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BOY VALET QUALIFIES Makes Good as Prospective Candi ¬ date for Impending Derby Easily Accounts for Governors Han ¬ dicap Saturdays Feature at Aurora 12000 Present AURORA 111 May 19 Boy Valet sterl ¬ ing son of Black Servant racing in the col ¬ ors of W C Stroube of Corsicana Texas qualified handsomely for the impending Illi ¬ nois Derby when under an impost of 113 pounds he was an easy winner of the Gov ¬ ernors Handicap outstanding offering on Saturdays Aurora program H C McCon nells Dogmata another Candidate for the Aurora classic raced to second place two lengths behind the winner and one and one half in advance of J D Mikels Gaillardia which closed in third place a head in front of the Shandon Farms Minton Loggia and Wild Turkey which made up the field of six sixThe The winner raced in last place for the opening quarter while Loggia set a fast early pace reeling off the opening quarter in 23 and went to the half in 47 with Dogmata racing in close pursuit Gaillardia was under steadying restraint racing in third place placeAs As they made the approach to the stretch Eddie Arcaro sent the winner up on the inside with a rush and lucky to find racing room he mowed the opposition down with ease Once in the van he drew out to win decisively Dogmata which continued in sec ¬ ond place had no difficulty holding Gail ¬ lardia safe while the latter was under strong pressure to outlast Minton when he closed with a rush rushAfter After giving way to Boy Valet Loggia eventually faded out of contention and fin ¬ ished fifth and then was sent out one mile and oneeighth which she completed in 156 The winner also was sent out an extra quarter to finish the mile in 142 pulled up upExcellent Excellent weather prevailed and was in ¬ strumental in luring a crowd of about 12000 to the course to witness the racing which was conducted over a fast track Favorites fared badly in the early racing the only one to vindicate the judgment of the players being Fountain and his victory was one of the closest of the meeting when he beat Golden Storm by inches inchesEight Eight of the inferior type sprinters an ¬ swered the call for the first race which re ¬ sulted in an upset when King Faro strongly Continued on thirtyfourth page BOY VALET QUALIFIES fCottiiued rom irst page backed favorite failed and submitted to Montaris which graduated from the maid ¬ en class when she led home the former and six others over the five and onehalf fur ¬ longs course courseThe The threequarters second race provided one of those thrilling finishes when Foun ¬ tain and Golden Storm came to the end noses apart while Nigger Beck accounted for third R Tilden gave the winner a sterling ride to land him in front as all through the final eighth his mount was tir ¬ ing badly He worked on him vigorously to keep him going to the end to gain his narrow victory The race was marred when Fairyman met with a mishap at the start when he almost went to his knees and be ¬ ing far out of contention after recovering McCray just galloped after the others othersMrs Mrs Jess Burks Maximum upset calcula ¬ tions in the third when he scored an unex ¬ pected victory over Valley Radiation and four others that raced five and onehalf fur ¬ longs longsPolyphote Polyphote was favored to win but as in her last engagement she failed dismally but this time did get to the front and de ¬ spite the strong riding of Arcaro failed to keep up and dropped back until she was last in the field of seven After disposing of Polyphote McCray sent Valley to the front and she carried on with good success to the final eighth where the winner came with a rush and easily passed her to win decisively decisivelyApprentice Apprentice Otto Harbort rode his second winner when he piloted O Livingstons Gul felano to victoiy in the fourth race another threequarters dash which engaged eight of the inferior type Transbird raced to second place and third went to Sister Mary which was making her first start in several months The popular Davison mare at ¬ tracted much support supportWith With the filling of this engagement Phan tasime ran her last race for the Roseheim Stable when she broke her left front leg at the knee while on the turn and was de ¬ stroyed Droit gave more evidence of his bolting when while leading approaching the stretch he went to the outside fence which eliminated him from contention contentionThere There was no question of Transbird being best in this for after leaving the post far in the wake of his opponents he closed an immense gap and came to the end a half length behind the winner
