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GOLD STEP EARNS PURSE ♦ Moore Colorbearer Finally Makes Good at Aurora. 1 Bay Rcse, Martie Flynn and Indian Mist Among Days Winners — Several Surprises. — — • AURORA, 111., May 20.— Gold Step, C. W. Moores useful sprinter, after failing several times during the meeting when well backed, finally made good for his supporters when he won the Batavia Purse, a claiming race, which was the best offering on this afternoons program at Exposition Park. Running gamely under the guidance of jockey Jimmy McCoy, he got up to win by a half length from the fast but timid Volta Maid, while Portcodine finished third in the six-horse field. Gold Step was favored and paid .14. Jockey Tony Salazar, usually a reliable rider, got a bad race out of his system astride Portcodine, which was the second choice. He rode as if he could not manage his mount and his move in steering his animal to the rail back of the leaders was about as weak an exhibition of horsemanship as has been seen at the meeting. It was apparent to those in the stands that he could not get through, and it was no surprise when he was shut off and lost all chance. At that he did well to finish third with the interference he met. VOLTA MAID SETS PACE. Volta Maid, running for the first time in a claiming race, sprinted to the front soon after the start and set the pace with Forget Not racing close up, but Gold Step was never far back and gained steadily in the stretch to take the honors. Portcodine was outrun in the early stages and was blocked while making his stretch run. Blue Day, which had many supporters, was never a factor. Summer-like weather was in order again this afternoon, and as it was the last time for many months that ladies will have the advantage of passing through the turnstiles free of charge, a very large crowd was out. The track was fast. Indian Mist, making her first start, showed much speed to win the opening race from a large band of two-year-olds. With jockey Reno in the saddle, she dashed to the front rounding the first turn and, after interfering with several horses, took a good lead and lasted to win narrowly from Lady Westy, while Anna Adelia was a close up third. Indian Mist is a daughter of Cherokee — Mistress Quickly and races in the colors of Aarons and Weil, Chicago turfmen. She paid 5.64, and ran the five-eighths in 1:00%. AGNES SOREL SCORES. Jockey R. G. Cooper rode Agnes Sorel to victory for his mother, Mrs. R. Cooper, in the second race. The filly, which had been threatening in previous starts, came fast on the outside in the stretch to get to the front in the last sixteenth and hold Noels Dress, the second horse. Precede, after being off slowly, staged a game finish to be third. The public flocked to the support of Mor-heart, a western sprinter in the race, but that filly was never dangerous and finished in the ruck. Agnes Sorel paid 2.00. Bay Rose, victorious in the third race, scored one of the most popular wins of the day. The filly was heavily backed and jockey C. King made no mistakes. The boy had her off quickly and, after leading Amour by a narrow margin to the stretch, drew away to win in hand. Normahal, an outsider, got up in time to take second place from Amour. It was the twentieth victory of the meeting for Jockey C. King, leading rider at Exposition Park. Bay Rose paid .10, and the distance was three-quarters of a mile. The daily double, made up of Agnes Sorel and Bay Rose, paid 4.66. The veteran Martie Flynn, always a favorite with Chicago racegoers, carried the silks of Stuyvesant Peabody to victory in the fourth race. Martie Flynn was the natural favorite and retained that standing until the final few minutes of the wagering, when a flood of money appeared for Calgary Kay, which sent the price on the veteran soaring. The best that Calgary Kay could do, however, was to finish second to the gelding, Continued on thirty-sixth page. GOLD STEP EARNS PURSE Continued from first page. being beaten by a nose. Essential was third. Both Martie Flynn and Calgary Kay came from behind in the stretch after Premeditate had set the pace, and Calgary Kay was gaining on the winner at the finish. Because of the plunge on Calgary Kay, the winner paid 2.46. Jockey King was in the saddle, and it was his second straight victory.
