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PUNS FOR ILLINOIS DERBY No Extra Charge for Admission and All Badges Will Be Honored Half of Probable Sixteen Starters on the theGrounds Grounds With Others Due Either EitherSunday Sunday or Monday AURORA 111 May 19 General manager Robert S Eddy Jr announced today that there would be no extra charge Derby Day and that all complimentary badges would be honored He also stated that there would be no reserved seats in the grandstand ex ¬ cept the boxes which are all reserved for that day dayShipments Shipments of the outoftown candidates have begun and the first of the invaders will probably be on the grounds this after ¬ noon when William Sachsenmaiers Plight and Indian Salute arrive from Churchill and for which stalls were bedded down this morning J W Parrishs New Deal is an other that is en route and it is understood he is making the trip by van C T Fishers Mata Hari and Our Sailor are due to entrain at Detroit after the last race today H P Headleys Thomasville has a reservation in the car with the Dixiana horses This trio will probably reach Exposition Park Sunday morning No word has been received from A C Schwartz or M L Schwartz and if Gay Monarch and Identify are to fill their engagements in the stake they will prob ¬ ably be loaded for Chicago Sunday It is possible that J W Y Martin may send Law Suit with the Detroit shipment if he decides to start his colt The Audley Farms Gallant Mac and Joseph Cattarinichs Pharatime are definitely declared out and while the Audley Farm has no representa ¬ tive CattarJnich will pin his hope on his good filly Loggia LoggiaThe The result of the Illinois Derby will prob ¬ ably have some bearing on the impending American Derby which will be run at Wash ¬ ington Park and there might be a dark horse loom out of the horizon such as Reveille Boy and Plight might be the one to bear out this assertion assertionAshen Ashen one of the Shandon Farms candi ¬ dates went through an impressive trial this morning in preparation for the big race when he turned a mile and an eighth the Derby distance in 154 with his weight up and jockey R Heigle in the saddle The colt a strapping individual and a son of Ladkin and Golden Lassie went the distance at a nice even gait when he reeled off the initial quarter in 25 flat the half in 50 threequarters in 113 and the mile in 140 covering the last eighth in 13 to finish under mild restraint restraintFour Four carViidates will match strides today in the Governors Handicap feature offering at Aurora and while the test is but three quarters it is likely that some of them will be sent out ah extra quarter arid probably the full Derby distance of one mile and oneeighth Included among those scheduled to race today are Boy Valet Loggia arid Dogmata DogmataAmong Among the candidates which will repre ¬ sent local owners are John Marschs Broad step and Cold Water the Shandon Farms Naval Cadet and Ashen which will carry the green and white colors of Patrick A and Richard Nash Para Four and Irish Image which race for W E Schmidt under the nom de course of the Superior Stable and Technocracy which will carry the popular colors of Stuyvesant Peabody make up the local contingent contingentToday Today the probable field for the 10000 Illinois Derby and feature of the Fox Val ley Jockey Clubs meeting comprises six ¬ teen of which eight are on the grounds and with the arrival of shipments on the way the remainder of the candidates should be here MondayWith not teter than Monday With Mata Hari taking her regular train ¬ ing since her engagement in the Kentucky Derby there is little doubt about her ruling a strong choice to finish the testing one mile and oneeighth in first place Since her race in the Churchill classic the Dixiana filly has done everything asked of her in a sat ¬ isfactory manner and that is the principal reason why trainer Van Dusen decided to send engagementIn her here to fill her engagement In the event Mata Hari should fail in her quest of victory many good judges are of the opinion that William Sachsenmaiera Plight or H P Headleys Thomasville will bring about her defeat Plights winning performance in the Texas Derby was clean cut when he defeated Norman W Churchs highly regarded Riskulus decisively coming from behind the pace to carry his 126 pounds into first place three lengths in advance of Hickory Lad winner of the Louisiana Derby distance in the fast time of 151 enriching the coffers of his owner to the extent of 8425 8425Acquiring Acquiring Plight for 1500 out of a claim ¬ ing race and developing him into a stake winner truly brings out the shrewdness of trainer Phil Reuter who has won close to 10000 with the colt since he obtained him himAnother Another threat for the race is New Deal which turned in a smashing performance Thursday at Churchill finishing second to Pot au Brooms in the fast time of 137 for the mile distance