Dick Welles Selections: At Aurora, Daily Racing Form, 1927-05-25

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At Aurora One Best Bet HONEYNOOK in the Fifth Eace Twoyearolds hold the place of honor at the Fox River oval today the Red Grange Purse feature event on the card bringing out the best of the juvenile division to race over the four and a half furlongs distance This is an allowance race and should result in a good contest contestAside Aside from the Red Grange Purse the re ¬ mainder of the card is only ordinary platers being much in the limelight The longest race on the program the final number is at a mile while the others are at three quarters quartersMONASTERY MONASTERY JIM BETHEL NORTHMAN NORTHMANThe The old veteran MONASTERY is dropped in a favorable spot in the opener and if he races in his best style should be returned the winner He is right at home in the going and in pretty fair form at the present JIM BETHEL would be a strong contender if he raced back to his winning effort earlier in the meeting WORTiiMAN may be good enough to knock down the show end of the purse SINGING CRICKET merits consideration oh her recent good races racesC C T VVORTIIINGTON ROCKING SLIGO BRANCH BRANCHC C T WORTHINGTON is said to have re ¬ gained his best form and if such is the case may be a hard c ne to trim in the second offering His last two races were poor ones for him and they should be ignored ROCK ¬ ING stacks up as the one C T WORTHING ¬ TON has to beat and she would not surprise by beating the latter It is a pretty close fit between tiiese two SLIGO BRANCH is plainly the best of the others and should not have much difficulty In saving the show money Should a long shot score here WALLY J may be the one to turn the trick trickPOWER POWER MISS MISCHIEF MEDDLING SETH SETHThe The third promises to be a tight finish be ¬ tween POWER MISS MISCHIEF and MED ¬ DLING SETH with the former given the call She is at her best at the present and is known for her mudrunning abilities MISS MISCHIEF is bound to prove a tough one for POWER to beat but at the weights figures a little under the C N Freeman mare MEDDLING SETH has been in the habit of quitting in her recent races She should be able to stay long enough to earn the show end of the purse in this company JOE JUNIOR won on Tuesday and is not ex ¬ pected to be sent back again today WAPONOCA DOWN TOWNSILENT LILLIAN LILLIANWAPONOCA WAPONOCA was well meant in his last start but was not quite good enough to win landing second to Invictus It was an im ¬ proved showing for the latter however and if he races in the same manner today may be able to beat this band DOWN TOWN is not far from a winning trip and figures as the one to land closest to the winner SILENT LILLIAN would prove dangerous company if she repeated her last winning race REDSKIN is about due for an im ¬ proved showing POLLYMARA is not with ¬ out a chance chanceHONEYNOOK HONEYNOOK BILL SETH ELEVATE In the Red Grange Purse it appears to be between HONEYNOOK the H J McCon nell entrant and BILL SETH from the E E Major barn and winner of his last four starts The former is chosen to win however because of the fact that the Major representative is asked to give nine pounds and that is sure to prove too much of a task the going considered HONEYNOOK has just recently found his best form winning his last two starts and he will be a hard one to down today if he races in the same manner ELEVATE should hold the others safe for third SUN SABEUR may be a bit better than rated ratedQUFN QUFN CHIN ADVENTURESS LOVE PIRATE PIRATEIf If QUIN CHIN was to race back to her last winning effort she should be able to an ¬ nex the sixth without much trouble She is usually good in the going and this looks like a favorable spot for her to add another win to her credit ADVENTURESS has won three in a row and can turn the trick again but believe that QUIN CHIN has a little on her when it comes to class LOVE PIRATE only has to turn her usual race to earn some part of the purse REVOLT has been threat ¬ ening to win of late and may prove trouble some today todayHUEY HUEY DIAGRAM SLIPPERY SMILE SMILEThe The goodnight tilt is a hard one to figure the probable winner but if HUEY races in his best form he should be able to win He performed poorly his last time out but that was not his real race DIAGRAM is im ¬ proving right along and may do well enough today to earn the place portion of the purse in this company SLIPPERY SMILE only has to repeat his last race to get the short end of the money SENOR may prove a sur ¬ prise MIGHTY is a long shot possibility


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