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DON FERNANDO WINS ♦ Survives Hard Drive to Defeat Uluniu in Feature. ♦ McCowns Three-Year-Old Shows Real Gameness in Endeavor Purse — Track Improving. ♦ ■ — AURORA, 111.. May 16.— The Endeavor Purse, which featured this afternoons racing program at Exposition Park, furnished an interesting contest and at the end of the one-mile trip. E. McCowns Don Fernando •was winner over S. C. Hunts Uluniu, the latter accounting for second portion of the purse. A good distance in the wake of the leading pair, J. J. Meyers Vimont was a cafe third, followed home by Thistle Star, Tommy Lad, Big Gun. and Transatlantic. Uluniu carried the confidence of the majority of the players. The early stages found the faint-hearted Transatlantic, Big Gun and Thistle Star racing in prominent positions, but after the far turn was reached, the race narrowed down to an interesting struggle between the more capable Don Fernando, Uluniu and Vimont. Upon leaving the back stretch, Don Fernando assumed the command boldly and set the pace to near the last eighth, closely accompanied by Uluniu and Vimont. By a big saving of ground on the inside, Uluniu overtook and disposed of Vimont and then was sent forward with a resolute challenge to the leader. TAKES LEAD. An eighth away, Uluniu succeeded in catching up with and briefly heading Don Fernando, the latter seemingly tiring. However, when it came to a hard final drive, gameness and staying ability told and Don Fernando gradually came again and slowly reassumed the lead he had relinquished to Uluniu and they reached the finish with Don Fernando two lengths in front and slowly moving away from his less courageous rival. Vimont tired steadily all the last three sixteenths, but easily lasted to be third. The sport opened for the day under ideal conditions with the racing strip good and rapidly improving under the drying out process of the warm sunshine. By time for the feature race, the track had reached nearly its best condition and was fast when Don Fernando negotiated the mile in the official time of 1:39% a creditable performance for the son of Paicines. Don Fernandos success in this marked his second winning effort of the meeting. The Old Hickory Stable furnished their first winner of the meeting in the initial race of the day when the three-year-old Nae Broeks, ridden by Parmalee, was an easy victor, scoring from Rocky Way, Follow Me and six others. Nae Breeks, under an alert ride, was hustled into the lead right after the start, showing the way to his opponents by a small margin to the stretch turn and, after racing High Spot and Clear Star into defeat, the winner then drew away to score by three lengths and with much in reserve. Catch Him. the favorite, failed to race up to expectations and was badly outpaced. Ball Gee continued to race poorly and followed far back. FAVORITE SCORES. Lady Partridge, from the Valley Lake Stable, ridden by Shropshire, and favorite for the second race, ended the long losing streak of the choices when she made good in taking down the purse. Superfrank, showing a good effort, was the one to account for second place, with Bidable just managing to nose out Beowulf for third. Lady Partridge, always close up on the outside of the leaders, suffered slightly when her rider was forced to race wide with his mount on the turns. However, the filly stuck gamely to her task and, when straightened out in the stretch, gradually disposed of Superfrank and Illumine and outstayed Superfrank in a hard final drive, winning by half a length margin, drawing clear. Kit Carson furnished a mild surpri. in the third race when he vanquished the small band of sprinters that matched strides over the three-quarters route. Clem, the early Continued on twelfth page. I DON FERNANDO WINS Continued from first page. leader, was soon raced into defeat by Kit Carson and when the stretch turn was reached. Kit Carson went past the latter rapidly into a safe lead. Once in the van, Ayraud, astride Kit Carson, kept the leader going despite the latter s tiring badly in the final sixteenth and succeeded in getting him home in advance of Voshell by half a length. Voshell charged up from the rear fast in the final eishtii and after disposing of Nevermore and Sturdy Stella, easily took second place and barely failed to get up to wear down Kit Carson. Sturdy Stella just outlasted Nevermore for third place. A. G. Tarns Common Gold, ridden by Ley-land, accounted for his second straight pur.- e, and at the end of the mile and a sixteenth of the fifth race was home in advance of By Gosh, Assessor Charlie and five others. He was eased up by his rider all during the final eighth, when he had the race safely tucked away from the head of the home stretch. Ojo, which was in the lead approaching the far turn, was sharply pinched off next the inner rail when Leyland brought Common Gold across in front of the leader sharply while taking the command. Ojo seemed to tire rapidly after this bit of ill fortune and in the final drive was an easy victim for the strong finishing By Gosh and Assessor Charlie. Common Gold was the favorite. C. B. Irwins six-year-old Dunbeath, made a runaway affair of the sixth and scored his third successive victory in as many starts. Dunbeath raced into the lead at the start, moved away from his opponents and, never being threatened, easily won in a canter by a big margin. Old Guard and Foretold staged a stiff battle for second place. Old Guard managing to stick it out in a hard final drive to get the verdict for second money by a neck. Dunbeath prevailed as outstanding favorite, one of the few odds on choices that have ruled here this year. After the race Dunbeath found a new home when he was claimed from C. B. Irwin by j W. M. Cain at a cost to the latter of 0 j i
