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SHARES TIME HONORS ; _ — — — »-Jack Haskell Second to Equal Aurora Track Record. • Gallops One Mile and a Sixteenth in 1 :45 to Account for Feature of Program. AURORA, 111.. May 22.— The three-year-old Jack Ha.skell, handsome grey son of Assagai — Postal Order, carrying the silks of Lewis A Kemp, raced into the limelight at Exposition Park this afternoon in the La Grange Handicap, over one mile and a sixteenth, and equalled the track record for this distance, running the route in the fast time of 1:45. Jack Haskell now shares the honor of holding this record with Florence Mills and Lincoln Plaut. Jack Haskell reached the finished only a head in advance of J. J. Greeleys fast finishing Devon, the latter taking second place but only by a matter of inches, which was his margin over G. Collins game little filly Thistle Fyrn. The latter held on tenaciously in the final drive, forcing Devon to do his best to secure the second portion of the purse. The finish between the first three was exceedingly close and exciting. They were followed in by Devonshire, Don Fernando and Rip Rap, there being just six starters. Jack Haskell attracted strong support and was well regarded, nevertheless the ruling favorite was the filly Thistle Fyrn. OVER-CONFIDENT RIDER. The start found Jack Haskell away fast with a slight advantage and he immediately moved away into a good lead, under restraint. At the far turn Cavens, astride the ultimate winner, urged his mount slightly and by the time the stretch was reached and near the last eighth Jack Haskell drew away into a five lengths lead and began to appear a ridiculously easy winner. However, Cavens, over-confident, began to allow the grey to loaf in the final eighth and failed to realize the sudden menace looming up on the outside in the strong final challenge of Devon and Thistle Fyrn. Seventy yards out Cavens became aware of the nearness of Devon and the filly and began riding his mount hard again, but was lucky in having Jack Haskell home the winner when the latter only just succeeded in lasting to win by a head. The first race brought about an extremely close finish in which Johnny Callahan and Topango reached the finish line almost on even terms. A few yards from the finish Johnny Callahan succeeded in moving to the outside of the leader and, gradually gaining, just managed to get up in the final stride to nose out Topango by a matter of inches. Many were of the opinion that Topango had held on long enough to take the decision and it required the official placing to determine the verdict, Johnny Callahans number being flashed in the first column on the placing card. Topango had to be content with saving "the place and was safely in advance of Woodface, which led in Chesterbrook. There -were eleven starters over five and a half furlongs, with Woodface ruling favorite. JUST MATTER OF INCHES. Another close finish resulted in the second race and it was only a matter of inches which separated Timekeeper and Knighthood at the : end. Timekeeper, lucky to get through to , the leaders on the inside in the last sixteenth, came from behind rapidly along the rail and. wearing down the tiring Knighthood, got up i to take the decision narrowly in the final i few yards. Knighthood tired badly right at the end, but managed to stick it out for second . place, defeating Our Buddy. Silent Lillian, . which was favorite, raced well in a I prominent position among the leaders to the stretch turn, where she tired badly and 1 dropped out of the picture. There was considerable discussion in regard to the placing of the fourth horse in this race. The official result carried Clem, which was number eight, as finishing fourth, but it was the general opinion that Nondaga, number six, had landed in fourth place. The Valley Lake Stables Lady Partridge contributed another surprise when she was returned an easy winner of the third race, which attracted nine highly regarded sprinters of the plater variety. Lady Partridge sprinted home safely in advance of Miss Rosedale — the latter one of the choices — which raced to second place. Kit Carson, by a big saving of ground on the inside in the final eighth, gained much ground to take third place. Lady Partridge moved into the lead shortly after the start and under a hustling ride made every post a winning one, finishing well in hand, seemingly with plenty of speed in reserve. Miss Rosedale always held second place safe, but failed to seriously threaten the winner. The Clarendon Purse, secondary feature attraction, brought out a field of ten of the better grade sprinters and a good contest resulted in which Taddywawa was winner. Racing for C. B. Irwin, Taddywawa was coupled with Conquistador from the same stable, the latter finishing in third place, defeated by half a length by Old Kickapoo, which accounted for the second division of the purse. The general fraetiousness of most of the starters in this race, at the barrier, caused a post delay of 19 minutes, but starter Harry Morrissey finally succeeded in getting the field away in good order. !
