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Blue Helen Never Headed at Carnden CarndenKroeck Kroeck Filly Leads Discord By Length and Half Margin In Role of OddsOn Choice ChoiceGARDEN GARDEN STATEPARK Camden N J May 17 Reportingpunctually as an odds on favorite Joseph A Kroecks speedy threeyearold filly Blue Helen trounced five rivals of her own age and sex in the featured Baird Purse here today todayThe The race was run just after a brief but intense downpour struck the track with Blue Helen covering the six furlongs in 113 Track conditions remained good throughout the program however howeverSetting Setting the pace from flagfall to finish Blue Helen reached the Judges a length anda half clear of J W Rodgers Discord who staged a belated charge on the outside in the stretch to earn this placing a head before Crispin Oglebays Obedient The lat ¬ ter endeavored to wrest the lead from the tireless Blue Helen from the quarterpole to deep in the stretch but to no avail As a result of this futile task the Oglebay miss was completely used up and was unable to hold the fast closing Discord safe Although the weather was clear early in the day clouds gathered shortly after the program began and rolling thunder and lightning flashes preceded the downpour which drove many in the estimated throng of 12000 to cover for a brief period periodDownpour Downpour Before Race Is Run RunAlthough Although she had failed to enter the winners circle in four starts this season Blue Helen proved to be a vastly popular favorite and her straight payoff was 380 The Baird field originally comprised seven starters but Mrs Alfred Roberts Spring Song was a late scratch scratchOff Off in full stride under the alert Jack Turner Blue Helen was hard pressed to hold Mist o Dawn safe through the open ¬ ing quarter After disposing of that one leaving the backstretch the favorite was kept under pressure while successfully thwarting a sustained challenge by Obedi ¬ ent around the turn and into the stretch After the latter began to falter Blue Helen drew out slightly to win by a clear margin marginObedient Obedient fresh from a triumph at Pim lico lodged a bold challenge to assume command midway in the lane Her charge fell short of the mark however and the gray daughter of Mahmoud Uvira II faltered slightly permitting Discord a lag ¬ gard during the early stages to close closeContinued Continued on Page Three Blue Helen Leads from Start To Finish at Garden State StateContinued Continued from Page One Oneswiftly swiftly on the outside to earn runnerup honors Obedient was only a head before J M Rpeblings Iron Curtain who was fourth while Mist o Dawn coupled with Discord and Victory Stables Feffie fin ¬ ished as named to complete the field fieldApprentice Apprentice Jack Turner scored a con ¬ secutive riding double when he drove Hal Price Headleys heavily played favorite Bogle to a fourlength victory over A F Walls Heliotrope and two other rivals in sixfurlong Delilah Purse which was vthe vthe secondary feature Bogle one of the shortestpriced winners of the meeting at 260 for 2 led from start to finish to be clocked in 112 S H Rogers Giriargie was a faltering third and High Ground Stables Rancor finished fourth Walter P Chrysler Jrs promising ju ¬ venile Abstract graduated from the maiden ranks at the expense of five rivals in the fivefurlong second race limited to colts and geldings Displaying fine reserve speed after Don MacAndrew had sent him into command nearing the quartermile pole Abstract drew steadily away from his opposition in the stretch to win by eight lengths Mrs William E Snells King Chfco was second a neck clear of Gleneig Stables Two Feathers FeathersAbstract Abstract closed the favorite in the small field and paid 5 Shouldering 120 pounds Abstract ran in the very creditable time of 100
