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t AURORA TURF NOTES f 14 9 George H. Foster, secretary of the Illinois : Racing Commission, motored hare from Chicago to look over the applications for licenses on file, and held a conference with stewards T. C. Bradley and John T. Ireland, who arrived from Kentucky Wednesday morning. Foster was much impressed with the appearance of the track and was quite optimistic concerning the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs meeting of nineteen days, which opens Friday. L. L. Chambers, who arrived from Arlington Downs recently, stated that the veteran rider J. OMalley will be at Aurora in time to accept mounts on opening day. The three carloads of racers that rolled in from Texas Tuesday night was headed by Mrs. A. M. Creechs big stable, made up of the following horses: Sound Advice, Reaping, Southern Way, Nedrine, Ghauchee, Cin-solet, Crout au Pot, Noahs Pride, Gannonic, Ima Count, Albane, Lovito, Jack Conner, Hasty Glance, Storm Angel, Hows Chances, Chilla May, Technique and Miss Angel. Frank M. Otis, who will serve as patrol judge at Aurora, was an arrival from Texas, where he served in a similar capacity at Arlington Downs. Otis made the trip from j the Lone Star state by motor and will go to Detroit following the close of the Fox Valley Jockey Club meeting. Jockeys C. Parvin, C. Parke, R. Cooper and R. DePrema are recent additions to the riding colony, according to the report of custodian Frank Hawley, who expects sixty or more riders to be registered before the end of the current week. A new method of paying the valets has been announced. Instead of a sliding scale, as in the past, valets will receive per mount, regardless of a winner or loser, and all of the pay will be pooled, then divided equally each week. The new plan, developed by racing secretary Leigh, has met with approval and has drawn much favorable comment. S. N. Holman. veteran turfman and former track operator in Ohio, was an arrival from Texas with the two horses he is training for K. M. Holman. The horses are Cheraw and Greenstone. R. L. Rogers brought in five horses from Arlington Downs for the Illinois season, which included Wemet, Wrack Princess, Pomposo, Pompohill and Picor. King rjin, a veteran performer, headed the stable of thoroughbreds that John Bainton registered with the racing secretary at Aurora Wednesday morning. Others in the band are the property of Mrs. A. C. Klein, Mrs. J. Bainton, J. Friedman and Mr. and Mrs. H. Goelitz. The racers are Mighty Cheerus, Scotland Topsy, Goldman, Fancy Fan. Whatin and Marvel. Rapid Bells, in the stable of C. E. Davison which was unloaded here Tuesday night, developed a high temperature en route from Texas and was reported to be in a bad way Thursday morning. G. F. Mitchell arrived from Arlington Downs and will serve as agent for the stable of Mrs. A. M. Creech during the Aurora meeting. . Word was received at Aurora Wednesday of the death of Andy Robertson at Kansas Lity, Mo., where he will be buried. The deceased is a brother of Gene Robertson, who is one of the valets at the local course. He was the son of the late James A. Robertson, who was identified with racing as a trainer for more than fifty years. In addition to the twelve horses that J. Oros shipped here from Texas, he has taken up and put into training Adelaide A. and Bonnie Dream, which were turned out in Illinois all during the past winter.
