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MISS ROSEDALE WINS Makes Show of Her Opponents in Auroras Chief Offering Ladies Day Helps to Swell the theAttendance Attendance to Extraordinary ExtraordinaryProportions Proportions Fast Track AURORA 111 June 4 J W Lewis Miss Rosedale made a show of her opponents in the fifth race which attracted the best field of the offday card at Exposition Park this afternoon The daughter of Tony Bonero Rose Pompom took command at once in ¬ creased her advantage as the race pro pressed and drew away during the stretch run to win as her rider pleased Incidentally the Lewis representative established a new track record for the Exposition Course CoursePure Pure Dec followed in closest pursuit of Miss Rosedale until midway of the stretch with Variation following During the final eighth Pure Dee tired badly which enabled Varia ¬ tion to secure second portion of the purse with ease The weight told on Pure Dee when the real test came but he retained third thirdRain Rain threatened about race time but failed to materialize and the skies cleared as the afternoon progressed The track was at its best and the largest crowd since the holiday gathering of last Monday witnessed the sport The ladies were present in goodly numbers as guests of the association associationTJtIO TJtIO IX HARD FIGHT FIGHTA A keen stretch struggle came with the run ¬ ning of the initial dash between the placed trio Adele W and Boomerang raced closely lapped with the former showing the way by a slight margin until well inside the final eighth post P T Barnum which was always close up then came to the outside of the leaders and finishing with good courage got up in the closing strides Adele W contin ¬ ued gamely ana retained a slight margin over Boomerang BoomerangQueen Queen of Sheba started as if she was going to make a runaway of the second race and led by a comfortable margin until well into the stretch McDonough made his bid in the final eighth securing clear sailing next to the inner rail and earned the verdict in a drive from The Hovel The latter finished with good courage outside the leaders Mayor Behrman ran the best race of the party to be third He was crowded back when the start came and was last away then closed a tremendous gap Queen of Sheba tired badly in the last sixteenth Jockey Willis was unseated from Polyfena during the early stages of this race He escaped with a shaking up but cancelled his remaining en ¬ gagements gagementsIJOXJVIE IJOXJVIE LIZZIE NARROWLY NARROWLYAfter After racing in closest pursuit of Income and Bathilde Seth until midway of the stretch in the third race Bonnie Lizzie gradually Improved her position and got up in the last few strides to best Bathilde Seth by a neck in a drive Although forced to race on the outside for most of the way Lady Allen earned the short end of the purse after a game effort during the stretch run Income the pacemaker tired badly when challenged challengedK K J OConnells Rockot furnished a sur prise when he took some shifty sprinters into camp in the fourth race The Broomstick gelding raced prominently throughout and retained a length lead all during the final eighth Jcdburgh Abbey forced the pace all the way and although he held on gamely barely lasted to save second by the smallest possible margin from Despard which fin ¬ ished going strongly Rosamond and Finday showed dull performances performancesGetting Getting away better today Masquerade raced up into a contending position after going half the distance in the sixth race He disposed of John Finn the pacemaker entering the stretch and drew away there ¬ after to win in a romp Resonance and Dorothy ATlams staged a real stretch duel for the minor portions of the purse and the former proved the gamer Crosswise well fancied dropped out of contention w4iile rounding the far turn turnThe The apprentice rider C Healy piloted his second wimer of the afternoon when he landed Padlock home in front for his contract employer in the closing dash Although he led by a wide margin until well into the stretch 3adlock vns called upon for his best during the closing stages to stall off Invigorator The latter gained steadily from his usual slow beginning and finished going strongly
