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PILLAGER IN FRONT Carries Silks of E J OConnell to Success at Aurora Smashes Track Record for Mile Mileand and Seventy Yards in Winning WinningExposition Exposition Colony Handicap AURORA 111 June 5 Pillager carrying the colors of 13 J OConnell was winner of tho 2000 Exposition Colony Handicap fifth and feature attraction of the halfholiday card at Exposition Park this afternoon Mrs K Waylands Cogwheel raced to second place while Sir Leonid from the stable of 13 P Summerfield was third The time for the race 1 lo75 marked a new track record for this course for the mile and seventy yards yardsTaking Taking command shortly after the start Pillager set a terrific pace throughout but viis tiring during the closing stages and hard pressed at the end to score by a head margin Cogwheel was always in closest pursuit and made a resolute bid when called upon for the final effort and was rapidly wearing the winner down Sir Leonid avoided the early pace and after a hard drive through the stretch nosed out Smiling Gus Cross Bow dropped out of contention during the last quarter as did The Spa after being carried extremely wide at the first turn turnCROWD CROWD OF LARGE PROPORTIONS PROPORTIONSAnother Another excellent attendance which taxed to capacity the accommodation of the plant was on hand to witness the sport Ideal racing conditions prevailed There was an abundance of contention in the various races which were featured by keen stretch struggles and close and exciting finishes The atten ¬ dance was estimated at ten thousand the Chicago delegation being particularly large largeT T II Bernhardts Red Heart accounted for the Batavia Purse the secondary feature in which he took the measure of some shifty sprinters including the brilliant Sanola and the lattcrs defeat proved to be a rude jolt to the form followers Lady in Gold cut out the running to the stretch with Red Heart following The latter then forged to the front and held the race safe all during the final eighth Miss Jennie was hard pressed to save second place from Sanola She came again in the final eighth and finished strongly after dropping out of for ¬ ward contention while rounding the far turn The RossShort combination made it a double when Frank Gailor got up in the closing strides to snatch the victory from Try Again which cut out all the pace in tho fourth Frank Gailor was well rated Continued on twentyfourth PILLAGER IN FRONT Continued from first page behind Try Again by jockey Allen and the lad put up a great finish which marked his second success of the afternoon Sea Court coming from behind disposed of the others in the stretch Ticker was blocked when he attempted to come through next to the inner rail at the stfetch turn which ruined his chances chancesTaking Taking command after Frbing the first quar ¬ ter of the opening dash Battle Shot held her opponents safe during thestretch run and won with something in reserve Floy Lillio raced well up throughout and drew clear of Invictus in the closing strides Invictus dis ¬ played vast improvement over his last race here was prominent all the way but forced to race on outside for the entire distance Move On Seth finished with a belated rush on the inside insideAfter After being headed by Norcross while rounding the far turn Rosamond held gamely to her task and midway of the stretch drew into a clear lead She never was seriously threatened thereafter This marked the sixth winner of the meeting for the RossShort combination Rosamond was favored with better racing luck today haying been crowded into the fenco during the early stages of her race yesterday Finishing with a rush Bullet Proof headed Norcross for second in the final stride strideJohnny Johnny Jewell annexed the sixth race but it was only after a hard drive that he suc ¬ ceeded in earning the verdict by a slight mar ¬ gin from Brownie Smile Jockey Barr sent the winner to the front midway of the back stretch and he enjoyed a comfortable lead until Brownie Smile never far from the pace challenged in the last sixteenth Fast Mail came from the rear in the stretch to beat the others home Green Blazes and Tick Tock were keen factors until reaching the final eighth then tired tiredAnother Another favorite came to the fore in the concluding race in Brotherly Love He com ¬ menced his run while rounding the far turn anil ran over the leaders during the final sixteenth to win handily It was only in the closing strides that Romping Lad headed Sister Diana the pacemaker for second
