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SUPREME SWEET WINS Captures Momence Purse in Fast Sprint at Exposition Park. ♦ Capacity Sets Stiff Pace Until He Tires in Stretch — War Saint Successful in Fourth. 1 AURORA, 111., May 10.— Supreme Sweet, Jhe flashy mare which races for the Superior Stable of W. E. Schmidt, Chicago undertaker, ran a fast five and one-half fur-Songs to win the Momence feature race on todays card at Exposition Park. Racing to the front in the stretch when Capacity be-]gan to tire, the daughter of High Time de-ifeated Portmanteau, an outsider, by a half-Jength, while Blue Day, making his second start in two days, was third. Capacity finished fourth and Paul Bunyan, facing the barrier for the first time this year, was a fast-going fifth. Capacity, which raced to the outside fence in his last appearance, showed little inclination to run out today, and set a stiff pace in the early stages, with Supreme Sweet, Hot Phot and Blue Day close up. In the stretch Capacity began to weaken, and it appeared fes if the race would be between Supreme Sweet, which had taken command an eighth /out, and Blue Day, which was running strongly. The latter, however, lost his jchance when McCoy made the error of taking him to the inside and getting him pocketed when he attempted to get through between Capacity and the ultimate winner, tend Supreme Sweet led to the end. Blue Day, still in close quarters coming to the Wire, was passed by Portmanteau in the final stages. • Supreme Sweet was the favorite, and was k-idden by jockey Jimmy Neel. She paid .40, and ran the distance in 1:06%. » ATTENDANCE LARGE. Cloudy weather prevailed this afternoon, but the track was fast and the fact that it was Ladies Day was responsible for a large attendance. O. L. Foster, whose Love Apple won the first race Monday, again saddled the winner pf the opener when he sent Lerack, a son of Title, to the post. The gelding, carrying •eight pounds more than any of his rivals, fcroke from the outside position and made a show of his opposition, winning in hand after leading most of the way. Sunny Sideup vwas second and Lady Westy third. Crucial rTest, the favorite, was prominent to the final sixteenth, then began to tire. Lerack paid 0.32 and was well ridden by jockey D. Cox. Jockey Toney Salazar and the five-year-jold gelding Thomas Seth proved a winning combination in the second race. The distance was six furlongs, and the winner defeated Fortunate Mann by one length, while Mailliw, with C. King in the saddle, was third. Thomas Seth, well up from the start, collared Scone, the pacemaker, after entering the stretch to draw into a good lead but was doing his best at the end to hold Fortunate Mann, which closed with a rush. Scone, the favorite, dropped back to fourth place after leading to the final furlong. Thomas Seth pair .94. ALAMAE IN FRONT. Alamae, well played in the third race, won that number for owner Bill Cain when she Jed all the way to score over Gypsie Chief. Jockey Tracy Reno had the mount on the successful mare and kept her fairly straight when she attempted to bear out in the stretch. Her winning margin was one length, while Gypsie Chief finished over two lengths before Knockabout. Mrs. Foster, heavily played, again failed her backers, trailing the field most of the way. Thomas Seth and Alamae were the winning horses in the daily double and 221 patrons held tickets which called for 2.86. It was the second largest daily double pool of the meeting, amounting to approximately ,500. War Saint, fresh from several victories in Maryland, made an impressive Exposition Park debut in the fourth race when he led a small band all the way to win. Piloted by jockey C. Critchfield, who was accepting his first mount after a long layoff, because of a broken leg War Saint fairly flew into a long lead soon after the start and saved enough in the early running to enable him to withstand the closing challenge of the favored Come On. The winning margin was a head, and General Court finished third far back of the leaders. The race was at one mile and seventy yards, and the winner 2 aid .06.
