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ILLINOIS DERBY MAY 22 AT AURORA Racing interest in the MidWest now shifts to Chicago Although the Illinois sea ¬ son is a week old after a record start at Au ¬ rora the publics attention was diverted by the Kentucky Derby but now that that clas ¬ sic is out of the way the fans will turn their eyes this way wayThe The first of the big stakes for Illinois Is only two weeks away the 12000 Illinois Derby at Aurora May 22 nominations for which close this coming Saturday Two days later Washington Parks American Derby meeting opens with that rich feature set for June 19 Because none of the major eastern tracks conflict seriously with the Chicago calendar for the next seven weeks it is the opinion of turf experts that this section will become the race center of the country fog that peripdj + 4 n 19 V c
