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At Aurora One Best Bet — CONQUISTADOR — in the Fourth Race. I j . . Racing comes back to the Chicago district today when the Exposition Park Jockey Club opens its gates for a meeting of twenty-nine days. The prospects are bright for a most successful meeting and the grade of horses quartered here is much higher than has been the rule in previous years. Of course, there are plenty of the ordinary or plater variety on hand, but, in the handicap class, there are more than enough already here to make for some real racing. With the close of Lexington there will be other shipments on hand and it appears as though there will not be near enough stalls to accommodate those who want to race here. The feature event on the opening days program is the Aurora Inaugural Handicap a test of one mile and engaging some speedy ones. Rip Rap, at one time a strong favorite for the Kentucky Derby of last year, is the top weight, with 118 pounds as his impost. He now races for C. B. Irwin, the Western turfman, who also has Bonnie Omar entered in the race. Sun Altos and Sixty come next in order in the handicappers estimation, their imposts being 114 pounds. Other first class performers entered are Flora M., Anaconda, Quibbler and Shasta Gold. The Elgin Purse, a five and a half furlong dash for horses from the older division, is the secondary attraction and will be run as the fourth race. Conquistador appears to be much the best in this number and, in fact, looks like the most probable winner on the card. OKI EGO— QUIX CHIN— REM PLE. A large band of platers will open the program with a dash over the five and one-half furlongs distance. We are looking for GR1EGO to be returned the winner here. The colt has proved himself a good plater for he won his share of races at the Tijuana track the past winter. He raced over the longer distances there, but he should fare just as well over the sprint distances for he has shown he is a good front runner. QUIX CHIN may be able to figure in the pay off if she races in her best style. The field she is meeting here are platers of her own class. RIMPLE will be making her first start in some time, but we look for her to prove a contender. She has been training well and her workouts have been cred-. itable. BAM. GEE— -SILVER QUEEN— JESSIE BELLE. Another limit field of platers will parade to the post in the second race, but this band will be asked to race over the three-quarters distance. The good gelding BALL, GEE has to be given the call on his races at Jefferson Park, his last two races there being winning ones and in those races he beat some good ones. He favors the sprint distances for his best effort and, should he beat this field away from the barrier he will be a hard horse to beat. SILVER QUEEN usually prefers a track other than fast for her best effort, but she may prove dangerous here should she be in a running mood. JESSIE BELLE, on her Tijuana races, is given the call over the rest of the field for the short end of the purse. COAL BLACK— FUSS— FRENCH LAXE. The third race is fashioned for two-year-olds that have never won a race. Eleven youngsters are entered in the race, which calls for a dash over the half mile distance. The gelding COAL BLACK has been making the dockers sit up and take notice for he has been burning up the track in his morning works. He has but to show the same speed as demonstrated in his trials to prove the winner of this contest. FUSS may be the one to prove the most probable contender, for he raced well during the last meeting at Jefferson Park, his last start being a good third to Omardale. Third money may go to FRENCH LANE should he race to his workouts. COX QUISTADOR— PRISONER-FLAHERTY. Mrs. C. B. Irwins CONQUISTADOR appears much the best of the small field entered in the Elgin Purse, an allowance affair at five and one-half furlongs. He raced well over the Tijuana track the past winter, finishing in the money in most of his races. He has but to turn in his usual good race to prove an easy winner here. PRISONER may be the one to follow CONQUISTADOR to the wire. The colt has been training wTell and he seems to have lost none of his old time form. FLAHERTY should be able to save the show money if he turns in one of his good efforts. He may meet stiff opposition from FIELD MARSHAL, however, for this colt seems to have rounded into his best form of late. SHASTA GOLD— SIXTY— SUN ALTOS. At the weights, SHASTA GOLD appears to be a real good betting proposition in the feature event, his impost being but 100 pounds. The Creech filly has a victory over Handy Mandy and Crystal Pennant, the latter the Cof froth Handicap winner, to her credit and she usually gives a good account of herself. Her training moves here have been good and she only has to go in her usual style to prove the winner. SIXTY is the possible danger. The Gardner gelding showed well in his. last race at Lexington and will prove tough company today if he elects to race back to that effort. While he has been a long time in annexing a purse, he seems to be nearing top form and may go well enough today to win. SUN ALTOS, the locally owner racer, is not without a chance. He was good enough to win a race at the Fair Grounds meeting and his workouts here have all been of high order. We do not look for RIP RAP or BONNIE OMAR to cut much figure in this event. Neither one of the Irwin representatives performed any too well at Tijuana and we hardly expect them to be up to a winning race at this time. PAT, more or less successful at Tijuana last winter, may have to be reckoned with. TORCHER— JACK HORGAX— OSEDA. The sixth race brings a small, but well matched band of platers, which prefer a race over the route distance, to the post. They will match strides over the one mile and a sixteenth distance, under claiming conditions. TORCHER figures best, but he no doubt will be hard pressed by JACK HORGAN and OSEDA. He should be able to prove the winner, however, if he races like he did at Jefferson Park. While racing there he won more than his share of purses. JACK HORGAN should prove dangerous but, as he is asked to shoulder five pounds more than TORCHER, we doubt if he can take his measure. OSEDA has but to race in her best form to account for the short end of the purse. ARRAGOSA— JUBAL EARLY— GREAT LUCK. W. M. Cain may have the winner of the last race in his gelding ARRAGOSA. The latter raced well during the past winter and, though he was unable to win a race in his starts at Jefferson Park, he seems to have rounded into his best form of late, if workouts mean anything. He should prove dangerous all the way, for he likes a race over the longer distances for his best effort. JUBAL EARLY, on his consistency in getting in the money, has to be given a good chance to finish up with the leaders. GREAT LUCK, on her Havana races, is tabbed to land some part of the coin and, should she be in a running mood, may cause the leaders no end of trouble.
