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Chopper Gives McDonald First Victory as Owner Newcomer to Racing Has Three Horses in Suffolk Downs Stable SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 25. — When Chopper, a juvenile son of Go-Gino — Rushin Off, won the third race at Suffolk Downs yesterday, it marked the first time that J. M. McDonald, Jr.s, silks had flashed to the front on any recognized race track. McDonald, Jr., is presently taking a post graduate course at the University of Miami, following a degree at Yale. A newcomer to thoroughbred racing, McDonald makes his permanent home in Union Springs, New York, with a seasonal home on Sunset Isle, Miami Beach, Florida. Chopper was acquired at private sale from his breeder, W. G. Holbrbok and the auspicious start he made yesterday may prove a worthy purchase. He was bred in New York State. In addition to Chopper, McDonald also owns Papaya, a Florida-bred two-year-old and a three-year-old "filly, Imababe, by Omaha— Gay Discovery. The latter has never started, but is expected to carry her owners silks before the conclusion of the current meeting. A great deal of the credit for the success of the McDonald menage goes to trainer Earl Hawthorne. A youngster with a thorough knowledge of thoroughbreds, Hawthorne boasts of an enviable record with two-year-olds at Suffolk Downs. His most notable achievement came last year when he conditioned J. J. Starlings Fair Game to win the Bay State Kindergarten Stakes at. this track. Only once- has Hawthorne sent a juvenile postward at this track when his charge failed to finish in the money, That was earlier, in the meeting when Papaya £inistied* seventh. Since then the Kenneyo filly came back to .finish second in two straight appearances.
