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FAST THREE-QUARTERS ♦ Stampdale Shows Fine Speed to Win Feature at Aurora. ♦ 1 Gallops Distance in 1:12 to Defeat Orestes II. and Thistle Star — Ladies Day. _ $ AURORA. 111., May 20.— Stampdale, a former disappointment when racing for J. C. Ellis and now in the stable of H. C. Rummage, who claimed him for ,000, earned his first victory of the meeting when he finished in advance of seven other highly regarded platers that started in the three-quarters mile feature on Auroras card. Stampdale, likewise, registered the fastest time for the distance during the present term of Aurora racing. He ran the distance in 1 :12. Good riding on the part of J. Parmalee was a. big factor in the aged racers success. The rider kept him close to the inner rail and took a big chance of being thrown approaching the first turn. He succeeded in getting Clear and it instantly put him into the lead, which he retained from there to the finish. There might have been a different placing In the race but for Short Price racing wide on the stretch turn and forcing Chaff out with him. The mishap enabled the outsiders, Orestes II. and Thistle Star, to gain prominence and they eventually finished in second and third places. The chief sufferers at the stretch turn were Alto and Chaff, both practically eliminated as possibilities so far as first money was concerned. Alto had in a previous race been barred because of his savaging propensities but the stewards rescinded their ruling when his connections added a muzzle to his equipment. WINTER CHILL. The wintry chill that ruled in these parts did not seem to have a deterring effect or dampen the ardor of the racing enthusiasts here. This being ladies day, another big crowd of women took advantage of it and were guests of the management. The betting was of large volume, considering the lack of features scheduled. The sport was •n joy able. A dozen of the more lowly horses comprised the field in the opening race and the H. E. Lancaster colors were tarried to their first victory of the meeting when Mordear was victor over Keeper, with Knockabout in third place and Face Cream heading the others. The winner, with an outer position in the early racing, benefited when interference to the leaders developed. He moved into the lead approaching the stretch turn and thereafter held command to win well in hand. The battle for second place was spirited. Keeper shaking off Knockabout in the final strides. Nondaga was a sufferer from interference and came steadily through the •tretch when he found a clear course. FAVORITE SCORES. Illumine, favorite, was successful in the Second race, which brought another dozen to the post to race five and a half furlongs. The Start here favored Flora Levy, which was away many lengths in advance of the others. Illumine was one of the unprepared ones at the start but recovered quickly and, showing a high flight of speed, secured a contending position in the first quarter and, when urged bard, disposed of Flora Levy but began tiring in the last sixteenth and had to be urged hard near the end to outstay Wood face. The latter showed a fine performance and was always a contender. Thistle Princess, grouped with others in the field, got up in the final Strides to down Flora Levy for third place. Flora Levy was tiring badly in the last eighth. The Jones Stock Farms Seths Jewell graduated from the maiden ranks with a Victory over eight other juveniles that started in the five-eighths sprint. Seths Jewell displayed gameness to wear down Thistle John, ■which had taken a big lead in the early Stages of the race. The latter appeared the winner when entering the stretch, but tired unexpectedly in the last sixteenth. The Coach was backed to the exclusion of the others, but could do no better than finish in third place, and it was quite an effort on his part to outstay Corinne D. for that portion of the purse. He began slowly and his rider never let up applying the whip to him. lie suffered by being raced wide for the entire journey. Lyda Mae and Roberta L., both backed extensively, were never seriously in the running. The secondary feature, over one mile and a sixteenth, brought eight well matched platers to the post and it furnished the best race of the afternoon, Frank liawley, racing for the first time in G. Collins colors, being the victor by a nose over Isoard, with John Johnson Jr., a slight distance in back of the pair. Superior riding was again the factor that earned the purse, Parmalee clearly out-finishing the diminutive Douglas.
