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LA BELOTTE VICTRESS Filly Makes Auspicious Aurora Debut in Feature Race Irish Finishes First in Fourth FourthRace Race But Is Disqualified Purse Given to Salona AURORA 111 May 7 Threeyearolds had the stellar position on the Exposition Park card this afternoon Five of them fought it out for honors in the Lilac Time Purse the afternoons feature and La Belotte making her Aurora debut was the winner Dorothy Mac finished second and Megazza was third The race was over five and onehalf furlongs furlongsAlthough Although the field was small starter Morrissey experienced more trouble in lin ing them up than he did in any other race during the afternoon All were fractious fractiousand and when the barrier was finally released La Belotte raced to the front with Megazza and Na Zdar close up After making the far turn La Belotte shook off the latter pair and drew away into a two lengths lead which she held until well into the stretch Near the finish line La Belotte began to tire slightly and Megazza came again while Dorothy Mac was racing well on the outside In the last twenty yards jockey Moran shook shookhis his mount up and she passed the finish win ner by a length Dorothy Mac outstayed Megazza by a nose La Belotte was well backed and paid only 396 It was the second victory of the after noon for jockey Moran contract rider for forthe the C B Irwin stable 1AVORITES FIELD DAY Favorite players had a field day as four of the first five races were won by well backed horses The attendance was good and the high wind which prevailed throughout the afternoon tended to dry out the track which was heavy yesterday The course was in good condition today and barring rain will be fast tomorrow tomorrowThe The Irrepressible Stable provided a long shot winner in the first race Chester was their colorbearer and he defeated a large band in excellent fashion Twelve horses went and Miss Sourire set the pace but when the stretch was reached Chester came fast and forging to the front at midstrctch slowly drew out until at the finish he had a two lengths winning margin Miss Sourire was second best and Golden Colna closed a gap to finish third Several horses suffered in a jam on the far turn and Shoshone was knocked completely out of contention The hard riding apprentice J W Frye was on the winner which paid 2016 2016The The aged campaigner Brunswick fresh from two victories at Tanforan made his first appearance at Aurora in the second race and proceeded to administer a sound trouncing to the large band opposed to him The old gelding which now races in the in ¬ terest of J M Cooper was backed with con ¬ fidence and performed well He appeared to have much of his former early speed and after getting to the front was never headed Sun Dance raced to second place and Atcasa took third thirdWATCII WATCII OX GAMELY GAMELYAnother Another big field went to the post in the third race and the winner turned up in Watch On which races for the Valley Lake Stable Jockey Rideout had the mount and hustled his charge into a good lead in the early stages Watch On shook off Pla ¬ toon in the stretch and though staying in front to the end was forced to a drive to hold Command safe The latter finished fast Keeper was third Watch On was fa ¬ vored and paid 576 The race was over six furlongs furlongsThe The first disqualification of the meeting came with the running of the fourth race when Irish which finished first was sel back for interfering with Salona in the final strides of the contest Salona was awarded first money Vicksburg was placed second and Shift third Jockey R Buckley who rode Irish was suspended by the stewards pending investigation into his foul riding tactics tacticsThe The trouble came as the horses approachct the finish line Irish which had led al the way was on the inside and Salona coming from behind was on the outside The pair were clear of all the others Ten yards from the finish Salona drew up on even terms with Irish and seemed about to pass him when Buckley seemed to case his horse over and bump Salona As the pair collided Salona dropped back fully a neck and was undoubtedly knocked out of first money The stewards called both jockeys Leyland and Buckley into the stand ant after questioning the riders ordered the plac ¬ ing changed changedThe The race was over six furlongs and was the fourth contest of the day over that dis ¬ tance Shift and Salona were the ones to find the most favor and the latter paid 721 Continued on twentieth page LA BELOTTE VICTRESS Continued from first page Another favorite scored in the sixth race when NaniHawaii led for the entire mile and an eighth distance Capably ridden by jockey W Carroll she was under a strong hold in the early stages and had enough left to withstand the final challenge of Semper Felix The latter finished in second place while Aviator was third Seven horses started
