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ANITA M. SURPRISES « Daughter of Sir Martin Victorious at Long Price. ♦ Favorites Fare Poorly at Exposition Park — Missionary Takes Measure of Ball Gee. 0 AURORA. III.. May 8.— The Gladys Hurl-but Handicap was provided as an attraction here this afternoon by the Exposition Park Jockey Club and J. J. Greely furnished the winner in his Anita M. The Sir Martin filly distinguished herself in her race this afternoon, running the fiv: and a half furlongs in the good time of 1 :01Va to land in advance of such speedy sprinters as Orestes II., Sixty, Conquistador and ohers, Anita M.s victory in this company and on the fast track was not anticipated and her triumph added further to an afternoon of surprise winners, calculations having been overturned in the majority of the races during the day. A great deal of the credit for Anita M.s startling success belongs to jo?l:t M. Meyer, when this diminutive rider pu* forth the best he had to offer and showed hustling tactics to bring his mount up from far back of the leaders in the stretch and Anita M. overtaking those in the van, speedily caught and challenged the then leading Orestes II. fifty yards from the finish and in a spirited finish just succeeded in getting up to win by a nose in the final strides. Orestes II. was forced to be content with saving second place, doing so by a matter of a short length, having that much to spare over Meriwick. which wound up in third place. Conquistador, which displayeB high early speed, had shown the way to the others to midway of the stretch, where he tired, quitting almost to a walk and finishing well out of it. Conquistador was the favorite in the feature. IDEAL CONDITIONS. • Racing conditions were again good, both as to weather and track, the day being ideal for the sport. Well matched fields went to the post in all the races, but favorites were defeated in most instances, entailing a big loss for the form players. Another big crowd was on hand to witness the program arranged by the Exposition Park management. W. M. Cains colors were carried to their first victory of the meeting here by the six-year-old mare Cup o Tea, she winning the one mile sixth race. Prnce Tii Tii was among those that this honest racer met and i defeated. Prince Tii Tii garnered second j ! place. Raymond Dale finished third. Cup o Tea raced into a safe lead in the foremost stages of the trip and scarcely left the result in doubt, for at no stage was sh? in danger of being overtaken by any of her opponents. Her victory mai-ked the defeat of another favorite when Prince Tii Tii ruled as pronounced choice for this race. The J. .1. Holtman-trained filly. Quick Asset, racing in her best form and ridden by jockey G. Woolfe. took down the first purse when she defeated National Brick, Col. Fallon and nine other maiden th.ee-year-olds. for which the event was fashioned. Isabella, from the C. D. Pryor stable, was the choice, but she began so slowly at the start as to practically eliminate her at once. Her effort nevertheless was a good one when, after a big closing of ground in the last quarter, she finished up in fourth position and was racing fast at the end. UPSETS CALCULATIONS. D. E. Wishards Missionary upset calculations with a victory in the second event. a dash of three-quarters. In this contest Ball Gee, on his recent races, appeared to have much the best chance. He was made a pronounced favorite, but was forced to submit to defeat when Missionary proved the better at the conclusion of a bitter stretch duel between the pair. Ball Gee did the leading from the start and set a good pace to nearing the finish, whore Missionary charged down the inside, saving much ground and, getting up on even terms with Ball Gee inside the last sixteenth, fought it out resolutely during the remainder of the distance, getting the decision over the favo-ite by a half-length margin as they crossed the "finish line in a hard drive. Sup. rfranl;. a forward contender all the way, held on well and easily beat the others for third place. C. Houbres two-year-old gelding Coal Black gave a sparkling performance in the third race, a four and a half furlong sprint, for juveniles. Coal B!ack was a winner of his previous appearance here, his victory this afternoon making it two straight for the shifty son of Sir John Johnson. Coal Black was an odds-on choice. Paul Banyan gave the backers of the winner some anxious moments near the finish of the contest when he came like a flash through the last eighth, rapidly passing his opponents and was quickly overhauling Coal Black in the final strides. Paul Bunyan gained second place just landing a head in advance of Dolly ■ Polly, the early pacemaker. The finish was Continued on twenty-fourth page. | | ! j j | j I ANITA M. SURPRISES Continued from first pajje.l of the blanket variety, little more than a length separating the three placed ones at the finish. B. Creechs Realist provided a big surprise in the fourth race, winning from Secrecy, Brazen and five other highly regarded plat-eis, among them L. Ribefi four-year-old colt Porridge. Secrecy was much in demand by the players and when Realist proceeded to take her measure over the mile route of the race unexpectedly long odds were returned the backers of the Creech gelding. Secrecy landed two lengths back from Realist at the finish, taking second place from Brazen by a neck. The latter came fast at the finish and would have proved more formidable at a longer distance or had he had the benefit of better riding than he received today. Porridge was unfortunate, at the start and was as good as left at the post and would have proved a strong contender for the others had he been favored with better luck. Mrs. L. M. Holmes five-year-old racer Hec scored his second victory in two days, he having been a winner of a race here Mon- day. Hec vanquished a large field of platers over the mile and a sixteenth route in the final race. Dunbeath started for the fifth time in seven days at the meeting and wound up in second place. Rock Candy took third money. Jockey M. Meyer rode the winner, his second winning mount of the afternoon, and carried off the riding honors for the day.
