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AURORA MEETING ENDS — i — « 0. L. Foster Celebrates Occasion by Scoring Double Victory. Jockey C. E. Allen Pilots Theo. Fay and Old Kickapoo to Their Triumphs — Ideal Weather. ♦ AURORA, 111., May 25.— The Washington Park Purse, the feature attraction for the closing day of the Exposition Park Jockey Clubs spring meeting, was productive of a victory for the five-year-old sprinter Old Kickapoo, wMek raced in the colors of O. L. Foster and was ridden by jockey C. E. Allen. At the end of the three-quarters Old Kickapoo reached the finish a length and a half in advance of C. B. Irwins Short Price to take the purse, scoring in an easy victory. Short Trice held a somewhat similar margin over the Arsonia Stables Charm for second place. Charm finishing third in front of Flood Control, Sixty and Johnny Callahan. Old Kickapoo ruled favorite in the main race of the day, adding to the winning streak of the favorites which began with the victory of Owl in the opening race. The combination of O.d Kickapoo and jockey C. E. Allen rounded out a double for the afternoon for O. L. Foster, Allen having previously ridden Theo. Fay to victory in the second race. The sport was conducted with ideal weather conditions prevailing while the track was in good condition, having dried out rapidly and recovered from the effects of the heavy drenching it received Thursday night. Favorites raced with marked consistency, winners in the first four races prevailing as the public choices and the form players and backers of short priced ones enjoyed an interesting and profitable afternoon. OWL MAKES GOOD. Owl, slight favorite over Go Away in the introductory dash over three-quarters, finally made good and took the purse by defeating Frostilla Girl, one of the field horses, Margaret Elnora and the eight other starters. Jockey W. Castle rode the winner. Go Away set the pace to the far turn but tired steadily thereafter and. after racing close up to the stretch, dropped out of it. Owl, forcing the pace to the far turn, raced into the lead on the outside of Go Away and, continuing well, held sway to near the end, but also tired badly in the final stages and only lasted to save the verdict by a narrow margin from Frostilla Girl. Margaret Elnora raced for-wardly in close quarters and held on gamely in the final drive to be third. Theo. Fay, favorite for the second race, accounted for his second straight purse for O. L. Foster. He was ridden to victory by Jockey C. E. Allen. After overtaking Knighthood in the first quarter of a mile, Theo. Fay was the leader for the remainder of the distance but had to be ridden out strongly in the final sixteenth to hold safe the persistent Ossie H. The latter raced in nearest pursuit of Theo. Fay and was gradually gaining on the leader in the stretch and, though she failed to get to the winner, menaced the son of Theo. Cook near the end. Theo. Fay. when hard pressed in the final seventy yards, managed to keep a lead of two lengths to the finish. Cloud Idolizer was under punishment from the start and, after racing close up to the stretch, gained some ground and got up for third place, outfin-ishing Priceless. CONSISTENT ISOARD. The consistent Isoard, ridden by Leyland, accounted for his second straight purse and added another one to the victorious streak of the favorites, making it four straight for the first choices. Isoard defeated John Johnson Jr., Black Bart and the three others which started in the fourth race over one mile and a sixteenth. Isoard raced under restraint, gradually improving his position in the first five-eighths and then moving into the lead, passing the tiring Oakland entering the stretch, drew away under light hand riding, into a big advantage, ultimately winning in a canter. Assessor Charlie, favorite in the sixth race, scored another victory for the backers of the short priced ones, and was the winner at the end of one mile and seventy yards. He was ridden by G. Woolf. First Dance, close up from the start, saved ground on the inside, showed a game effort and held on gamely for second place. Escarra wound up third, getting up to outfinish Matt McGoey by a neck. Burk-Dale made a strong bid when in the stretch on the inside behind the leaders, but when Escarra was ridden over to the inside sharply in back of First Dance the rider on Burk-Dale was forced to pull up sharply or go down, due to Escarras rough tactics.
