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THE REW SCORES AGAIN Third Victory of Aurora Meeting for Killion Racer Silent Don Disqualified After Fin ¬ ishing First in Fourth Race Escomur Given Purse AURORA 111 May 21 I J Killions The Rew came from behind in the stretch to cap ¬ ture the major portion of the prize in the Rock Garden Club Purse a claiming event which featured the program at the Fox Val ¬ ley Jockey Club track this afternoon It was the third victory of the meeting for the bay gelding and the son of Challenger H received a sterling ride from Paul Keester to win by a head over Star Bess from the stable of E K Murray which finished sec ¬ ond and Mrs M B Etzlers Baranca was third thirdThe The Rew followed the pace set by Ito for a half mile of the journey then slipped through on the inside for the final quarter and taking command quickly held off the challenge of Star Bess in the drive to the finish finishThough Though cloudy weather prevailed through ¬ out the day a fast track was in order for the presentation of the card of eight races Seven went postward in the foremost affair on the card a dash of six furlongs furlongsSIOUX SIOUX CHIEF EASILY EASILYComing Coming from behind with a rush in the final furlong E B Thomas Sioux Chief annexed an easy victory in the five and a half furlongs affair which was second on the Continued on thirtieth page THE REW SCORES AGAIN Continued from first page card The bay gelding went around the leaders after entering the stretch and over ¬ hauled Forewarned to draw away quickly and register by the comfortable margin of three lengths Sealine was a fastfinishing second and Weelukie took the small end of the purse purseOnslaught Onslaught graduated from the maiden ranks in the third contest of the day a mile and seventy yards affair in which eight went to the post Miss Ritz finished sec ¬ ond a length and a half in the wake of the winner while third money was taken by Sisko Onslaught was taken back off the early pace which was set by Barrido but after completing five furlongs of the jour ¬ ney the son of Sir Peter Cousin Emma swiftly drew into the lead and was never threatened during the remainder of the trip The winner was an outsider in the betting and rewarded his backers with 5460 for 2 straight bets betsThe The first winner to be disqualified at the Fox Valley track was Silent Don which cani3 from behind in the stretch and drew away to win by a neck after having come over sharply in the final quarter and inter ¬ fering with Escomur On the complaint of jockey Sidney Hebert the stewards placed Escomur first Shirley B second and Span ¬ ish Red third
