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AURORAS eSUClSfHL MEET Case Ace Earns First Position Among Owners for Milky Way Close Battle for Honors Staged by Ryan Dyer and Guymon Among the Eiders Derby Only Stake Decided The nineteenday meeting of the Fox Val ¬ ley Jockey Club came to a close Saturday with the running of the Illinois Derby and a breaking of records for the track in both at ¬ tendance and mutuel handle The victory of Case Ace in the Aurora fixture gave lead ¬ ing owner distinction to Milky Way Farm and a 7000 lead over any other horse to himself himselfTotal Total distribution for the meeting totaled 106890 an average of almost 6000 per day The Jurist was the most successful horse from a race winning standpoint taking four purses but from a monetary view finished third GetalongL to Case Ace and Getalong L Beydas horses captured eight races worth 5180 and earned second place to the Mars establishment with B Hernandez fin ¬ ishing third thirdP P Ryan held the spotlight among the riders piloting twentytwo winners Dyer and Guymon tied for second place with nine ¬ teen victories to their credit and Vedder was next in line with fourteen fourteenTrainer Trainer honors went to R T Watts with Kurinec Miller and Gorbet following each with five winners to their credit creditFollowing Following is a condensed history of the nineteen days of racing racingLeading Leading moneywinning horses are here presented Horse HorseCase 1st Tnd 3rd Amt Case Ace 1 0 0 9590 Getalong The Jurist Grey Count Transmutable The Rew Sorcery Baranca Hope Eternal Orinoco Rush Play Blackthorn Joan Macaw Silvery Cloud Gibbys Choice Jockana Lo Bedight Heelfly The owners finished in the order named Owner 1st 2nd 3rd Amt Milky Way Farm 1 0 0 9590 Beyda L Hernandez B Orr Mrs S Kurinec F Miller J E Oros Mrs E Fogelson E E Burns Mrs R O Etzler Mrs M B BRenvillo Renvillo Mrs M Gorbet Irwin Davison C E Chappel Bros Killion I J Jewett R Oddesa Farms King H D Following are the leading riders of the theIlls meeting meetingJockey Jockey JockeyRyan Ills 1st 2nd 3rd Unp PC Ryan P 94 22 20 16 36 23 Dyer J 92 19 13 12 48 21 Guymon L 86 19 17 10 40 22 Vedder R L LVail 79 14 6 14 45 18 Vail S 52 8 5 4 35 15 Hauer H 71 7 6 16 42 10 Mora H HCook 53 7 10 8 28 13 Cook W 33 5 2 5 21 15 Chestnut J 15 4 1 1 9 27 Turner L 38 4 6 1 27 11 Albrecht H 28 3 8 3 14 11 Haber R 38 3 10 5 20 08 Hebert S 17 3 3 0 11 18 Hanauer C 29 33 4 19 10 The most successful trainers follow Trainer Wins Trainer Wins WinsWatts Watts R T 8 Hockenbury H 3 3Kurinec Kurinec F 5 Johnson E 3 3Miller Miller J E 5 Johnston J W 3 3Gorbet Gorbet G 5 King H D 3 3Hernandez Hernandez B 4 Marlman W J 3 3Oros Oros J 4 Murdock W T 3 3Davison Davison C E 3 Orr S 3 3Ebelhardt Ebelhardt J P 3 Scallon N J 3 3Gallo Gallo V 3 Williams J 3 Following is the only stake that was de ¬ cided Stake Date Winner Value Illinois Derby May 22 Case Ace 9590 9590The The percentage of winning favorites wasJ below normal as shown in the subjoined tabulationNumber tabulation Number of days 19 19Number Number of races 1 147 147Winning Winning favorites 57 57Winning Winning second choices 24 24Winning Winning outsiders 67 67Winners Winners at oddson 3 3Defeated Defeated at oddson 2 2Percentage Percentage of winning favorites 38 One dead heat was run