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Helicopter Scores Over Frosty Mr Chesapeake Winner Beaten As Oddson Choice Burton Colt Favors Sloppy Strip StripBy By PALMER HEAGERTY HEAGERTYLAUREL LAUREL Md May 2 Courtney Bur ¬ tons Helicopter scored a major upset this afternoon when he defeated Mrs Cecil B Fischbachs Chesapeake winner Frosty Mr and four other threeyearolds in Laurels featured mile and onesixteenth sixth event The margin of victory over a sloppy track was threequarters of a length with Wayne Kendricks King Challa another length in arrears while finishing third thirdUnplaced Unplaced in his last 11 starts the vic ¬ torious son of Heliopolis Lake Success by Bull Lea showed a distinct fondness for the going as he led practically throughout to be timed in 145 and return 2440 The small crowd of 8754 which braved inclement weather had backed Frosty Mr into threetofive favoritism only to see their choice lack the late punch which netted him victory over Kingmaker Born Mighty and other wellregarded colts in the recent Chesapeake in which he was close to 1001 in the betting bettingMcKee McKee Shows Saddle Judgement JudgementHelicopter Helicopter who was one of trainer Nor ¬ man Haymakers charges fortunate enough to escape uninjured in the Tropical Park fire last winter attained command soon after the start and received et smartly judged ride from Charley McKee who had won the second race with John Kellors 77 longshot Addie K KFrosty Frosty Mr as is his custom trailed the field early but appeared within easy strik ¬ ing distance considered the rally he had shown in his stakes winning effort effortFrosty Frosty Mr began picking up horses on the final turn and when straightened into the stretch was fortunate enough to secute racing room between horses The antici ¬ pated rally failed to develop sufficiently however and he failed by almost a length as Helicopter continued on gamely under McKees urging urgingWhile While the defeat of Frosty Mr in the feature was a sharp disappointment to the form players they had previously selected two shortpriced winners in Ferouz and Rose of Araby both from the stable of Mrr Walter M Jeffords Ferouz a four yearold half brother to Subahdar being by Pavot Muti was making the first start of his career and beat maidens with six furlongs in 113 to pay 480 Rose of Araby like Ferouz was ridden by Stanley Small and returned only 340 while win ¬ ning her second race in as many attempts She was claimed from the race by J Der rico for 8000 8000Rokeby Rokeby Stables Golden East regarded as a prospective stakes campaigner won his second race in as many starts when he took the sixfurlong fifth event in 112 to return 940 Ridden by Oliver Cutshaw the threeyearold Pavot gelding retained a narrow advantage over Mrs Ellsworth H
