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VICTORY FOR GILLEM « Joy Ball First Home in Once Around Purse at Aurora. — i — » Honi Soit and Color Blind Run Disappointing Race — Pandy Accounts for Fourth Race. • AURORA, 111., May IS.— Three-year-olds held the center of the stage at Exposition Park this afternoon and were called upon to provide the most important race of the day. Seven of them paraded for the fifth race, the Once Around Parse, and the race resulted in victory for J. C. Giilems chestnut colt Joy Ball, a son of Atwell— Bertha S. At the finish of the mile route, Joy Ball enjoyed an advantage of a length and a half over H. Torrientes Field Marshal, the latter finishing- second, while in his wake, tiring badly, but racing gamely, came J. J. Russells Force to last, taking the minor portion of the purse. Iloni Soit and Color Blind, both well-played choices, were unplaced and well beaten. Joy Ball took kindly to the difficult going and, rushing along the inn r rail ia -the stretch, moved up from the rear, to resolutely wear down the leaders and, when in the van an eighth out, continued to hold sway to the finish, easily defeating Field Marshal and having something in reserve at the end. Jockey J. Parmalee rode, the winner and piloted his second mount of the afternoon to victory, he having also accounted for the second race astride Gold Mint. Force and Honi Soit alternated in setting and forcing the early pace in the Once Around Purse, but both tired badly, Force making a better showing than Honi Soit in holding on gamely to be third, while Honi Soit gave it up entirely in the stretch, being well beaten at the end. The track remained heavy for Fridays entertainment, but overhead conditions were again ideal and, it being Ladies Day, another large crowd witnessed the sport. HEAVY COISC. The heavy going did not serve as a drawback to Crispie Seth, which took the decision easily in the opener, over the five and a half furlongs distance. Mrs. R. Pollards three-year-old filly, ridden by Inzelone, galloped home in front of Sincerely, the latter in second place, with Basha right in their wake for third money. Crispie Seth held sway in easy fashion for the first five-eighths and, when beginning to tire slightly nearing the end, was kept going to win safely by In-zelones vigorous riding. Sincerely aid Basha were always prominently in pursuit of the distant leader and fought a hard battle for second and third place money. Sincerely managed to beat Basha home by half a length. Mrs. R. Pollard made it a double for the afternoon when .she sent Gold Mint to the post for the second race and he was returned winner by a big margin over a good band of sprinters. Gold Mint raced well in the going and, given a good ride by Parmelee, was in the lead all the way and same away from bis opponents in the stretch to win in a canter. Both Thistle Gold and Thrace, outpaced to the stretch, came through on the inside when the leaders raced wide and, in the run home, proved best of the remainder in a drive. Thistle Gold taking the place, while Thrace got up in time to be third. Ball Gee and Take a Chance, forward factors in pursuit of Gold Mint to the stretch, dropped out of it in the last eighth. Ball Gee tiring badly, while Take a Chance quit completely. The choices were again out of the picture in this event. MAJOR, COLORS IX FRONT. E. E. Majors Robina Seth. racing in her best form, scored her second success of the meeting in vanquishing the band of two-year-olds with which she was matched in the third race, at five-eighths, Robina Seth, He Prema up, moved into the lead after the start and. continuing to hold sway gamely, was put to a hard drive through the final eighth of the stretch, but finished resolutely and lasted to defeat Fuss by a neck. Fuss was mix ii the best of the other starters and reached the finish four lengths before Sentry Bass for second place. Sentry Lass flashed up from the rear near the end, came across in front of the others sharply, impeding and forcing bade Omarda.e and garnered third position in that manner. Omardale suffered much interference in the race, having to be taken up repeatedly and would have proven more formidable with better racing luck. The five-year-old mare Pandy made good in the fourth race, a dash of three-quarters, in which only six started. Pandy, ridden by jockey M. Meyer, after being outpaced to the stretch, got through to the leaders and, offering a strong challenge to Conquistador, soon wore down and disposed of the latter and was drawing away at the end to win with something in reserve. Conquistador, after racing into the lead taken from Dreana Lee as they swung into the stretch turn, held it wcdl to near the last eighth, but b;-gan to tire badly and was unable to withstand Pandy, but managed to keep going long enough to outstay Sir John K. for second place. Sir John K. was a prominent factor throughout the race and, after having to race in close quarters, came fast at the end again and finished wearing Conquistador down. r reana Lee caused a disturbanve at the start, as did Conquistador, there being a nine minute delay. W. M. Cains three-year-old Aviator matehed strides with a group of older racers in the sixth race, at a mile and a sixteenth, and performed creditably, being winner by a length, leading home Frightful. Master Ace "and three others, of which John Johnson Jr. finished riderless, having a bad fall after they had made the first turn. John Johnson Jr., some distance back of the leaders, suddenly stumbled and went down, throwing and partly falling upon his prostrate rider, jockey G. Hallett Hallett was rushed to the track hospital in the track ambulance and, when given an examination by the doctors, was found not to be seriously hurt, escaping with a cut tongue and bruises, but was quickly on his feet again and back on the grounds. Jockey J. Parmalee, after having piloted two winners previous to the sixth race, brought his score of Puceesscs for the day up to three in number by riding Aviator to win this race.
