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CASE ACE SHOWS SPEED Runs Derby Route Within Two Fifths Second of Record Illinois Derby Prize Amounts to 9590 Grey Count Finishes FinishesSecond Second and Heelfly Third AURORA 111 May 22 For the first time in history an Illinois owner furnished the winner of the 12000 added Illinois Derby worth 9590 to the victor which was Case Ace from the Milky Way Farm stable of Mrs Ethel V Mars The bay son of Teddy Sweetheart showed the way to his nine rivals from beginning to end of the mile and a furlong distance and reached the fin ¬ ish a neck in front of E E Fogelsons Grey Count while the Three Ds Stock Farms Heelfly landed in third place placeAn An overflow gathering of racing fans swarmed into the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs track for the finish of the first Illinois race meeting and were provided with an excellent brand of racing which resulted in close and thrilling finishes on many occasions and particularly the running of the Derby DerbyCase Case Ace carrying 126 pounds which was the top weight in the field of ten starters acted f ractiously at the starting gate and starter John Morrissey placed the son of Teddy on the outside outsideAs As Case Ace delayed the start Heelfly be ¬ gan acting up and was also placed on the outside making it two of the ten partici ¬ pants breaking from outside the stall com ¬ partments After a delay of nine minutes at the barrier Case Ace and Heelfly quieted down sufficiently to get away to a good start and the colorbearer of Mrs Ethel V Mars was the first to show in front frontGREY GREY COUNT THREATENS THREATENSThe The first quarter of the journey was com pleted with Case Ace showing the way to Play Pal while Grey Count raced in third position When the field straightened out on the back stretch Grey Count moved up in a threatening manner and issued a challenge to the leader leaderThe The Louisiana Derby winner under the expert guidance of Charley Corbett was forced to go to the outside to challenge the leader and consequently lost some ground which apparently was the deciding margin of the race raceThe The Milky Way entry of Case Ace and Military ruled favorite in the betting and backers of the entry took down slightly bet ¬ ter than even money for their investment Jockey Alfred Robertson first string rider for the Milky Way Stable had the mount on Case Ace and performed in superb manner to gain the decision decisionCase Case Ace was under a terrific drive for the major portion of the mile and a furlong journey and in view of the fact that it was the first time that the son of Teddy has been sent more than seven furlongs his perform ¬ ance was noteworthy noteworthyATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE RECORDS BROKEN BROKENAn An early check by box office officials to ¬ day indicated that the Illinois Derby Day crowd would possibly exceed 18000 Nearly 17000 people had crowded through the race Continued on thirtieth page CASE ACE CAPTURES ILLINOIS DERBY BEFORE LARGE CROWD Continued from first page track gates shortly after the running of the first race on the program programOpening Opening day officials of the track reported that 16200 people had been checked in at the gates The handle that day was almost 200000 The record handle for the current meeting and also of all time for the Aurora track was set on May 8 when more than 200000 was bet through the mutuels mutuelsPredictions Predictions for Derby Day are that the total amount bet will break all existing rec ¬ ords for the track Leo Dandurand chief of mutuels expects about 250000 to be the new high figure figureShowing Showing a fine brand of speed from the start Unassisted showed the way to his nine rivals from start to finish of the opening race on the program a four and a half fur ¬ longs dash for twoyearolds Chatter Wrack finished second and Burr Hickman was a tiring third Jockey Joe Dyer had the mount on the winner and Unassisted broke swiftly and before the field had travelled a sixteenth of a mile the speedy son of Witchmount as ¬ sumed the lead and showed the way for the remainder of the distance distanceComing Coming through on the inside Gorbet Irvins Beaver accounted for the mile and seventy yards contest that was second on the bill Parawick finished second arid third money went to Salteo Curb Bit displayed most speed away from the starting gate and showed the way for threequarters of the journey but Parawick forged to the front thereafter and appeared to have the situa ¬ tion well under control but it was without the consideration of Beaver which was sent through on the rail entering the stretch arid forged ahead aheadTHIRD THIRD DISQUALIFICATION DISQUALIFICATIONThe The third disqualification of the meeting occurred in the third race when March Step which finished in third place was placed last by the stewards for coming over too sharply on his rivals approaching the three furlongs post A recommendation of fifteen days suspension for an aggravated case of rough riding has been made to the Illinois Racing Commission In the official placing Poppin along was second and Ana X was given third position in a close finish with Irish Wake WakeThe The first real outsider of the day scored in the fourth event when R Emerys Mar ¬ garet G came with a magnificent rush in the last quarter to defeat Ep by two lengths Heart Break was third a half length behind the W F Black colorbearer and Funder burg which closed with belated speed was fourth The six furlongs dash was run in 112 and Epernay set out to make the pace and lasted until just beyond the halfway mark where Ep took command and went into the stretch with a four lengths advan ¬ tage It was here that Margaret G started her run on the outside that resulted in her victory and she rewarded her followers with a 4780 mutuel for each 2 2TRANSMUTABLE TRANSMUTABLE SURPRISES SURPRISESEight Eight sprinters met in the Au Revoir Handicap and it resulted in a mild surprise when Mrs M Rennillos Transmutable made every post a winning one and finished the six furlongs sprint four lengths in advance of Leading Article which had followed the pacemaker throughout Getalong was third a head behind Leading Article and a half a length in front of The Jurist which gave way after following the pacemakers to the half mile mileMarcabala Marcabala coupled with Biography was responsible for a seven minute delay at the starting gate and was finally placed on the outside and after the start failed to be a factor at any stage
