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AURORA MEETING CONFLICTS . WITH LINCOLN FIELDS - : rffc A v TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 3 Exposition Park Management Announces Clash of Thirteen Days. Monks Star Lucky Winner Over Timorous in Fridays Main Race at Hawthorne. CICERO, 111., Aug. 19. Exposition Park, Aurora, will run in conflict, for thirteen days, with Lincoln Fields, beginning September 3 and ending September 17, it was announced today in a telegram from Ed Carruthers, general manager of the Fox River Valley track. In announcing these dates, Aurora ignores the Illinois Turf Associations schedule as drawn up last winter. Aurora, at that meeting, was awarded nineteen days in October. Carruthers did not reveal the size of the Aurora purses nor the names of his officials, nor did he comment upon the possible effect this conflict of major tracks would have upon racing in Chicago. Aurora, earlier this year, was forced to run against Sportsmans Park, the half mile track which is not a member of the association. It is understood the Aurora track officials did not care for another such experience, but chose to conflict with Lincoln Fields, which is farther by train from the loop. Carruthers will return to Chicago tomorrow from Ionia, Mich., where he is connected with a state fair. If Aurora goes through with its new dates, it will mark the first break in the Illinois Turf Association since its inception seven years ago. CICERO, 111., Aug. 19. Eight fairly good two-year-olds met in the Minnetonka, only allowance race on todays program at Hawthorne and Monks Star, racing coupled with Annie Ormont as the Wood F. Axton entry, was victorious. Despite the fact that the daughter of Monks Way won by four lengths, she was fortunate in receiving the award and many in the crowd of six thousand that attended were of the opinion a disqualification would have been justified. Monks Star, after leading from the start, came over sharply on Timorous, the favorite, when the latter attempted to get through on the inside on the stretch turn, ruining the chances of the Creech filly, which seemed just about to get to the front. Timorous came again and was second, while Tabaku finished third. "HARD LUCK" HORSE. Timorous, a short priced choice, earned the right to be classed as the champion "hard luck" horse of the meeting by todays incident. Last time out the filly was almost knocked through the fence by Chuck B., for : which jockey Ellsworth, rider of the latter, drew a ten-day suspension and this afternoon jockey Corbett, rider of Monks Star, received a like sentence from the stewards, i Jockey Salazar, rider of Timorous, com-; plained of the interference at the conclusion of the contest, but the official sign was flashed and the result allowed to stand. Timorous was in trouble soon after the : start when she was caught in close quarters, but worked her way out of the back stretch and, after leaving the back stretch, had clear sailing. Jockey Salazar, seeing an opening on the inside of Monks Star, the pacemaker, on the stretch turn, took a chance on having the coveted ground and sent his mount in. Just as she was within a neck of Monks Star and apparently on her way to victory, the Axton filly came over and Salazar had to snatch his mount up to keep from falling. Timorous then dropped back to third place, but came to the outside and bested Tabaku for second money in the run to the wire. Monks Star i took a good lead after interfering with Tim-i orous and won by four lengths. 1 The weather was quite cool today and the card was but ordinary, nevertheless a good i sized crowd was in attendance. The track i was fast. The alert lightweight rider, jockey M. I Lewis, again rode the winner of the opening I race when he piloted Gertrude L. to victory. The lad, who rode the long-priced Oziti to victory in ,the initial encounter Thursday, Continued on twenty-second paaej. , TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 3 Continued from first page. had Gertrude L. off in front and the filly showed no signs of weakening, winning by a wide margin. Mrs. Nancy, which has been well backed many times, was the medium of a play again this afternoon, but could not do any better than finish second, while High Explosive was third. Gertrude L. was but mildly supported and it was her maiden victory. The distance was five and one-half furlongs. The finish of the second race was a tight fit between La Salle, an outsider, and Alt-mark, one of the favorites. La Salle, representing the Shandon Farm, won the race by inches after Altmark had led to the final strides. A field of twelve went postward and Altmark went to the front soon after the start to open up a good lead. Meanwhile La Salle was gaining slowly and, although Altmark held on well when put to a drive near the finish, he was not good enough. Hopefield, an outsider, finished third. Oil Queen was the medium of a heavy play, but she was caught in close quarters after the start and could not get up. Jockey T. P. Martin was on the winner. Tiy Some, the favorite in the third race, ran as if best and had no trouble scoring. The black colt was sent to the front by jockey Allen after half of the three-quarters distance had been completed and showed the way to the end to finish well in advance of Guide Right, which, in turn, defeated Hamilton by a narrow margin for second place. Shasta Bullet, running in four bandages, was a tiring fourth. Conditions of the race attracted a field of twelve. Hillsborough, short priced favorite, scored his second victory of the meeting when, under a good ride by apprentice J. Lane, he defeated a small but capable field in the fifth race. Although Hillsborough was best, some credit should go to his rider for a cool exhibition of horsemanship. The lad refused to become excited when Islam moved up to head his mount on the far turn, letting, his charge out just enough to keep stride for stride with the Howard color-bearer, flicked Hillsborough with his whip in the stretch, and the colt drew out to win by over two lengths. Islam finished second, well in advance of Martie Flyrih. The distance of the race was one and one-sixteenth miles, and Hillsborough, which was racing for Abe Bartelstein, was the second favorite df the afternoon to win. He was claimed by Mrs. M. Eslick. for ,000.
