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RUSHAWAY THE WINNER Canadian-Owned Three -Year - Old Triumphs in 2,000 Illinois Derby. Dnieper Disqualified After Finishing Second, Count Morse Awarded the Place and Reelon Third Money. 1 AURORA, 111., May 22. Aided by racing luck as he gave the finest performance of his career, Rushaway, carrying the silks of the Winnipeg turfman A. G. Tarn and ridden by J. Longden, accounted for the fifth Illinois Derby, worth ,660, as the local meeting of the Fox Valley Jockey Club, embracing nineteen days and prefacing the Chicago season, came to a brilliant close this afternoon. The successful unsexed son of Haste and Roseway was an easy winner, his feat of traveling the nine furlongs in 1:50 placing him at the finish a length and one-half before Mrs. P. A. B. Wideners Dnieper, which, because of his repeated fouling of Calumet Farms Count Morse, which finished third a length farther back, in the stretch run, was disqualified. In ruling the Widener gelding, which was the choice, out of any part of the gross purse of 3,370, the stewards awarded second, third and fourth monies, amounting to ,000, ,000 and 00, respectively, to Count Morse, Coward and Coffeys Reelon, the lone filly in the field of nine, and Milky Way Farms San-greal. Count Morse completed the route with a margin of five lengths over Reelon, which, in turn, led Sangreal by a length and one-half. Understand, Jaber, Just Frank and Bushmaster completed the field and finished in that order. Although numbers indicating the original order of finish were displayed, the stewards moved quickly in questioning jockey E. Ar-caro, who was astride Count Morse, and J. Renick, rider of Dnieper, and the revised placings were ordered, following only a short interrogation of the riders. According to the officials, Renick readily admitted his inability to prevent Dnieper from impeding the Calumet representative. For failing to keep the Widener horse from bumping his adversary, Renick may spend fifteen days on the ground, recommendation of such a suspension by the state racing commission having been decided on by the three track stewards, who have no jurisdiction beyond the period of the meeting. With the added excitement of the disqualification, though it was accepted with little protest from the crowd, the race took rank with the greatest thrill producers of the year. Until the winner drew out within less than fifty yards of the finish, it was hotly contested. From a fast start the Texas-owned Reelon, with J. OMalley in the saddle, rushed to the front and there cut out a burning pace which saw the opening quarter completed in :23, the half mile in :46?f, and three-quarters in 1:11. During the first six furlongs, Sangreal and Count Morse divided the task of forcing the pace, with Dnieper fourth and Rushaway next. On the stretch turn, which marked the completion of three-quarters, Reelon forced Count Morse and Dnieper to lose considerable ground as she went wide and at the Continued on seventeenth page. RUSHAWAY THE WINNER Continued from first page. same time Longden was getting the winner through next to the rail. As the mile marker was neared, Dnieper, Rushaway and Count Morse drew past the the early pacemaker ,and then followed the stubbornest part of the furious final drive before Rushaways superior courage pulled him away from Dnieper and Count Morse to a decisive victory. Twice in that stirring stretch tussle Dnieper sharply bore over on Count Morse, which raced between the winner and the Widener colorbearer. It may have been enough to have cost him the honor of finishing nearest the winner, though Dnieper appeared the stronger, as Count Morse enjoyed clear sailing in the last sixteenth. While Reelon held on well enough, to finish fourth, she was safely disposed of after a mile, and Sangreal was done about a quarter from the wire. Others in the field found the pace of the leaders far too warm at every stage. Following an inspection of the winner following the race, owner Tarn announced that he would go through with his plan to start him in the 5,000 added Latonia Derby at Latonia tomorrow. The three-year-old will make an overnight trip to the Kentucky course, arriving there early tomorrow. Favored by pleasant weather, the Derby and final program was presented before one of the largest crowds ever on the grounds of the Fox Valley Jockey Club. Visitors began to arrive at an early hour and still were coming in after the third race had been run. Unofficially it was learned that the attendance was the largest during the meeting and within a few hundred of the record gatherings entertained on Derby day last year and the season before. Included among todays patrons were no small number of notables, with Chicago well represented. All boxes were disposed of and the club house crowded to capacity. With public choices accounting for more than an average share of honors and a good -card supporting the feature, the mutuel play was brisk, possibly the largest turnover of the meet. Experts regarded todays Derby field as one of the strongest and most representative in the record of the stake which was having its fifth running. Had The Fighter accepted for the race, the quality of the field would have equalled that of last year when Roman Soldier, winner of the Texas Derby, was a starter. The original field of eleven for todays renewal was reduced to nine when trainer J. J. Greely withdrew Shandon Farms Bright Light shortly before noon, and the withdrawal of The Fighter was announced officially shortly after the program started. It was understood that track conditions were unfavorable to Bright Light, which prefers a soft or muddy track. The Fighter hardly was up to such a hard race, according to his trainer. He is freshening up for later engagements. The racing strip was at its best for the presentation of the final days program. While extra fast it possessed a good, safe cushion, as much time was spent working it into perfection for the day. I
