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I AURORA TURF NOTES t «$ § Jockey Bobby Jones, who arrived from j California on Wednesday, swuns; into action at Exposition Park on Thursday when he ! i rode Blackstrap. Jones will ride for the i Btables of James Emery and Emil Denemark during the Chicago season. Jockey Wayne Wright, considered by many to be the pick of the western apprentices, was an arrival. He is under contract to A. A. Baroni, who recently purchased his papers. Wright will not be seen in action at Exposition Park as he drew a ten-day suspension for rough riding at Tanforan on May 11. Fred Crafton is distributing the stake blanks for the Arlington Park meeting. John T. Strite, veteran horseman who has been quite ill for some time, was removed to Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester, Minn. Jockey J. Cavens will leave for Bainbridge Park on Friday. G. H. Neal has the utmost confidence in his apprentice boy, L. Cantrell, who won his first race on Santa Sophia on Wednesday and intends purchasing a few more horses in order to give the lad ample opportunity to Drove his worth. Charles F. Henry, Exposition Park racing secretary, is distributing the stake blanks for Latonia and Bainbridge Park meetings. Jockev H West, who had intended leaving for Bainbridge on Wednesday night, remained over to ride Conrad for Val Crane. He also accepted a couple of other mounts. Jockey Tony Salazar was the riding star at Exposition Park on Wednesday with two i winners. He is now second to jockey King on the list of winning riders. Adams and Hughes have purchased the filly Transgression from E. F. Prichard. Terms were private. She will be trained by W. N. Hughes. Tony Pelleteri, who has several horses in training at Exposition Park, was an arrival 1 from Baltimore Thursday morning. The horses of the Coldstream Stud Stable, thirteen in number, arrived at Washington ■ Park Thursday morning. Hot Tip, a bay colt, by Prince of Wales — My Bet, the property of John E. Hughes, , prominent Chicago attorney, has been i gelded. The stable of John D. Spreckels III., , which recently arrived at Exposition Park ; from Tanforan, will be shipped to Vancouver • in charge of trainer H. E. West. Mr. and I Mrs. Spreckels, who have been visiting here, , left for California Wednesday night. Jockey W. Saunders, who rode his first - winner during the Tanforan meeting and 1 was considered one of the outstanding apprentices . on the coast at the close of the season, arrived in Chicago Wednesday with I the string of his contract employer, L. T. Whitehall. John Morrissey, who visited at the track - yesterday, departed for Kentucky Wednesday . night to pay a short visit. He will return to Chicago Sunday. J. Hoskins claimed Popcorn out of the ; seventh race Wednesday for ,000. J. D. Spreckels III. claimed Love Apple » out of the second race Thursday for ,600.
