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MANY CLOSE FINISHES Result at End of Aurora Races — Feature to Jennifer. ♦ Former Camden Colt Barely Outstays Jack Horgan in Stretch Drive — Ordinary Program. 1_# AURORA, 111., May 29.— Racing at Exposition Park was of the ordinary variety today and there was an absence of crack horses and feature attractions. Closely contested and spirited finishes resulted in all instances and some of the finishes were hair-! raising. So close was one, in fact, that it brought some difference of opinion among the : patrons with that of t,he placing judges, but in this case again, as in most instances, ; those who disagreed with the official result were entirely wrong. This instance wTas the close and exciting finish of the mile and a sixteenth fourth ! race, in which Jennifer defeated Jack Ilor-I gan by a head, in a hard final drive, in the J t est race offered. Jennier, favored with a : .light impost, raced in her best form at every [ stage and scored her third success of the ■ meeting over a distance of ground. Jack Horgan challenged her in the final , fifty yards, but just failed to get up. Mrs. 1«. V. Bellew*s Atla, a keen factor through-| out, lasted to be third. Jennifer was an over-1 whelming favorite. Ridden by jockey M. Meyer, Jennifer sprinted into the lead in the first quarter | mile and continued to hold sway for the first mile. Atla was in nearest pursuit, with Marengo and Bonnie Omar well up, while Jack Horgan and Bluefish were some distance back. Few changes were made in the running until in the stretch, where Jack Korean moved up fast and, finishing much the fastest, challenged Jennifer in the last fifty yards, but just missed getting up. Atla tired Slightly near the end. CLOUDY WEATHER. Cloudy weather, but otherwise ideal conditions, prevailed this afternoon, while the l track was in fast condition and nearly at its best. Antonio upset calculations in the initial race to lead home Jim Bethel, Go Foin and eight others. Kighthood set the early pace with Co Foin, John D. and Dolly Dunbar keen factors. After the first quarter, Antonio and Jim Bethel gained steadily, joining the leaders as they swung into the stretch with Knighthood still maintaining the lead. Nenring the last eighth Knighthood suddenly tired and Antonio came up on the outside and wrested the lead from him. Then Antonio, Goin Foin, John D. and Dolly Dunbar engaged in a hectic drive through the final sixteenth, Antonio proving stronger and gamer to secure a safe lead and win from | Jim Bethel. The latter closed a gap in the stretch and easily outstayed the others. A hair-raising finish came with the see- I end race when the first four horses passed the finish line with little more than a length separating the winner. Ferseth, from Chink, which finished fifth. This close decision terminated a long, hard stretch drive in which j Ferseth finally emerged victorious at the direct expense of Blue Granite. The latter was I outrun to the stretch, came like a flash in ; the last eighth and, challenging the leaders, .nearly succeeded in wearing the winner down. Honeyf ish, another that came from the rear in the stretch, just managed to get ,up to outfinish Capistrano for third position. ■ Capistrano, after having set the early pace, tired in the final drive. 3IY GIRL BEST. Mrs. A. Wallins two-year-old filly My | Girl, making her second start, raced like a real good youngster to annex the purse in the I third -race, at five-eighths. Ridden well by jockey C. E. Allen and installed the favorite, My Girl proved much the best. She sprinted into a safe lead quickly and, continuing to hold sway strongly, easily made every post a. winning one. Crateland was in closest pursuit and finished second, while Credo, grouped in the field, came from lar back during the last quarter mile and just got up for third. Isoard, carrying the colors of C. A. Bernhardt, made it two victories In a row, when he accounted for the fifth race, which served as a secondary offering. boards effort showed him to be much the best of the others and, on his present form, he seemingly could have beaten this company with more case had Ma rider elected. Al Garnet, which set the pace most of the distance, held on well and outstayed Indra, which landed third. Indra ruled a well backed favorite in this and with better racing luck, would have been more formidable. C. X. Freemans colors were finally carried in victory after a lapse of some time, when . the veteran mare Donna Santa took into camp the ordinary band of platers in the sixth race. Jockeys J. Comingore. J. Inzelone and M. Mitchell will leave Exposition Iark tonight, , bound for Omaha, Nebr., to ride at the Ak- I Sar-B2n meeting.
