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WINNER PAYS 50024 Printemps Price at Washington Park New Illinois Record Davison Mare Also Pays With Fire FireAdvance Advance in Daily Double DoubleSum Sum of 136510 HOMEWOOD 111 June 12 Gordon Hel ¬ ton a frail young man from Limon Colo entered turfdoms hall of fame with a pro ¬ verbial bang at Washington Park here today Aspiring to a career as a jockey young Helton who had ridden in but few races had the mount on C E Davisons Prin temps in the third race The Davison mare racing with ten others of the cheaper plater class was almost entirely overlooked in the betting but the fact that she prevailed at odds of slightly better than 249 to 1 did not discourage Helton in his quest of a first vic ¬ tory and riding a strong and welljudged race he brought her through to victory in one of the hottest contests of the day dayHer Her triumph created great excitement and furnished several mutuel payoff records as the return of 50024 for each 2 straight was a record for parimutuels in this state She paid 10788 for place and 5710 was the return on each 2 show ticket ticketCoupled Coupled in the Daily Double with Fire Advance winner of the second race Prin temps returned 136510 to holders of the seven combination tickets sold on the pair Only 41 in straight bets were placed on Heltons mount The total in place bets was 1 less while 63 worth of show tickets were sold soldThe The straight return was the tenth largest at a major track under the parimutuel or certificate system Wishing Rings 188550 payoff at Latonia in 1912 still stands as the record Other large refunds include Muzette W at Lexington in 1910 83070 Augeas at Agua Caliente in 1933 840 King Jack at the same track and also in 1933 820 and Trycook at Hagerstown in 1934 810 810HELTONS HELTONS FINE RIDE RIDEHelton Helton started his fine and winning ride by getting his mount away in front and after racing the first four furlongs in fourth and fifth place she dropped back to sev ¬ enth place Though the finish was only a quarter of a mile away Helton refused to become discouraged and the response with which Printemps answered his urging there ¬ after brought her through in a spirited fin ¬ ish Dundreary which finished second was only a head back Another half length far ¬ ther back followed Skipsea with only his nose before Old Lady LadyPrintemps Printemps surprising score was witnessed by the largest other than Saturday or holi ¬ day crowd of the meeting and while patrons were rather stingy with their applause young Helton came in for a good hand as he brought his first winner back to the circle of victory Davison who holds a con ¬ tract on the sixteenyearold Colorado lad was the first to congratulate him himEASY EASY FOR TECHNIQUE TECHNIQUEA A series of graded handicaps two under the C classification and one of B class furnished the principal sport Each was de ¬ cided over one mile and seventy yards with the B division of eight going into action as the fifth race This was won by H P Headleys Technique She won easily with Banish Fear second and Silent Shot third Redress saved fourth money Technique had a slight call over Banish Fear in the bet ¬ ting and was the second favorite to finish in front frontAfter After following Dark Womans pace to the stretch the Headley mare moved to the front with a rush and was racing easily as she approached the finish four lengths before Banish Fear which went prominently throughout and gamely outfinished Silent Shot ShotA A A Baronis Piety ridden by the newest Washington Park riding sensation J Long den accounted for the first of the class C races which was offered as the fourth It was Longdens second win of the day and he had the Pennant filly up to beat Continued on thirtieth page WINNER PAYS 50024 Continued from first page Wagwood by a head Marv which finished third was three lengths farther back backKope Kope Eternal carrying T C Wordens colors and the third locallyowned horse to score took top honors in the second divi ¬ sion of the C Handicap Running the distance in 143 a second and onefifth slower than Technique and Piety required she defeated Easy Sailing by a neck but under a poorlyjudged ride lost much un ¬ necessary ground and with better handling might have improved upon her effort Jovius the third to finish was only a head away from the runnerup and moving fast ¬ est of the three leaders as he completed the course Badly jostled about on the turn the confidentlysupported Chasar had little or no chance to show to best advantage advantageMrs Mrs P A B Wideners Dnieper winner of two races at Churchill and placed in five of his eight previous starts added another victory to his record when he easily defeated Two Bob Brendard and four others in the first race for juveniles and at five and one half furlongs furlongsThe The victor swept to the front in the stretch and after rapidly racing away from his company while covering the last fur ¬ long reached the finish three lengths before Two Bob A strong finish also was made by the latter C V Whitney filly which was coupled in the betting with Microbe She wrested second from Brendard when mak ¬ ing the final few strides the latter holding on well after having forced Higher Clouds fast pace paceThe The winner ridden by Harold Tinker was the publics choice He raced the distance in 106 the first five furlongs in 59 59Jockey Jockey J Ixmgden who scored a triple when he won with all of his mounts Tues ¬ day started another days riding with a vic ¬ tory when he booted J J Coughlins Fire Advance to his maiden win over nine other nonwinners of threeyearolds and upward in the seven furlongs second race It marked the first score of the meeting for the Coughlin silks silksThe The threeyearold winner raced to the front entering the stretch and in a mild drive held Up Wind safe to win by a length Little Doggie was third with Baby Sis which was the favorite next
