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AURORA TURF NOTES Suffering from a severe cold apprentice Paul Ryan who is making a serious bid for riding honors at the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs track decided to remain idle Thurs ¬ day afternoon He had cancelled his last two mounts on the previous afternoon due to illness illnessG G W Ziller Reno Nevada sportsman returned from a visit to upstate Illinois and plans to remain in Aurora to the end of the current meeting which reaches its climax on May 22 22Fred Fred Lindstrom former major league ball player and popular with Chicago fans is a frequent visitor at the Aurora course Lind ¬ strom is a native of Illinois and an ardent racing fan fanAmong Among the jockeys who sported the silks for the first time during the meeting Thurs ¬ day afternoon are Fred Rife Willie Cook and Milton Terry The trio has been here virtually since the start but just got into action actionA A census taken of the horses registered at the Fox Valley track Thursday morning revealed that the total number is 689 of which there are sixtynine twoyearolds 134 threeyearolds and 486 fouryearolds and upward upwardPete Pete Michon former vaudeville performer who has the threeyearold Col Pete in training at Aurora has turned the racer over to Harold Lintz to train for the Chi ¬ cago season seasonPhil Phil Boy the juvenile recently purchased by Miss Alice Van from the Chappel Bros for a private consideration has been trans ¬ ferred from the farm at Rockford 111 to Aurora and placed in training trainingJack Jack Gilmore one of the calculators in the mutuel department has been on the ail ¬ ing list at intervals since his arrival here and was forced to remain away from his duties Wednesday as a result resultE E J and E E and Mrs Anna Chappel came over from Rockford 111 for a day of sport and reported that M M Chappel who is at present in the Argentine will return to the United States the latter part of May and will be a frequent visitor at the Illinois tracks tracksBrother Brother Cassada Sealine Tartan Betsy and Tryanhurry are the thoroughbreds which starter John Morrissey has placed on the schooling list now that it is possible for him to conduct his morning classes
