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At Aurora One Best Bet — SUN ALTOS — in the Fourth Race. . ■ , i 5 j ! I : I • . t The cheaper grade of racers are to be seen in action today at the Exposition Park course, there being no feature event offered and two of the numbers are maiden races. One is fashioned for two-year-olds and is to be run as the third event, while the other is for horses from the older division and starts the days proceedings. Sun Altos, which has been competing in high-class company in stakes and handicaps, is relegated to the claiming races for he is entered in todays fourth offering, a mile dash. He stands out as much the best of his opponents and, if class is the determining factor, he should walk away with this purse. Bonnie Omar is another which has been entered in this race after many tries against the better class, only to prove a failure. This is probably his right class, but we do not look for him to cut much figure nevertheless. An allowance race, to be run as the fifth offering, is the best race on the card and brings out a fair field of performers. Bunthorne, which raced so well last fall, is given the call in this number. JEAN SETH— TWELVE SIXTY-BLUE BEANS. A larse band of maiden three-year-olds and over i? entered in the first race. The winner of this race may turn up from any source, for it is a cheap band of platers that will parade to the post. However, we are selecting JEAN SETH as the probable one to get out of the non-winners ranks. The filly was seen under colors the past winter and, though she was unable to win a race, some of her efforts were creditable. TWELVE SIXTY may be able to get in the picture, should he race to his morning gallops. BLUE BEANS also has been working out well and, for this reason, he has to be given the call over the rest of the field for show money. HONI SOIT— HERENDEEN— JOY BALL. We are looking for HONI SOIT to prove the winner of the second race, a dash over the five-eighths distance for three-year-olds. The colt was shipped here from Maryland after racing at Bowie and Havre de Grace. His last race was a good third to Spear Rock. Against this cheaper company he should be able to account for the purse, providing he shows the same kind of speed he did on his last occasion. The danger here appears in J. L. Pauls HEREXDEEN. The colt seems to have rounded into his best form and, a race at his best today, should land him in the .nency here. JOY BALL and WONDER MAN figure best of the rest of the field for the short end of the purse, with the former earning the preference. FUSS— LEADING LADY— MARY FRANCES. The third race calls to the post a band of maiden two-year-olds, thirteen youngsters having been entered. They will be asked to race over the four and a half furlongs distance under claiming conditions. FUSS, though he was unplaced in his first race here, gets the call for the winners share of the purse. In that race he was a little 1 slow in getting started and was crowded back after the start. At the end he was I gaining fast. He can do much better, and, , with a little more racing luck, should be I able to prove the winner today. LEADING I 1 I , I I LADY, on her Tijuana races, figures as a contender for some part of the coin. MARY FRANCES is about to turn In one of her good races and this may be the spot for her to land some part of the coin. SUN ALTOS— MASTER ACE— TANIST. The best bet of the day is spotted in the fourth race in the gelding SUN ALTOS. He looks much the best of the seven that are entered in this contest and a race in his true style should find him home an easy winner today. He is to shoulder top weight, but we doubt if this will stop him from accounting for the major portion of the purse. MASTER ACE, which raced so well the past winter at Tijuana, looks to be the most likely contender. Taking a line through his races over the Mexican track, he figures to be dangerous all the way. TANIST should be able to get in the pay-off if he races in his true form. BUNTHORNE— AVIATOR— RIP RAP. BUNTHORNE may be the one to prove the winner of the fifth race. This race is a sprint over the three-quarters distance, under allowance conditions. The son of Broomstick has not been seen under colors in some time, but he has been training well and the dockers tell us he is ready for a winning race the first time out. W. M. Cains AVIATOR will no doubt give BUNTHORNE plenty of trouble, for the colt had a winter campaign and. as he is a seasoned racer, should be ready for todays race. RIP RAP. on his consistency in accounting for some part of the money in most of his starts, has to be given a good chance to take down some part of this purse. DAX BURNHAM is given an outside chance to upset the calculations. CALEB HOPE— SCISSORS— DUNBEATH. A rather ordinary band of platers is to make the running in the sixth number, a test over the mile and a sixteenth distance. CALEB HOPE earns the preference here on his Havana form. He was usually close up when the finish was re ached in most of his races and, with his favorable impost today, may be good enough to win. SCISSORS, another Havana performer, rates as second best and, if she is able to carry her heavy impost successfully, should prove a strong contender. DUXBEATH raced well enough in his first start here to give him third preference. He may have needed that last race and we look for him to do better today. TREASURER— GRIEGO— OPEN HAND. The concluding number on the card is over the mile and seventy yards distance with the limit number of starters likely to go to the post. It is a pretty evenly matched band of platers which is to hook up here and picking the winner is not so easy. TREASURER ran a winning race his last time out at Jefferson Park and, taking a line through that effort, he may be the one to account for this number. He is favorably weighted and only has to go in his best style to prove best. GRIEGO appears to be the one to fear. The Tijuana performer put up a good effort in his first start here and, with the distance more to his liking today, we look for him to prove a tough one to beat. OPEN HAND figures slightly better than the others for the short end of the coin.
