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EQUALS TRACK RECORD ♦ Queen Towton Runs Three-Quar- ters of a Mile in 1:11%. ♦ Victory of Mare Anticipated by Players — Favorites Meet With Fair Degree of Success. ♦ — AURORA, 111.. May 21.— The seven-year-old mare Queen Towton, racing in her best form and greatly improved over her recent efforts, showed a sparkling performance in the Fair view Handicap at Exposition Park this afternoon, sprinting three-quarters in the fast time of 1:11%, equaling the track record for the distance at this course. At the finish of the race, she was slightly in front of Big Sweep, defeating the latter by a neck in the hard final drive. Queen Towton scored her success in the colors of A. G. Dunlap. Taddywawa, racing for C. B. Irwin, finished in third place, another length back, yetting to the finish in advance of Lane Allen. The C. E. Davision entry of Andromeda and Fortunate Girl were in the rear, •winding up fifth and last in the field of six. The victory of Queen Towton was anticipated by the players, and the aged mare went to post a well-backed favorite. Queen Towton raced into the lead on the Inside in the first quarter and set all the pace thereafter, galloping the first quarter in :23, and the half in :46%. She held Big Sweep at a safe distance until inside the last sixteenth and then, despite the lat-ters making great inroads on her lead, she lasted gamely under Leylands hard riding, to be the winner. Big Sweep always held second place at his command. Taddywawa was outpaced to the stretch, then had to come wide on the turn and. after reaching a prominent position, tired in the final eighth. IDEAL RACING CONDITIONS. Ideal weather conditions prevailed, while the track bordered on fast. Fast time was the rule in most of the races. Favorites performed with fair degree of success and most of the winners were well-backed. The attendance was of large proportions, as has been the rule for the entire Exposition Park meeting. The well backed Miss Lester was a popular winner of the initial race and at the end of three-quarters was an easy winner two lengths in advance of Bonnie Marguerite. Robina Seth showed a good effort near the ond to account for the minor portion of the purse. Given a hustling ride by V. Smith, Miss Lester made every post a winning one from soon after the start. Near the last eighth Robina Seth was sent up on the out-aide by Cavens and came within half a length of wearing down Miss Lester, but tired and bled. Robina Seth was then outfinished, Miss Lester bounding away again into a safe advantage. Betty Browning showed early speed, then was done entering the stretch, Vhile Go Away proved a disappointment, racing poorly throughout. Ethel Sherlock, carrying the silks of Alderman J. J. Coughlin, furnished a surprise in the second race, when she defeated Sturdy Stella, Atoi and seven others over the three-quarters route. The winner was ridden by €r. Pflanz. Sturdy Stella and Superfrank, which were the most in demand, both raced well but could not match the speed that the Coughlin filly put forth during the final three-sixteenths of the trip. Ethel Sherlock raced on the outside close up after the start and then in the stretch gained rapidly, overtaking the early leader, Fallen Leaf, to draw away to win easily. Sturdy Stella finished fast and got up to take second place, while Atoi outgamed Fallen Leaf by a neck. DOUBLE FOR COUGHLIN. In the condition race for maiden three-wear-olds, at three-quarters, there were eight Starters and the Upset filly, Flood Control, ridden by De Prema, round out a double for line afternoon for the Alderman J. J. Coughlin Stable. Flood Control took the lead soon after the start and was winner all the way, decisively outrunning her rivals. Closest in the wake of the winner at the finish came Panama, the latter holding second place safe, but was unable to menace the leader after *oing the first quarter mile. Our Joan raced in third position to the end. The remaining five starters were always outpaced. Our Joan was the favorite. The juvenile racer, over four and a half furlongs, brought out a large field of youngsters and the winner was supplied by the Old Hickory Stable when The Coach found his winning stride, taking the measure of Hattie Seth, Texas Longhorn and seven other starters. Hattie Seth ruled a strong favorite and raced well, but she was unable to cope with The Coach in the final eighth and C. Houbres racer reached the finish an easy winner, four lengths in advance of his nearest rival. It was the winner*s first victory, thereby graduating him into the winning •lass. Red Dragon, which went down first at the far turn in the fall which occurred with the Tunning of the seventh race Monday, came •ut of that mishap badly injured.
