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NEW TRACK RECORD « Prisoner Lowers Time for Five and v a Half Furlongs to 1 :05. ♦ Scores Easy Victory in Fairmount Handicap at Aurora, With Stamp - dale Second and Sixty Third. ♦ AURORA. III.. May 23.— Prisoner, four-year-old colt which carries the yellow and black silks of Mrs. R. Pollard, distinguished himself with a sparkling performance in the Fairmount Handicap, stellar attraction offered by the Exposition Park Jockey Club at the Fox River Valley course this afternoon. Prisoner met and vanquished a small field of fast sprinters and, in doing so, lowered the track record here for the five and one-half furlongs, over which distance the race was decided. The son of War Cry — Beartrap raced over the five and one-half furlongs in the exceedingly fast time of 1:05 flat, clipping three-fifths of a second from the former record for the distance here of 1 .Ooi. made and held by Rachel Potter. Prisoners tnviable accomplishment was achieved by him seemingly without serious effort on his part or that of his rider who refrained from pulling his whip or punishing his mount at any stage of the race and Prisoner reached the finish a length and a half in advance of Stampdale from the J. C. Ellis stable and a pronounced favorite. Stampdale was much the best of the others for second place, but was under the whip in the stretch in an unavailing effort to overtake Prisoner. Stampdale failed to even make an inroad on the winners lead after passing the entrance to the stretch. H. P. Gardners Sixty was the one to finish in third place, getting up to head Shasta Gold in the final few strides. Pat and Anita M. were the other starters, but they were outpaced. STAMPDALE FAVORITE. Stampdale, after his recent record-breaking race here over the three-quarters route, ■was much in demand, and at post time was installed an odds-on choice. His effort today ■was a good one. but he was forced to be content with racing in second place throughout, being unable to improve on that position When Prisoner made every post a winning one and refused to relinquish any of his advantage. Cool and clear weather prevailed for the sport today, providing almost perfect conditions, while the racing strip was at its best, being in its fastest state since the resumption ©f racing this year. The sport opened with a dash of five and a half furlongs, fashioned for maiden three-year-olds under claiming conditions and there were eleven starters. Mrs. F. Farrar supplied the winner in Bill Henry. Hal Side Guy ran well and annexed second place, hile My Ally landed third. Bill Henry was "Well played and ruled a heavy favorite. Ridden by M. Meyer, he raced into the lead at the start and. racing gamely, made every post a winning one, but was being ridden out at the end to keep Hal Side Guy safe. The latter raced in near pursuit of the leader most of the way and kept the place safe all during the last quarter. My Ally came up from the rear to down the others in the stretch drive. Ambitious again showed flashes of speed, but quit again in the stretch. WINNING COMBINATION. H. P. Gardners three-year-old Twenty One Sixty, and jockey Noel proved the combination that furnished a big surprise in the three-quarters race run as the second. Twenty One Sixty won by a decisive margin, scoring at the direct expense of American Thunder, the latter second, while Honeyfish finished in third place. Twenty One Sixty was quick to begin and. racing away into a long lead in the stretch, continued gamely through the final eighth, to be winner over American Thunder by three lengths. The latter raced in second place, following the winner closest the entire distance. Honey-fish ran a similar race, soon moving into third place rounding the far turn, but failed to improve over that to the finish. Forward Pass lost his rider before coming to the stretch turn, causing several of the statrers to run out badly entering the stretch, but jockey M. Meyer, who rode Forward Pass, was uninjured by his fall. L. M. Seversons Paul Bunyon, continuing to race in hfs best form, was returned winner over the band of youngsters that started in the Piano rur.se. a five-eighths mile sprinting affair for juvenile racers. Paul Bunyan, given a daring ride by L. Whitacre, reached the finish after a hard race two lengths in advance of Mac Fogle. Mac Fogle was outpaced to the stretch and then, by a big saving of ground on the inside, gained fast, offering a strong challenge, which brought him second place. Dolly Polly showed a fine effort and was third when she outgamed Woodface in the final drive, whiGB ensued among the leaders in the last eighth. Paul j Bunyan registered another victory for the favorites, ruling first choice in this race. - . — . Continued on eighteenth page. NEW TRACK RECORD Continued from first page. W. C. Morris Marengo, ridden by W. W. Crees. succeeded in scoring his second victory of the meeing. when he won the one mile and seventy yards fifth race. Marengo was a safe winner from Indra, Just Beau and four others that started. Cup o Tea displayed the most early speed, closely followed by Indra, Oseda and Marengo to the stretch turn. Marengo was in a contending position under restraint and in the stretch came to the outside of the leaders and, making a strong challenge, gradually wore them down to get up to take the lead in the last sixteenth. Indra raced past Cup o Tea in the final drive and was in the lead briefly, but was unable to withstand Marengo and just lasted for second place. Just Beau made a strong bid in the final seventy yards and got up at the end to down Oseda and Cup o Tea to finish third. Marengo carried most of the public support and was another winning favorite. Mary B., racing in her best form, accounted for another purse for R. Z. Jenkins when she took the measure of a large band of platers, which faced the barrier in the sixth race, at one mile and an eighth. Ridden by jockev A. Pendergrass, Mary B. scored by a length and a half, defeating Great Luck. After parsing and outracing the latter in the final eighth, Great Luck was a forward contender all the way, but was not good enough for the winner, and was hard pressed in the final stages to out finish Bolton for second place. Bolton did the early leading and set a fast pace to the stretch then tired badly and, though holding on well, was unable to do better than third place. Mary B. was the favorite. Trainer Tom Doyle. ; cting for the Joliet Stable, sold the six-year-old chestnut gelding Infante to M. N. Porter at private sale M. N. Porter turned Infante over to L. V. Bellew for his training.
