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JTCROWD AT AURORAl Ladies Day and Weather Results in Large Attendance. 1 War Glow Makes It Two Straight in Piano Purse — Jockey King Breaks Hoodoo Number. i : AURORA. 111.. May 13.— War Glow, a recent winner at Exposition Park in fast time, gave another good exhibition of speed when he was easily victorious in the Piano Purse. a high priced claiming race which featured the "Hoodoo Day" program at the Aurora course today. The son of War Cry ran five and a half furlongs this afternoon in 1:08 to defeat Portcodine by two lengths, but it ,was the last time that he will perform in the silks of J. D. Mikel a6 he was claimed by O. L. Foster for ,600. Mikel claimed the animal at Tanforan for ,000. and has won two purses with him at the Aurora [track. Gold Step finished third in todays race, while Blue Day, Nyack and Durva were unplaced. Jockey C. King broke the jinx of thirteen winners with which he started the day of Friday the 13th by piloting the colt, and he rode with extreme confidence. He sent War Glow to the front soon after the start and, although not punishing him. allowed ,him to run freely to the finish. Both Portcodine and Gold Step made game efforts in the long stretch, but did not threaten seriously. The remaining trio were outrun all the way. War Glow was a well-backed favorite and paid .30. STANDING ROOM ONLY. Because of the fact that it was Ladies Day and summerlike weather was in order, the largest crowd of the week attended. Standing room only was the order of conditions in the grandstand, with very little of that while the races were being run. The track was fast. Astute, a gelded son of Wise Counsellor — Lady Brown, won the first race in handy fashion. The contest was fashioned for maiden three-year-olds and Astute, starting for the third time, moved to the front after going a quarter and opened up a long lead, never to be headed. Bag o Roses was a fast going second, coming from far back, while Ivan W. took down third money. Astute is owned by E. H. Langlois and he was ridden by J. Hernandez. He paid 2.16. Lillian Z., a chestnut filly by Pennant, went to the front in the early stages of the second race to lead to the end and pay 3.82. The two-year-old filly drew the outside post position in the five-furlong encounter, but the veteran jockey Leyland got her off quickly, and she took a good lead on the first turn, never to be headed. Principality raced to second place, and Friend John was third. Favorites fared poorly in the race. Go Easy and Boston Common being outrun all the way. Twelve maiden two-year-olds went postward. AQUAPLANE SURPRISES. Aquaplane, a six-year-old horse belonging to Stuyvesant Peabody, made his first start of the year in the third race and surprised the spectators by scoring. Sprinting to the front on the outside soon after the start, he was hustled along by jockey Arcaro and retained a good margin to the end. Old Kick-apoo finished second and Anne L. was third. Aquaplane was coupled in the field with J. George and Falmouth Belle and paid 3.14. As no tickets were sold in the Daily Double" on the combination of Lillian Z. and Aquaplane, holders of "Daily Double" tickets beginning with Lillian Z. and holders of tickets ending with Aquaplane shared in the pay-off. Jockey C. King made it a double for the day when he won the fifth race with Donna Dear, the favorite. The filly, victim of a poor ride lust time out, was ably ridden by the leading apprentice and, saving all possible ground, got up in time to beat Lapidary in a driving finish. Lapidary held on well after showing good speed in pacemak-ing, while Popcorn, the second choice, was a good third. The distance was one and a sixteenth miles. The finish of the sixth race was a tight fit between Tack and Who Win, and the [Continued, on twenty-eighth page. BIG CROWD AT AURORA Continued from first page. former, because of a good ride on the part of jockey R. Montgomery, got the decision by a nose. Montgomery followed the pace closely with his mount and handled him nicely when it came to a drive. Southland Boy was a fast going third, while Starch, the favorite, was shut off many times but finished fast.
