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Mrs. Mrs. Mark Mark Accounts Accounts For For Cleopatra; Cleopatra; Helioscope Helioscope Outruns Outruns Salvator Salvator Rival Rival Two-Horse Betless Race at Monmouth Handicap Champion Sets Fourth Track Record of Year in Breezing Victory By FRED GALIANI MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 22. Even in Walkovers, William Helis, Jrs. Helioscope sets track records. Todays Salvator Mile was virtually a solo effort, as Elkcam Stables Ifabody was the lone horse with the temerity to try the handicap champion. Merely breezing throughout the mile, the big bay stopped the teletime at 1:364,and and though pulled up at the finish, was still six and a half lengths to the good of Ifabody. Artismo and I5eegee who were entered overnight were both scratched leaving jjst the pair in the Salvator Mile. Timed Mile in 1:364 There was no betting but the crowd of 15,500 saw a champion in action and greeted his appearance in the winners circle with a nice round of applause. Helioscope, who made what pace there was,- covered the distance in fractions of :24, :47V, 1:11 and finally the mile in 1:36. This was the fourth track record Helioscope set this year. He previously established standards in the Southern Maryland, -Valley Forge and Massachusetts handicaps and tied the stakes record at Belmont Park in the Suburban Handicap. The purse was 2,200 net to the Helis establishment, which brought Helioscopes earnings for the year to 48,850 and his lifetime total to 41,875. Sammy Boul-metis, the colts -regular pilot, was in the saddle and it was his third straight tri- Contmued on Page Three Helioscope Outruns Lone Salvator Foe Monmouth Mile Event Run Without Wagering; Helis Star Sets Fourth Record Continued from Page One umph of the afternoon. Boulmetis had won the second with the same stables Rippish and the fourth with B. C. Betner Jrs., Whence. Despite it being merely a workout for Helioscope, it may be said that it was the toughest race of them all today for Boulmetis. In the walking ring before the Mile, Helioscope revealed a show of temperament arid unceremoniously unseated Boulmetis. Unruffled except for his feelings, Sammy remounted and went out to complete the job. In the paddock Helioscope displayed a few signs of fractioness, but Ifabody was the more nervous of the two. The Elkcam Stable horse pawed the ground fitfully and broke out in a light sweat when they went to the walking ring. The pair went on to the track. Both sides, much as in a duel, were asked how much time they wanted and, as neither asked for any, the field merely cantered an eighth of a mile and then went right to the gate. Goes to Front at Once There was little to the race, as was expected. Helioscope went to the front with Boulmetis having him in a double wrap and looking" back as they were on the first bend. The bay machine increased his margin with, every stride, although Kenny Church on Ifabody shook up his mount intermittently midway of the turn to the sixteenth pole. It wasa token gesture. Helioscope was pulled up as he went under the wire. Following the race, Mrs, William Helis, Sr., trainer Howard Hausner and Maurice Barshak participated in winners circle ceremonies, receiving the trophy from Mrs. Frederick C. Tatum, a member of the advisory committee of the Charity Ball. Mrs. Helis said: "I am glad we won, especially by setting a new track record." Hausner stated that Helioscope was the best horse he has ever trained and said the colt was as sharp as he has ever been. Boulmetis, usually voluble, was in form today. He said: "I was told to let him run his own race, ar.d if he was in a mood to set a track record, let him do it. We wanted to get a good work in him, and I guess he took care of that himself." That sums it up. It was nothing more than a workout for Heliopolis. The race came close to being a walkover. I Geegee was not declared until just before the race, and both Frank Mackle, one of the owners of the Elkcam Stable, and trainer Ray Metcalf said that had they been aware that I Geegee was withdrawn they would also have scratched. Not having done so in the time limit, though, Ifabody had to run. It was a worthwhile, Hhough futile effort. Ifabody earned ,000 second money for his owners.
