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YOSHELL PROVES BEST ♦ English-Bred Gelding Wins Easily in Aurora Feature. ♦ ■ Go Foin Finally Makes Good After Numerous Attempts — Arra- gosa Surprises in Sixth. ♦ AURORA. 111., May 22.— The one mile claiming race, which came fifth on the card at the Exposition Park Jockey Club course this afternoon, served as the best attraction and brought out a field of eight good ones. It. Z. Jenkins supplied the winner of this race when his five-year-old gelding Voshell scored his second victory of the meeting. Ridden by A. Pendergrass, Voshell proved master of the situation at all stages of the race and showed the way to Flora M.. Tanist and five others. Flora M. was made a pronounced favorite in this and, although her effort was good and she finished well, she was unable to menace the leading Voshell as they completed the distance and could do no better than save second place. B. Creechs Tanist was third, lie also making a creditable showing. Voshell moved into the lead after the start and, shaking off General Clinton in the first quarter, continued to hold sway in game fashion and, after drawing away into a three lengths lead in the stretch, easily held Flora M. safe at the end, winning by a length and a half, seemingly with plenty in reserve. Flora M. came from far back of the leaders in the late stages of the race, having been allowed to race far back for the first half mile and, when unable to reach Voshell. was contented with easily besting the others. Tanist was always close up and held on in a tenacious manner to be third. PERFECT WEATHER CONDITIONS. Perfect weather and track conditions were again enjoyed by the patrons of the sport at Exposition Park today and another large crowd was present for the entertainment offered. J. M. Hizars veteran sprinter Go Foin. after a number of unsuccessful attempts and disappointments daring the meeting, finally made good in a spot that was favorable for him and was winner in the opening race, at five and a half furlongs. Pichonne finished a half length in the wake of the winner for second place, while Pearlies Girlie landed third. Twelve started, and Stranger, making his first start hero, rushed awav into a long early lead in the first half mile with a display of high speed. Meddling Seth, Special and Go Foin were in close pursuit, with the others strung out. Stranger stayed in front to the stretch turn, then began tiring and was done. Go Foin. meanwhile, had passed Meddling Seth and Special and, after passing Stranger an eighth away, lasted to withstand Pichonnes challenge from near the end. Pichonne came from behind in the last eighth, as did Pearlies Girlie, to wear down Meddling Seth. Stranger and Special, the other forward factors. Go Foin was an odds-©n favorite in this race. J. J. Russells five-year-old mare Quin Chin upset calculations in the second race with a victory over some good sprinters at three-quarters. Quin Chin just lasted to beat Bobs Beat by a nose in a thrilling finish, concluding a long hard stretch drive. Blue Granite managed to garner the show money in getting up at the end to just down Bocaratone in the last stride for that award. QUIN" CKIN NARROWLY. Twelve started in this race and Quin Chin, with a display of good speed, was in the van of her opponents throughout, but was lucky in just lasting to win by the smallest margin over the fast finishing Bobs Best. Bocaratone, the favorite, was outpaced to the stretch, where he then made a resolute rush towards the leaders, only to tire right at the end, losing third place by a nose . Twelve two-year-olds faced the barrier in the third race, staged at five-eighths, for juveniles. The blanket finish which resulted had the crowd in a frenzy when four of the horses reached the finish noses and necks apart. C. A. Bernhardt! Fuss, ridden well by jockey M. Meyer, got the verdict after a long bard drive and just managed to outstay Blind Hills, one of the field horses, by a neck in the final strides. Blind Hills arrived only inches in advance of Black Darling, the latter in turn taking third by a nose from Trompe of Dawn. Black Darling ruled favorite in this, but only slightly, as there was almost equal backing for Leading Lady. She became fractious at the post before the start and, with a sudden spurt through the barrier, got away from her riders control and ran away with him for seven-eighths of a mile. The mishap took so much out of her that her race that followed was poor, she being badly beaten off by the others after her -exhaus;ing experience. In the secondary feature, the Oswego Purse, i three-year-olds were called upon to furnish I the contest, and this race brought about an-r ether victory for the stable of J. J. Cough-l lln. The Coughlin silks were carried [ Continued on twentieth page. VOSHELL PROVES BEST Continued from first page. successfully by Dan Burnham over three-quarters of a mile, he being winner all the way, vanquishing his rivals by a good margin and landing three lengths in advance of Vowed Vengeance at the finish. Jockey R. Jones rode the winner. Vowed Vengeance was a prominent factor and easily proved best of the other starters. Field Marshal landed in third place, when he outstayed Force in the final eighth of the stretch drive. Meriwick, which was made favorite, managed only to i-how early speed and, not being able to stay with the leaders, was done in the stretch racing. W. M. Cains Arragosa proved victorious in the sixth race and won his second purse of the meeting with another good showing. Ridden by jockey J. Parmelee, Arragosa scored by inches, defeating Climax by a nose in the final strides of the mile and seventy yards race. Climax raced into the lead in the stretch and looked all over a winner when an eighth away but, by bearing out badly near the end, lost ground, which probably-cost him the race, Arragosa getting up on the inside to nose him out. Rock Candy accounted for third place. Climax ruled favorite, but not greatly, as there was also much backing for Arragosa and Berry Picker. R. S. Castle, represented in the third race by Red Robe, claimed the two-year-old Graceland from J. J. Coughlin at a cost of ,000.
