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M. ROSE RIDING STAR ♦ Pilots Three Winners During Day at Exposition Park. ♦ Scores with Son Ami, Secrecy and Gay Hallie — Fourth Race Is Best on Card. * AURORA, 111., May 15.— Racing was conducted at Exposition Park this afternoon over a heavy track with ideal weather conditions in vogue. Another crowd of large proportions made the trip out to the course. The card arranged lacked anything in the nature of a feature attraction, all the races decided being run under claiming conditions. However, despite the drab nature of the program, interesting and exciting Bport resulted, but favorites raced poorly and the public had difficulty in selecting winners. Only those racers capable of negotiating the difficult going performed with any degree of success. The best race came fourth on the program and brought out a field of ten good sprinters Of the plater variety. The winner turned up in Mrs. H. G. Knotts Son Ami, the latter reaching the end of the three-quarters a length in advance of P. Reuters four-year-old Black Flyer, the early leader. Black Flyer, though unable to keep pace with Son Ami during the final seventy yards of the race, had an easy time saving second place. Flaherty, after racing far in the wake of the leaders ito the final turn, closed up an immense gap thereafter, finishing fastest of all to take down the minor award. The players selected Roycrofter and Little Asbestos as the choices, there being little difference in the amount of support which showed for the pair of them. Little Asbestos was outrun for the entire race, while Roycrofter raced prominently for the first half mile only, tiring badly and dropping out of it when the real racing came. BANNER BAY. Jockey M. Rose, who had the mount on Son Ami, turned in a big day and was astride three winners, he having piloted Gay Hallie and Secrecy in the first and third races. Gay Hallie furnished a mild surprise in taking the purse in the opening race, the W. M. Cain filly taking the measure of Flashy, Old Tom and six other starters over three-quarters of a mile. Old Tom set the pace, followed closely by Gay Hallie and Flashy for the first four and a half furlongs. When they made the last turn Old Tom gave way gradually and Flashy then moved to the front on the outside. The latters sojourn in the lead was not long, for Gay Hallie, ridden over toward the inside, slipped through an opening there and. finishing gamely under hard riding, slowly wore down and outfinished Flashy for the honors. Ball Gee, which was favorite, gave a very poor performance when he was hopelessly outpaced at all stages of the race, as was Burk-Dale. C. Wissingers Fretwell and jockey J. Ley-land proved the winning combination in the second race and another outsider scored, the winner being one of the lightly backed ones. Fretwell won at the direct expense of Our Joan, the latter finishing in second place and pressing the winner closely. Thistle Gold, a factor from the start, held on well in the late stages, hanging on gamely for third place. Domesticated and Betty Browning, which each had a turn leading before the Stretch was readied, were unable to carry on and were among the unplaced ones. Fretwell, outrun to the stretch turn, moved up fast past the tiring leaders into the lead and when ridden hard by Leyland, held Our Joan safe by a narrow margin. Omardale, the beaten favorite, lacked speed and never reached the leaders at any stage. FAVORITES FARE FOORLT. The downfall of the favorites was carried Into the third race, when E. B. Carpenters Owl, heavily supported, went the way of the choices in the first two races and was soundly beaten at the end of six furlongs. Owl flattered his backers by taking the lead from a poor start and, carrying Timekeeper along at a good clip, raced in the van to the stretch turn. At this stage Owl commenced tiring, hut had raced Timekeeper into submission and when the fast going Secrecy challenged for the lead, the two leaders gave way completely. Secrecy then moved away into a good lead, increased her advantage at will and at the finish was only cantering, landing five Continued on twentieth page. * i ! M. ROSE RIDING STAR Continued from first page. lengths ahead of Margaret Elnora. Mad A. was third. Robina Seth, well-backed in the fifth race, made good, taking into camp the large band of sprinters which opposed her over the six furlong route. Laddie Buck, which set the early pace, held on gamely in the final drive and disposed of Open Go Shut for second place. Open Go Shut boldly ventured to the front swinging into the stretch, but nearing the last eighth became faint-hearted when the E. E. Major filly challenged on the outside, and it was not a hard matter for Robina Seth to then pass into the lead, which she kept to the finish. J. Cavens rode the winner. Honeyfish, generally known as a sprinter, did the unexpected and stuck it out for a mile and seventy yards of the sixth race, landing at the finish safely in advance of Erin Go Bragh, the latter in second place securely held safe by the winner. Copper-shine, which was kept prominent among the leaders from the start, showed a good effort and landed third. Honeyfish raced into the lead in the first quarter mile, continued to make every post a winning one and, when ridden out strongly, kept the race safe in the late stages. The winner was ridden by jockey F. Douglas.
