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HOTTER PREFERS TURNCOAT TO HELMET Introduction of the Keone Crack Colt Was in Tues ¬ days Sheepshcad Bay Race New York June 25 Jockey Noltcr rode the horso of his choice last Tuesday when lie selected Turn ¬ coat In the second Coney Island race a purse event and a tryout for botli Turncoat the brown Voter Costume colt nnd Helmet the brown Disguise St Mildred colt Nottcr was given the choice of Turn ¬ coat or Helmet and he selected the loser while Guy Burns scored an easy victory on the latter It was the first lime that Helmet started but Notter know that the colt had worked a half in 40i In preparation for the race raceHelmet Helmet Is the colt that watchers have been ex ¬ pecting for sonic time and he made good hand ¬ somely though the field that opposed him was by no means a remarkable one Away back In the winter there were stories about of the real one in the Keene barn and all the dockers knew it was the son of Disguise and St Mildred long before he had been named namedIt It may be that Helmet will develop Into all that has been expected of him by those who have watched hl development but the race Tuesday was not such a test as would give an adequate line on his quality He is a colt of particularly sturdy build and seemed a bit high In flesh though he has Un ¬ cut of one that will carry considerable weight at all times He was levelheaded Tx th in the paddock and in the race itself and has an excellent way of going Later when he is asked to meet some of the better ones will 1 1e e tima enough to pass judgment on him himHelmets Helmets appearance in the purse race was a try out for Saturdays 25000 Great Trial Stakes Such tryouts arc a sort of stable regulation with the Keene cracks Colin got a similar introduction last
