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REELON DISPLAYS SPEED ■ Makes Fastest Time of Meeting for. Five and One-Half Furlongs. ♦ Coward and Coffeys Brown Filly Triumphs in Beatrice Lillie Purse at Aurora — Victory Surprises. AURORA, 111., May 12.— Coming through with a splendid performance, Coward and Coffeys brown filly, Reelon, took the large end of the purse in the Beatrice Lillie Purse, an allowance affair over five and a half furlongs and in doing so made the fastest time of the meeting for the distance. A length and a half behind the winner came My Auntie from R. T. Watts stab!». while J. A. Dennis Whistling Boy finished third. After a delay of nine minutes at the starting gate, due to the unruliness of Bronc Rider and Palm Island, both were placed outside the machine by the starter and the field dispatched. Before the first quarter of the contest was completed Whistling Boy took the lead, followed by Reelon with Miss Petrina in third place. Making the far turn, Whistling Boy continued to show the way to his rivals, while Reelon, under slight restraint, plodded along in second place and Infidox moved up to third position. However, after heading into the stretch, Whistling Boy began to show signs of distress and apprentice B. Neal, who piloted his second winner of the day, let out a wrap and the daughter of Eternal— Bourlon Reel did not experience any difficulty in overtaking the tiring Whistling Boy. After getting to the front, Reelon quickly drew clear and had sufficient in reserve to ward off the challenge of My Auntie, which made a bold but futile challenge during the last eighth of the contest. SUBSTANTIAL RETURNS. Reelon was not among the favored ones in the field of eight and as a result paid 5.40 for tickets in the mutuels. Three-year-olds headed the card of eight races at the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs track this afternoon, and a field of eight engaged in the five and a half furlongs sprint, the Beatrice Lillie, sixth on the program. The field included four candidates for the 2,000 added Illinois Derby, which will be decided on May 22, the final day of the Aurora meeting. Overcast skies prevailed but the track was in a fine condition for the first race of the day, a claiming event for two-year-olds, which marked the third time that juveniles have been to the post since the inauguration of the Illinois season on May 1. There was a good week-day crowd in attendance despite the fact that there was a threat of rain throughout the day. Disarray graduated from the ranks of non-winners in the four and a half furlongs race for juveniles in the opener. The bay filly, however, had all she could handle to score by a head over Maskillo, with Quotum accounting for the third portion of the purse. Breaking swiftly, Disarray succeeded in overhauling Eswood after a quarter of a mile but began tiring in the closing stages and had to be hard urged in order to withstand the stretch challenge of Maskillo. Backers of the winner received 1 for each investment on the straight end. LOVERS CHAT EASILY. Coming from behind with a good burst of . speed in the final quarter, Lovers Chat registered an easy victory over Golden Quest and Lo in the second race at six furlongs The bay mares margin of victory was two lengths and she accomplished the feat in impressive manner. Royal Purchase and Lo dominated the running for the first half mile, but when Lovers Chat made her bid she rapidly overhauled the early leaders and £°7n f™al to a decisjve triumph, paying 2.40 for mutuel tickets straight The third brought out a capacity field of sprinters at six furlongs and Animate was returned the winner over Odeiic by a length and a half, while Elanac accounted for third money. Forging to the front after going the first quarter. Animate drew clear of her opponents and had something in reserve to stall off the belated rush of Oderic during the stretch run. The winner was favorite Continued on thirtieth page. REELON DISPLAYS SPEED Continued from first page. in the betting, and the first of the day to land for the form players. Performing as if much the best of the eleven starters in the mile and seventy yards affair, fourth on the card, Deferred coasted to an easy triumph over Evening Gown, while Ivy Maxwell drew up in third place. Apprentice B. Neal hustled Deferred into a commanding lead before the first turn was reached, and by clever rating managed to keep the seven-year-old bay mare well in advance of the others, drawing away from Evening Gown in the stretch as the latter made a bid for the lead. A good field of sprinters met in the fifth race at a distance of six furlongs and provided a thrilling finish for the spectators with Count Rae coming from behind to gain the verdict by a neck over Merry Caroline. Linden Tree was a tiring third. Never far from the lead, Count Rae challenged his rivals after going a half mile of the scheduled distance and gradually wore down the leaders, catching Merry Caroline within the last seventy yards of the race. The winner returned odds of 0 for each straight ticket. Hanging on with bulldog tenacity though tiring rapidly, Miss Flip won the seventh race, over a distance of a mile and a furlong, from Captain Danger. Here On finished third. Setting the pace practically from the start, Miss Flip demonstrated good speed, but the strain of her early efforts began to tell as they headed into the stretch. Diligently applying whip and boot, jockey H. Albrecht managed to keep the five-year-old mare going long enough to outstay Captain Danger and reward the favorite players. Max Marmelstein, owner of the Mayfair Casino in Cleveland, Ohio, was an arrival and was the guest of Eddie Seremba, who , is conditioning Chana and Ivy Maxwell for the Ohio sportsman.
