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CAPTAIN RED TRIUMPHS Apprentice Paul Keester Shares Aurora Spotlight With Winner Vin Noir Stumbles and Falls Soon SoonAfter After Start of Feature Favor Favorites ites Have Off Day AURORA 111 May 3 The colors of C E Davison and the riding of apprentice Paul Keester were outstanding among the highlights of Aurora racing Thursday when Captain Red in accounting for the St Charles Claiming Purse made it a double for the stable and the promising apprentice who had his first winning mount Wednes ¬ day when he piloted Annan to victory De f ier raced to second place and third went to Celtic Prince which was making his first start of the season seasonThe The race was marred considerably when Vin Noir which was second choice in the race was eliminated early by a mishap in which he stumbled and fell throwing jockey R G Cooper violently but the rider escaped with a bruised shoulder and a slight abra ¬ sion to one of his eyes j The start was almost perfect and the alert J Guerra sent Defier into a long lead and he continued well to midway in the stretch when he began to tire and it was no task for Captain Red to speed past him into the lead which he increased in the final stages to finish with a two lengths margin while Defier had no trouble holding Celtic Prince safe for second place placeFavorites Favorites fared badly in the early stages and it was up to the aged Hot Shot to break the winning streak of the outsiders when he scored a handy victory in the fourth race raceIPEAL IPEAL WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDITIONSAnother Another ideal day prevailed for the sport and the attendance was up to the usual proportions proportionsHot Hot Shot was the first favorite of the day to reward his backers when apprentice Paul Keester brought him to the finish a head in advance of Toltec which gave an improved performance to account for second money while third went to Le Flore FloreBaptism Baptism under the alert R Cheatham was the first to show out of the bunch when the start came and he showed the way for the first quarter but Hot Shot was right after him and before leaving the back stretch headed the Harned representative but could not attain a clear margin as Bap ¬ tism held on determinedly after relinquish ¬ ing the lead As they turned for home Bap ¬ tism dropped back and it was Toltec that moved into the runnerup position and chal ¬ lenged boldly as he drew up alongside the winner but Hot Shot was in a running mood and not to be denied and stuck to his task outfinishing Toltec But for the great amount of ground Le Flore lost he might have been a much stronger contender contenderJODA JODA BY WIDE MARGIN MARGINJoda Joda a strapping daughter of Ormont and Ashton Girl racing for Lloyd Bros and Crook made a runaway of the first race when she outspeeded six others of her age over the four and onehalf furlongs course Running the distance in 54 she won by the decisive margin of six lengths Annie N which finished second furnished the only contention the winner encountered and within striking distance to the final length she tired and dropped back and while over ¬ matched by the winner was easily best of the favored Margies Doll which finished in third place placeThe The second race at threequarters re ¬ sulted in a driving finish when Prince Dun royal came from behind to get away with honors leading home the rank outsider Catch On Radiation another that was held in light esteem and six others which in ¬ cluded Bismarck Blonde Baggage and Blind Puss a trio which was well backed but not good enough to share in the purse purseAnother Another first time starter registered when Clinton a daughter of Bubbling Over and under the popular colors of the Harned Brothers carried on successfully in the third race which engaged a band of maidens for a dash of threequarters The winner crossed the line of finish threequarters of a length to the good showing the way to Slip Knot while Theorem closed in third place Continued on twentyeighth page CAPTAIN RED TRIUMPHS Continued from first page Due to impressive morning trials the win ¬ ner attracted smart support and while mak ¬ ing good for his admirers he won under strong pressure wearing down Slip Knot in the closing stages All Night the favorite failed to reach a contending position throughout the running and finished sev ¬ enth enthJimmie Jimmie L strong favorite for the sixth race made good for his backers when he drove to the end a length and onehalf in front of Binding Time and third fell to Bag Smasher which downed Thomas Seth in decisive fashion fashionThis This was the second winner for apprentice C Rollins and he gave the victor a clever ride to land him in front Taking his mount under reserve when Haber sent Binding Time to the front he overhauled the Cos tello filly in the stretch to win going away awayMrs Mrs A K Miller added Our Sandy to her stable when she acquired the fiveyear old at private terms from M J Ayers AyersJ J H Henry and D E Froggatte are others that donned the colors for the first time at the mcetng mcetngPeter Peter B Carey chairman of the Illinois Racing Commission was a visitor Wednes ¬ day and was well pleased with the manner in which the racing was conducted Mr Carey is also the president of the Chicago Board of Trade TradeKing King Today the only horse R M Boyens has in his charge at present and which he trains for his wife Mrs R M Boyens was unloaded at Exposition Park having made the trip from Houston Texas Sam Holman and J J OByrne well known horsemen got in from Maryland with their horses
