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VICTORY FOR CORBEAU i. — ■ — " Son of St. Rock Carries Dunn Col- ors to Victory. ♦ Jockey Hendricks Takes Saddle Honors of Day With Two Win- ners — Track Improving. . I t AURORA, 111., May 19.— The Yorkville , Claiming Purse was the principal offering on todays card. This tected seven of the J useful type distance performers over one j mile and seventy yards. Mrs. F. C. Dunns ; Corbeau was an easy winner when he I reached the end four lengths in advance J of Gay Bird, which outfinished Long John . to take second place. ] The victor, capably ridden by Loney Hen-dricks, who was on his second winner in . succession, followed the early leader under restraint, and it was not until they had traversed three-quarters of the distance that the son of St. Rock was called upon for . an increase in speed. As soon as Hendricks ; urged him, he went outside the leaders with rapid strides and, after passing Hasola, drew , away to win well in hand. Gay Bird, which raced to second place under a strong ride by apprentice Eddie Brasfield, came again after giving way briefly in the stretch . but he was by no means a threat to the : winner, which was only cantering. However, | he had no difficulty taking second by eight , lengths from Long John, which also came with a belated rush after being headed in , the stretch. Spinning Way and Happy Lad came in for liberal support, but at no time did they , give evidence of being able to keep pace with the ones that shared in the purse. Hasola appeared dangerous when he dashed to the front after passing the half-mile ground, but his stay in the coveted position was short lived as the winner supplanted him and then he gave way badly to finish sixth in the field of seven. A EXPECTED FAST TRACK. Heavy rains of the morning drenched the track, which was heavy for the racing but was improving rapidly under the hot sun of the afternoon, and unless track superintendent Placides Figerios statement is misleading, the track will be nearly fast for Saturdays program. One of the largest crowds of the meeting will witness the sport. Maiden juveniles opened the program with a dash of four and one-half furlongs, and Candle Fly made a show of her opponents when she led her rivals to the end by eight lengths. Jockey J. Comingore, who had the mount, failed to be perturbed when Candle Fly failed to keep pace during the early racing, but after the field straightened for the run home he brought her up on the outside and after shaking her up mildly she came through with improved speed and wore down the leaders to win cantering. Grand Flight, which raced to the place, was under pressure throughout and giving a good, game performance landed in second place, half a length in advance of Gold Rose, which gave way badly after leading to the final eighth. N. K. Beal saddled the winner of the second race when Knowledge earned graduation over eight other maidens, which met at five and one-half furlongs. The winner, slightly outrun for a half mile, moved up determinedly thereafter and caught the leaders in the stretch. After a brief duel with Sid Lea he drew out to win by two lengths. Sid Lea was strongly favored to take major honors, but was not good enough to ward off defeat when Knowledge moved up with his rush and faltered badly under punishment in his failure. However, he gave his admirers some encouragement by leading to the final eighth, where the victor sped by him. Sewing Girl, which had been absent from competition for nearly two years, showed a good performance in her initial appearance and while she could do no better than third her effort was a creditable one. The successful trio had the race between them after going a half mile. IMPROVED PERFORMANCE. More Anon, a recent graduate from the maiden class and which was downed by a lowly tribe last out, came back with a good effort today and made amends for his disappointing effort in his previous engagement. He had speed throughout and, after being supplanted by Mrs. Let in the stretch, came again to win going away from a much better band than he met Monday. Mrs. Let offered the strongest opposition for the winner, forcing the pace to the stretch. She moved up gamely and went into the lead, but it was apparent that jockey Richard had plenty left and was probably biding his time to keep from winning too decisively. After permitting Mrs. Let to set the pace for a sixteenth, he roused More Anon and, with a ready response, the Haughton gelding sped past her to win by a length. Miss Hutcheson gave her usual game performance when she came from a rearward position to account for third money. Helen Green tired badly after racing prominently for a half. Wild Dreams, which made a show of his opponents last out, failed to be a contender, trailing the field for the entire distance. An ordinary band of sprinters furnished the contest in the fourth race, which engaged six over five and one-half furlongs. Donday was the winner and the strong ride given him by apprentice Loney Hendricks * played an important part in the final result. Outrun to the stretch, the Marone color-bearer moved up gradually and, as the horses made their way through the final stages, he showed improved speed when punished, challenged Val J. for the lead and, after a brisk duel, got to the front to win going away. Val J. was a prominent factor from the start and looked all over a winner a sixteenth out, but Donday responded gamely to punishment and disposed of him near the end.
