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AURORAfiuri AGA RAY WINS THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY AT AURORA fiuri lull fi Illu I iilliU u 1 luilUll 1 f iv 1 Ull 1 fil riUllvlifi SPECTACULAR FINISH Defeats Pharatime After Thrilling Contest to Score by a Neck Pollys Folly Surprise in Taking TakingMeasure Measure of Celtic Prince Foxy FoxyQuiller Quiller by Wide Margin AURORA 111 May 8 Aga Ray consist ¬ ent son of Aga Khan and Ex Ray which races for Paul Kelley chalked up his third successive win when he accounted for the Elgin Claiming Purse best race on Tuesdays Aurora program Joseph Cattarinichs Phara ¬ time raced to second place and third went to Morning Cry CryThe The Elgin was the best race on an unat ¬ tractive program and engaged six of the better threeyearolds for five and onehalf furlongs In gaining his conquest the win ¬ ner was forced to the extreme to down Pharatime leading the latter to the imagi ¬ nary wire by a neck while Morning Cry was four lengths farther back backThe The start was delayed to some extent when Morning Cry refused to line up but after unseating W Lowe she took her place and Wingfield effected a good start Lady La Marne was the first to show out of the pack but was closely followed by Aga Ray which was under restraint as he indulged her in the pacemaking As they made the turn Lady La Marne increased her advan ¬ tage and was going well under steadying reserve but as they came to the final eighth Harbort called upon his mount and he read ¬ ily supplanted her drew away and con ¬ tinued well to the final sixteenth where Pharatime moved to him with a belated rush and while the latter cut into his margin he could not overhaul him and finished a neck in the wake of the winner winnerSKIES SKIES OVERCAST OVERCASTAnother Another good crowd was on hand to wit ¬ ness the sport Skies were overcast through ¬ out the day and the threat of rain failed to materialize materializeCeltic Celtic Prince favorite for the fourth race broke the string of winning favorites when he bowed in defeat to Pollys Folly which came from behind the pace to get away with honors while Well Built another of the lag jards closed an immense gap to finish in third place with the fractious Golden Glitter leading home Pomparagon and Mayco which rounded out the field of six which answered the call for the threequarters test testThe The start was delayed considerably when Golden Glitter refused to remain in the stalls and became so unmanageable that she un ¬ seated jockey Tinker After many unsuc ¬ cessful attempts to have her break from a stall the starter had him placed on the out ¬ side where he was forced to break a length behind the others He did this and possessed enough speed to gain a clear advantage be ¬ fore the horses had traveled an eighth of a mile mileCELTIC CELTIC PRINCE BUMPED BUMPEDContinuing Continuing in front while Celtic Prince forced him along at top speed the two lead ¬ ers dominated the running As Celtic Prince moved to even terms Tinker forced him out several times with intermittent bumping and impeding his progress for which Tinker drew a tenday suspension As Golden Glit ¬ ter and Celtic Prince fought it out stub ¬ bornly Pollys Folly was gaining gradually and overhauling them drew out fast in the closing stages Well Built which finished third turned in a smashing performance coming from a long way back to garner that part of the purse pursePompous Pompous Genie strapping son of Genia and Pompana Girl scored his second con ¬ secutive victory when he carried the popular Dixiana colors into first place in the open ¬ ing race which brought out half a dozen juveniles over the four and onehalf fur ¬ longs course After acting fractious at the post and becoming so unmanageable that he unseated H Tinker he finally was brought into line and when the start came broke in good order It was no time before he was in front and was never in danger thereafter winning in hand by a length and onehalf Benediction was closest to the victor finish ¬ ing half a length in advance of Mabel Krasa the third horse Spicate was the supposedly Continued on twentyfifth page AGA RAY WINS THIRD THIRDSTRAIGHT STRAIGHT AT AURORA Continued from first page good thing in this race but he was never a strong factor factorThe The second race resulted in a local victory when the Shandon Farms Ashen was an easy winner over six others of his age from the maiden class The victor attracted a strong play with the result he was favorite when he went postward Donna Bettina chased the winner across the line of fin ¬ ish two and onehalf lengths separating them Then came Joe Geary to nose out Unbelief for third money Probably humili ¬ ated by the defeat by a greyhound in his last engagement Joe Geary took a brace today and showed improved speed to share in the purse purseOne One of the fastest races of the meeting was recorded in the third when Foxy Quil ler sped over the threequarters negotiating the distance in 112 flat and won in a can ¬ ter by six lengths This stretched the string of winning favorites to three in as niany races Beginning in front the victor sprint ¬ ed into a commanding lead and as he turned for home increased his margin with ease to six lengths which he maintained to the end Miss Chilla made a futile effort to keep pace with the winner but was found want ¬ ing and gave way to Oziti after the first quarter but he too found the task too exacting and gave way to the rush of the former when she came again in the final stages Flying Don was eliminated at the start when taken up sharply for no appar ¬ ent reason reasonJane Jane Packard became a double winner at the meeting when she romped to an easy victory in the sixth race which engaged five of the useful type distance performers for a test of a mile Temple Dancer held lightly by the players finished in second place two and onehalf lengths back and a neck in front of Dispatcher which nosed out Theorem for third thirdThe The winner was never seriously threat ¬ ened after the first quarter in which she raced the highly regarded Clinton into de ¬ feat and then drew away to win under mild restraint The performance of Clin ¬ ton was rather shocking to his backers for after racing in the first three for a half mile he failed to keep up and was far back of the successful trio when PTlfl thePTlfl they reached the
