth of the closing event as if much the best Brotherly Love came from far back in the last quarter to beat the others home Van Patrick saved third from the fast finishing Kent L John Finn went well to the turn for home but bolted to the outside The others were prominent in the early stages but found the route too far
