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RODRIGUEZ RIDES FIRST THREE WINNERS AT AURORA 9 ♦ Scores With All of His Mounts at Exposition Park Thursday Suspended for Remainder of Meeting for Rough Ridms on High Santa — Thursdays Feature to Runamuck, Candidate for the Illinois Derby » — AURORA, 111., May 7.— The Blue Ribbon Stock Farms brown filly, Runamuck, a prospect for the Illinois Derby, displayed an impressive effort in coming from behind to annex the prize in the Sugar Grove Purse, main event on the program at the Fox Valley course this afternoon. The daughter of Chilhowee — Serenata, held a length advantage over the heavily backed Infidox at the conclusion of the six furlongs sprint, while four lengths further back came Reelon. Favored by the feathery impost of 97 pounds, Runamuck did not experience much difficulty in taking down the decision, though it was necessary for jockey Charlie Han-auer to put his mount to a drive in order to overtake Infidox. Runamuck was unable to keep up with the pace of Infidox, Honored Sir and Reelon during the opening quarter of the three-quarters dash, but moving up with a flash after covering this much ground, it became evident that the filly would be hard to hold off. However, it was not until the final furlong that Runamuck managed to wrest the lead from Infidox, then gradually extended her margin to a full length at the finish, rewarding her backers with 1.60 for each ticket. CUBAN BOY STARS. The sensational riding of Eugenio Rodriguez in the early races on the card brought considerable favorable comment from the spectators, but the anxiety of the Cuban boy to make a perfect score for the day got him into trouble. After registering victories in the first two races, Rodriguez became bold and brought High Santa, his mount in the third race, over sharply soon after the start, and the stewards suspended him for the remainder of the meeting. Sprinters again performed in the majority of races staged, only one of the seven presented being over a distance of more than a mile. The track was at its best and excellent weather was the order and attracted a large week day attendance. Three-year-olds competed in the featured race of the day, the Sugar Grove, a six furlongs sprint in which several candidates for the Illinois Derby displayed their ability. A good supporting program was built around the headliner, thus insuring a good brand of racing. Eight of the nine named in the overnight entries for the Sugar Grove, an allowance affair, started, balancing the field well, as Palm Island was withdrawn, due to the track having dried out too much to suit the colts fancy. BROADWAY GIRL EASILY. Broadway Girl easily took the measure of seven other two-year-olds in the four and a half furlongs dash that opened the program and chalked up the initial victory of her career. Disarray finished second, with third place going to Scotland Topsy. The winner was an odds-on choice in the betting and performed in a manner that conclusively proved that she outclassed her opponents on this occasion. Breaking fast, Broadway Girl raced close to the pace set by Disarray until reaching the final furlong post, where the daughter of Broadway Jones moved to the front and steadily drew away to reach the finish mark with a margin of two lengths. Jockey E. Rodriguez made it two victories in a row when he guided Double Nugget to victory in the six furlongs dash, second on the program. Animate finished second with Jib Boom accounting for the third portion of the purse. It was Double Nugget practically from the start, as the five-year-old gelding was rushed into a safe lead before a sixteenth of a mile had been completed and remained at the head of the procession to the end, though the winner displayed signs of weakening. Animate made a valiant bid during the stretch racing, but was unequal to the task of overhauling Double Nugget, which appeared to like the Continued on tueiity-sixth page. j j j RODRIGUEZ RIDES FIRST THREE WINNERS AT AURORA Continued from first page. firm track better than the soft footing in which he raced a few days ago. High Santa, favorite in the third race, carried Rodriguez to his third consecutive success, giving the Cuban booter a perfect score for the day as the only mounts he had were in the first three races. In defeating Koley Bey by three lengths, High Santa enabled Rodriguez to gain the distinction of being the first jockey to pilot home both ends of the double during the meeting. Guaranty finished third in the dash of five and a half furlongs. Rushed into the lead soon after the break, High Santa dominated the running throughout, winning with something to spare. Henry Hauer, a youngster who hails from Arlington Heights, graduated from the ranks of maiden jockeys in the fourth race when he scored astride Polyphote and came through with a nice exhibition of horsemanship in defeating High Devine by one length, and Metaurus landed third. Polyphote was a bit sluggish in the early stages, but when the final quarter was reached the chestnut mare began picking up horses while racing on the outside of the pack. Seventy yards from the finish line, Polyphote succeeded in wearing down High Devine, which had cut out the running for most of the trip. After delaying the start for more than six minutes, Pokeaway romped to an easy victory in the sixth race of the day, which was at a mile and seventy yards, and the only distance race on the card. The chestnut gelding scored by two lengths over Eternal Flash and Jaber. Opening up a big lead soon after the start, Pokeaway was never threatened by any of the other seven contestants.
