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PLATER DAY PROGRAM Cheaper Grade of Horses Furnish Sport at Exposition Park Irfaneh Defeats Best Field of ofDay Day in Fourth Race Gib Gibbons bons Wins Again AURORA III May 13 Todays program at Aurora was lacking in a special feature Shut the platers that furnished the contests provided some satisfactory sport The best field of the afternoon started in the fourth race which was a six furlongs sprint and Trianon making her first start of the meet ¬ ing won by a length from Shift Christie Flanagan was third Big Chief was a big disappointment in this race He was backed into favoritism but jockey Frye who had the mount did not seem strong enough to handle the gelding and he raced all over the track to finish fourth fourthChristie Christie Flanagan acted badly at the bar ¬ rier but after beginning in the rear soon dashed to the front and opened up a good lead On the final turn he was still in front with Irfaneh in close attendance and Shift third In the last furlong Christie Flanagan began to tire and Irfaneh and Shift moved up The pair took the lead away from Christie Flanagan in the last sixteenth and fought a hard duel to the wire but Irfaneh was best and scored under hard riding ridingWith With the withdrawal of Prickly Heat early in the afternoon only eight horses were left in the race The winner was ridden by jockey Carroll CarrollPLEASANT PLEASANT WEATHEH WEATHEHThe The pleasant weather continued today and tjie track though rain fell last night had dried out and was at its best When it is taken into consideration that this was an offday the attendance was good goodRadio Radio Service was an easy winner of the opening race He defeated Troubanova one of the field group by five lengths while Na Zdar finished third The winner was never far from the pace and showed fine speed in galloping past the early leaders in the stretch Na Zdar and Calcite set the place but both tired Grey Gull the favor ¬ ite disappointed his supporters once more and was never a contender It was the first victory of the meeting for jockey Ross who rode Radio Service It was a six fur ¬ longs contest and twelve horses started startedThose Those two veteran campaigners Gibbons and Brunswick matched strides in the second race and Gibbons proved best It was a six furlongs affair and Gibbons showing the most speed away from the barrier set a fast pace He was closely followed by Watch On in the early stages while Brunswick was close up Brunswick saved ground at the stretch turn and challenged courageously in the last sixteenth but the winner was game and lasted to score by a neck Regardless of the fact that Gibbons won his previous race in very fast time he was neglected by the form players in the wagering today and paid 1128 He was capably ridden by jockey Mulrooney Beau Aspin which threw his rider before the start ran with the others and interfered with several horses including Sandy Hatch on which there was a last minute plunge Jockey Logan who rode Beau Aspin was unhurt unhurtATJXT ATJXT DEB CKADUATES CKADUATESAunt Aunt Deb a fleet fill which races for the estate of I 13 Clark made a show of the large band of twoyearold maidens that started in the third race She raced as if much the best and went to the front in the stretch to win easily It was Aunt Debs first start of the meeting and the third of her career Sugarland another newcomer finished second and Belbane which set the early pace lasted to be third Two sup ¬ posedly good things Allegretto and Chehalis were away slowly and badly outrun all the way wayTorch Torch romped away with the purse in the fifth race The Sansone horse was much the best and after taking a good early lead galloped along in advance of the oth ¬ ers all the way to win easily Faddy and Bumpsie Ray staged a hard fight for second place and the former was successful in tak ¬ ing that award The race was over one mile and a sixteenth and the winner was ridden by jockey T Romano who was re ¬ cently suspended for rough riding Ro ¬ mano is contract rider for the Sansone Stable StableOmrah Omrah was forced to be the best horse to win the sixth race After beginning slowly and being shut off at the halfmile post he came again to win going away Second money went to Kentucky Babe which acted as the pacemaker while Mary McCIain fin ¬ ished third The winner was fairly well backed backedLi Li G Bed well got in from Maryland with the horses Cottage Boy and Borough Mon ¬ ger gerM M S Powell arrived from Maryland with five head They will race for the Narvoo Stable
