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, | 1 : i . ] J , | J ] Gene Hayes After Repeat , ! Triumph at Aurora Downs Dee Stovers Charge Fortunate In Starting From Pole Position AURORA DOWNS, Aurora, 111., May 2.— ! Gene Hayes, Dee Stovers speedy six-year-old Dominion Grattan chestnut, will be [ after his second straight triumph of the f 1951 campaign when he faces seven other J pacers in the feature race at Aurora Downs tomrorow night. c The game pacer, sidelined most of last season due to lameness, got off on the right foot this season with a classy win in 2:142,5. Owner-driver Stover gained the luck in the draw and will start his horse . from the pole position. Although Gene Hayes will be the public 1 choice, as a result of the draw and his previous performance, there are a pair of I pacers in the field capable of upsetting the « calculations. Oscar Silveys Little Winifred £ W. was second to Count Hanover in the r elimination pace Monday night while Jack J French finished a good second to Gene * Hayes in their last meeting. F The remainder of the field for the featured 19 Class pace, scheduled to go post-ward as the sixth race on the nine-race program, lists Sanka, Miss Mattie Mac, Earls Spencer Joe, High Todd, and Grattan D. f In addition to the fast-class pacers, race secretary Ted Leonard brings together a T good field of trotters in the seventh race, p This event will mark" the 1951 racing n debut of Fay Scott and Cleverness. Sunny- hill Stables Fay Scott trotter did very well last year, racking up 9 wins, 7 seconds, and L 5 thirds in 37 starts for an earning power N of ,227. Cleverness, however, hasnt trotted since 1949, but has a record of 2:07y5 for the mile. The eight-year-old Clever Hanover mare has earned ,764 in her lifetime. Of the eight-horse field, Brave is the F only winner this season. Royal Mc I Win finished fourth his first 51 start; Royal c Comet fifth; Senator Eblis fifth; Carolyn | Brainerd fourth and second, while Foster g Hanover was sixth in his initial outing. $ Post-time for the first race is 8:30 pjn. b a
