view raw text
CROUT AU POT IS VICTRESS S Carries Off Winning Honors in Blue C Bonnets Handicap. Buns Threo-Quarters at Aurora Within Fifth C of a Second of Track Record for the Course. AURORA, 111., May 22. Crout au Pot, four-year-old daughter of Pot au Feu, which races S for Mrs. A. M. Creech, made good in her d initial start at Exposition Park when she h carried off honors in the Blue Bonnets Han- p dicap, -which headed an attractive mid-week I card at the Fox Valley Jockey Club today. t The winner finished the three-quarters one-fifth of a second slower than the track a a record, in the excellent time of 1:11, and t carried jockey C. "Chuck" Parvin into first j place a length before the Jewell Brothers t Friend Charley, which led home L. Beydas c recently acquired Pancoast to gain the place s award. Clang was among the also rans, fin- r ishing far, in the wake of the successful trio, c There was a delay of nine minutes at the c post due to the bad actions of Pancoast, c which refused to remain in the stalls. After exerting all his patience, starter Wingfield . eventually placed the horse on the outside, t where he began last in the field of seven. JTriend Charley led his rivals out of the stall gate, but it was no time before Pancoast took the lead and sped along with a smooth stride while setting the pace. While Pan- coast set the pace, the winner was racing in J fifth place and did not loom up as a danger ; until straightened out for the run home. As Friend Charley and Pancoast fought it out desperately, the winner came with a belated 1 rush and, overtaking the battling pair inside the final sixteenth, she subdued them and J won going away. 1 The showers of the early morning served to dull the track for the opening five races, 1 but it improved steadily and was fast for 1 the sixth race. The skies were studded with dark clouds during the early part of the 1 afternoon, but cleared somewhat near the 1 - closing period and the final races were : staged under more favorable conditions. An- 1 other large mid-week crowd was on hand ! to view the sport, which was dominated by outsiders in most instances, with favorites 1 faring badly. Persuader, vastly improved son of Hand j Grenade, scored the most important triumph , ?pf his career when he proved an easy winner of the Three Feathers Claiming Purse, which served as secondary attraction to the feature here today. Under the superb riding of apprentice Charlie Stevenson, the winner gained his conquest by one length and and a half and probably would have won by a greater margin if his rider had elected to urge him during the late stages. Carrying 109 pounds, the victor ran the i three-quarters in 1:12, over a slightly dull track, and it was no task to show the way to Jere, which set the early pace, and although having to bow in defeat, he offered good contention to the final sixteenth before submitting to the prowess of his stronger rival. Flying Justice was third in the field of six, with the well backed Grattan in fourth place. Joe Bollero got Jere off in full stride, and "it was no time before he attained a clear lead. Under mild reserve, he continued to jset. the pace, held command to the final eighth, and it was at this point that Persuader challenged for the lead. Once in the van the winner drew away and won easily. The days proceedings opened with a distance affair in which eight of the inferior type performers clashed over the one mile and brie-sixteenth route, and of which the highly regarded Wild Transit won in handy fashion. .Nanny D. accounted for second jnoney while Lucky Amelia closed in third "place before Claf lag, which ruled second choice. The winner, cleverly handled by apprentice Danny Brammer, allowed Nanny D., Claflag and Lucky Amelia to show the way to the stretch, where she moved to contention and once on even terms drew out to win with something to spare. A well timed ride by the veteran Johnny Leyland played an important part in the victory of H. H. Chopins Luck Piece in the second race when he drove to the end one length before Longus, Easy Bid and six others, which raced at one mile and one-sixteenth. Red Spider was the early leader and he carried on successfully for half the distance but from then on gave way so badly that he was eased up in the stretch. Teeny Weeny and Easy Bid, among the pacemak-ing trio during the early racing, failed to meet the demands in the closing stages although the latter did hold on long enough to finish third. An inferior band of sprinters furnished the contest in the third race, which resulted in a victory for Sheriff Eugene, which proved much the best. The victor sprinted to the front sobn after the start and took a clear lead. Continuing with good speed he approached the stretch two lengths in front, but becoming unmanageable, ran nearly to the outside fence. Jockey J. Dyer worked vigorously to straighten him out and after he did he responded gamely to strong punishment, overhauled the leaders and won going away. While Light Nun was unable to withstand the winner she held on with good courage to reach the end in advance of Rubans Choice, which easily held Albane safe for third money. Moms Polly, among the choices, had no excuse for apprentice Fallon had her in front after the winner "ran out but she could not keep pace when the real test came. A rare occurrence came in the "Daily Double" payoff, when no tickets were sold on .the combination of Luck Piece and Sheriff Eugene, with the result there was a split in the pool in which those who had Luck Piece combined with another horse than Sheriff Eugene, collected .00 while those who had Sheriff Eugene with something other than Luck Piece collected 5.30. The services of jockey Charles Kurtsinger, have been obtained by Mrs. Silas B. Mason and he will ride Sun Portland, in his engagement in the Illinois Derby. E. G. Hoffman, Chicago owner, offered Mrs. J. C. Gillem ,000 for Transmutable, but .the offer was declined for the unbeaten son of Transmute.
