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LADIES DAY AT AURORA » Tannery Scores Easy Victory in Handicap Over Portmanteau. » Favorite Players Have Big Day With Four Out of Five Winners in Early Races. • AURORA, 111., May 17.— Tannery, five-year-old chestnut son of Ballot, won his first race of the Chicago season when he carried top weight and came from behind to beat a small but good band in the six-furlong handicap which headed todays program at Exposition Park. After permitting Supreme Sweet and Portmanteau to outrun him until mid-stretch was reached, he set sail from that point and, easily passing them in the run to the finish, won by over two lengths. Portmanteau outgamed Supreme Sweet for second place. A field of six started in the race. Tannery and Supreme Sweet were about equal choices going to the post, while Sherab, the English colt, was fairly well backed. Supreme Sweet took command at the start, to be followed by Portmanteau around the first turn and into the stretch. The field was fairly well divided as they straightened out for the run home, but with Supreme Sweet tiring in the last eighth and Portmanteau doing little better than holding his own, Tannery rushed down the outside to an easy victory. Sherab, making his second start in this country, ran a good race. Jockey King got him off rather slowly and was in trouble on the far turn, but Sherab showed game-ness and speed when clear and was running gamely at the finish. WEATHER CLEAR. Favorite players had a field day this afternoon. No less than four of the first five winners were well backed public choices. The weather was clear and the track fast. It was another Ladies Day, and, as usual on such occasions, the attendance was good. So confident were the fans that Copley Square, a two-year-old daughter of Bos-tonian, would graduate from the maiden ranks in the first race that they made her an odds-on favorite in a twelve-horse field of non-winners. To show that she justified their confidence, the filly won by five lengths, in hand, after having been jostled in the early running. The young miss, which races for J. H McCoole, began in front, but several outran her and she was in sixth place at the stretch turn. She came fast in the run home, however, to get to the front in the last eighth and win in hand. Toxey finished second and Fair Mole was third. Copley Square paid .60. Another favorite got home in front when Andromeda won the second race. The mare gave her backers some cause for worry in the early stages, but came fast in the stretch under hard riding by Arcaro and got up in time. Noels Dress, an outsider, was a fast going second and Thomas Seth a tiring third. Thomas Seth set the pace and raced the highly regarded Red Vest into defeat but tired near the end. The race was over six furlongs and Andromeda paid .20. TEWSENELDA BEST. The favorites finally fell by the wayside in the third race, and the finish found three long shots fighting it out for the honors. Tewsenelda was the winner by a nose from Bellarion, while Golden Light was third, a short distance back. Bellarion and Golden Light were slow to begin, and after gaining steadily, passed the others in the final eighth, but after Bellarion had forged slightly to the front, Tewsenelda came along to get up in time. Jockey King, who was astride Bellarion, seemed to lack some of his usual vim in this race, although the horse showed a greatly improved effort. Tewsenelda paid 4.58 to win and 01.66 to complete the "Daily Double," as he was coupled with Andromeda, the second winner. Sunny Sideup, winner of the fourth race, was the dys third successful favorite. The filly defeated a large band of maiden two-year-olds in the fourth race, and in doing so boosted jockey Kings total of winning mounts at the meeting to eighteen. King performed well with the winner. He permitted her to follow the pace of Monks Bela to the last furlong, then sent her forward to take command approaching the finish and win going away. Monks Bela, making her first start of the meeting, showed fine early speed, but may have been a trifle short. Friend John was third. The raceywas over five furlongs.
