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CAPTAIN JOY WINS AT AURORA Defeats Pharatime in Close Finish in Princeton Purse Bain Changes Track Condition for First Time During Meeting King Faro Earns Purse AURORA 111 May 22 Another offday card was presented at Aurora for the twentysecond and semifinal day of the meeting and it was up to platers of the inferior type to furnish the sport in all but the fifth race called the Princeton Purse This engaged five for the test of three quarters and resulted in a rousing finish when B Hernandez Captain Joy came to the end half a length in advance of Joseph Cattarinichs Pharatime which showed im ¬ proved form in this to finish second three lengths in advance of the weakly ridden Captain Red which led home Wise Eddie and Regardless the only other starters startersThe The start was SL good one and Pharatime was sent out of the pack like a streak but he did not enjoy the lead position long for Wise Eddie supplanted him and then Re gardless came into second place while Cap ¬ tain Red which was allowed to drop back led Captain Joy The field raced in this order for the first half mile before there was any change and it was Regardless that gave way and Captain Joy which came out ¬ side the others with a rush while on the turn Wise Eddie and Pharatimei indulged in a bitter struggle in the stretch but the early exertion took its toll on Wise Eddie and he tired badly but Pharatime held on tenaciously when challenged The winner proved too strong however and forged ahead in the final sixteenth to gain a well earned victory victoryRain Rain fell in this section during the night and for the first time during the meeting the track was other than fast but dried out enough to be slow at race time The rain served to bring about a decided change in the temperature when the mercury dipped from 90 to about 55 and heavy wraps were evident among the patrons that at ¬ tended today Another band of nonwinners in 1934 the second in succession was in action for the fourth race which tested their speed and stamina over one mile The winner here was Why Not and the manner in which he was backed virtually told the tale of the ultimate Tesult before the horses lined up Eddie Arcaro had the mount and gave one of his best exhibitions to get him home in front half a length in front of Wild Transit which came from last place to take second money a head in front of Chief Geronimo which finished third with Bismarck in fourth place placeBismarck Bismarck went to the front as they made their way to the first turn but stumbled at the threequarter post and failed to find his best stride thereafter and while he raced well up he was no threat and tired badly in the final stages The tardiness of apprentice O Harbort in leaving the post with Distinct was another factor that assisted the winner materially materiallyOutsiders Outsiders dominated the opening race when three long shots among the six start ¬ ers accounted for the prizes R T Watts furnished the winner in Truxton which led throughout and finished one length and a half in front of Aerial Trumpet while Frank Grossman was third
