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Dick Welles* Selections At Aurora SENTIMF.NTAL TOMMIE— FULL OF IKP-GAV BOY II. Just when the weather abated and there was promise of a fast track, mere rains visited these parts and, as a result, the going is again muddy. For all of the racing through the mud the past week, the contestants have run pretty near to form, nnd there were no real surprises as expected. The W. M. Tain racer, SENTIMENTAL TOM-MIE, dopes to be home the first In the opening event over the Exposition Course distance. He ran a good race his last out. which • was in the mud, to get the place behind Overtake. Against this easier company, the same effort should see him the winner. FULL OF PEP seems to be a little partial to the heavy course, and she may ho the one to knock down the place portion of the purse. Providing the track is not too holding, we think that GAY BOY II. may be able to grab off some of the money. SMOOTH ICE— MY MARY— POP SHOT. The second race calls for fillies and mares to race over the five and a half furlongs distance and, should SMOOTH ICE race as she did in her last out. she could also account for this purse. She showed a distinct liking for the going and, as the same kind of conditions will very likely prevail today, we cant see why she should lose. MY MARY is expected to show better in the goo than she did in her last out, over a fast strip. If she runs to her true form, the place money should be hers. POP SHOT was racing over the western tracks before arriving here. She was always up in her races at Omaha and Reno, most of them in the mud too. While she hasnt shown much here, a return to her best form would very likely see her landing in the three hole. JANE ELIZABETH— TAMEA— LADY ELEANOR. Two-year-old maidens are to show their wares in the third number, a five-eighths dash. JANE ELIZABETH has shown ability to run in the muddy going at times and, for that reason, is our choice to win. Some of her races have been fairly good, and she seems destined to be returned the winner before lr»ng. For the place, TAMEA seems to l e the best. She managed to finish third to Mayberry and Jonteel last Saturday and, though heaten many lengths by the winner, it was a good performance for her. LADY ELEANOK started off as though she Were going to win her last out, but she tired in the mud and, at the end, was in the third position. That same race again today would very likely give her the show here also. CALIGULA— HUON PINE— BLENNERHASSETT. The Wrack gelding, CALIGULA, has been entered several times, but has yet to face the barrier here. Should his trainer elect to send him after this purse, we think he would not have much trouble in winning it. He was fairly consistent while racing at Akron earlier in the year and needs but to run back to one of his good races there to score today. HITON PINE, which races for T. H. Bernhardt, is about due to run one of his good races and, should he decide to lo so today, think he could take care of he place portion of the purse without much trouble. BLENNERHASSETT will have to be reckoned with if his last out was a true indication of his present form. In that race he ran closest to the leader after the stretch was reached and gave him a good battle all the way. The same effort today-would find him close up at the finish. MONDAY MORNING— PILLAGER— BALL GEE. They are giving MONDAY MORNING plenty of racing of late, and it is best that they do, for he is in his best form right now. He was entered Thursday and irregardless of the result, is our selection to win here. The opposition is not so stiff and, with his light impost, should be the easiest kind of a winner. He performs well over any kind of a course, but usually shows to his best advfmtase on a muddy track. PILLAGER, which chased Sanola home in his last out, Is the nearest thing in the race to MONDAY [MORNING, and he only has to run the same kind of a race today to get the place portion here. BALL GEE ran to the place behind the I latter in his last appearance, but dont think I he will be able to do it again today. How-[ ever, he should not have a great deal of I trouble in getting the show. ! INVIGORATOR— SEA COURT— PARADER. The F. J. Boyle racer, INVIGORATOR, was entered Thursday and at this writing it is not known how he fared. We tabbed him for our best bet then, and no matter what the result, we think he is the best of this lot and should be the winner if sent to the post two days in a row. He is right on edge I for a winning race, and he can do it here. I SEA COURT was also entered yesterday, but was scratched. If he is started, we think he will be the one to run to the place. The going | should be to his liking also. PARADER. which once upon a time carried the colors of H. P. Whitney, has been showing steady improvement of late, and will soon be up to a winning race. If he runs any kind of a race at all, he should at least land in the three hole. SHINDY— MASQtERADO— SINCERE. SHINDY should prove a repeater in the concluding race on the card. He has won his last two races in a row and, with the same kind of going prevailing today, he should not have much trouble in running his score to three. He is in the pink of condition at the present, and we will be very much surprised if he does not score. MASQUERADO has more than payed his way here. Taking a line through his last race, which was in the mud, he should be the one to finish closest to SHINDY when they pass the judges stand. SINCERE showed a decided improvement in her last out. It may be that she liked the going then. With the track pretty much the same today, we think she may be good enough to account for the ::mall end of the purse. One Best Bet — MONDAY MORNING, in the Fifth Race.
