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RYAN ON FOUR WINNERS First Jockey to Accomplish Feat at Aurora Track This Year Pilots Three Winners in Succession SuccessionIncluding Including Silvery Cloud in De DeKalb Kalb Claiming Purse AURORA 111 May 11 Performing in spectacular manner apprentice Paul Ryan of Chicago gained the distinction this after ¬ noon of being the first rider to pilot four winners in an afternoon this year at the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs course Three of the triumphs came in succession as he rode Leo Beydas Silvery Cloud to an easy victory in the De Kalb Claiming Purse The fiveyear old daughter of Neddie Sunny Cloud took the measure of R E Spicers Persuader by three lengths while R Jewetts Donnahona was third thirdOnly Only six went postward for the mile and seventy yards contest and Silvery Cloud was established an oddson favorite in the bet ¬ ting paying 360 for 2 straight tickets in the mutuels mutuelsIt It was the third consecutive success of the afternoon for Ryan and he handled the gray runner in faultless fashion fashionAlert Alert at the starting gate Ryan got Sil ¬ very Cloud away with the leaders and be ¬ fore the clubhouse turn was reached the combination had opened up a lead of almost three lengths lengthsRyan Ryan took a snug hold of Silvery Cloud as they entered the back stretch and Per ¬ suader made a bid to overtake the leader but it was a futile attempt and Silvery Cloud went about the task of setting the pace for the entire route routeNEVER NEVER IN DANGER DANGERWhen When straightened out for the wire It was obvious that Silvery Cloud was best of the lot The daughter of Neddie which was making her initial appearance of the season at the Aurora course was shaken up by the youngster and was never in any immediate danger of being caught caughtWarm Warm though partly cloudy weather pre ¬ vailed for the staging of an eightrace program over a fast track which consisted of five sprint races and three contests over the more popular distance routes routesComing Coming from behind under a strong ride Mrs G Taylors Mottled accounted for the five and onehalf furlongs sprint that opened the program getting up in the last few strides to take the measure of Servant Pride by a head Bedight finished in third place while Gladess one of the favored ones could do no better than land fourth money moneySISKO SISKO IN EASY STYLE STYLEJ J R Bridwells Sisko captured the second another sprint affair in which a field of ten platers contested The fiveyearold bay mare overtook Chantesuta in the final six ¬ teenth to register by two lengths in easy fashion while Playaway came from the rear to garner third money Chantesuta and Gypsie Chief engaged in a duel for the right to set the pace with the former holding the upper hand in the struggle but when Sisko made her bid in the long stretch it was Continued on thirtieth page RYAN ON FOUR WINNERS Continued from first page apparent that she would overtake the early pacemaker pacemakerA A close and stirring finish resulted in the third race with the heavilybacked Oican scoring by a nose over Boots Greenock for the form players Ana X drew up in third place only a head farther back It was a nipandtuck struggle from the start with Verna T giving Oican a merry battle for five furlongs of the threequarters of a mile race When Verna T tired and gave up the task of forcing the pace Ana X and Boots Greenock took up the chase and it was a stretch duel to the end The winner paid 420 for 2 straight wagers wagersANOTHER ANOTHER FOR JOCKANA JOCKANAJockana Jockana Russell Jewetts fiveyearold bay mare added another easy victory to her col ¬ lection as she showed the way to six others in the five and a half furlongs race that held fourth position on the card The daugh ¬ ter of Jock Birdie Barbour romped down to the finish line five lengths in front of Polyphote while Explorer finished in third place Rapid Bells gave Jockana a stern battle for the first quarter holding a head advantage but after making the far turn the favorite asserted her superiority and took a comfortable lead adding to her mar ¬ gin as the race progressed The winner was a wellbacked choice and rewarded the faith ¬ ful with 540 for 2 straight bets betsApprentice Apprentice Paul Ryan a Chicago young ¬ ster drove down to the finish mark on his third winner of the day when he guided the Peacock Stables Air Line to an easy triumph in the fifth another event given over to sprinters Two lengths behind the winner came Epernay while Funderburg got up in time to account for the short end of the purse in a field of six contestants Ryan had previously scored with SiskQ and JockanOj
