view raw text
Satan Weper Laurel Repeater Beats Colony Menu Half Length Takes Lead at Eighth Pole And Goes On to Gain Purse Lady Colonel Pays 12420 12420By By TEDDY COX COXLAUREL LAUREL Md May 2 Elmer W Reib ers Satan Helper an extremely well bred son of Devil Diver Europa by Bull Lea who had raced but four times previously gained his second straight triumph over the local surface when he drove to victory in the Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce Purse before a crowd of 11789 this ideal afternoon afternoonThe The veteran Armando F Martinez al ¬ lowed the colt to settle early made his challenge at the head of the stretch and at the finish he was a half length ahead of the favorite Colony Menu from the Edwin S Hineman stable In third place was Mrs Eben H Ellison Jrs Golden Sun who was surprisingly well backed in spite of the fact that he had not started since last season at Pimlico He closed ground through the stretch and probably will dis ¬ play considerable improvement with this seasoning under his girth Warner x W Waters Lady Angora was fourth fourthSatan Satan Helper who had beaten a similar field in his last start here was fairly well backed returning 1080 His time for six furlongs was 112 112Chance Chance It Falters FaltersChance Chance It moved out into the lead short ¬ ly after the start and was followed by Colony Menu Lady Angora and Hoptoit boy The leader maintained a slight ad ¬ vantage down the backstretch and around the turn where Satan Helper drove up and forged to the front at the eighth pole Once put to the test Chance It faltered badly and Colony Menu became the one to create pressure with Eldon Nelson urging his mount hard to close the gap The two of them drew off from the others as they battled towards the line with Satan Helper proving much the stronger strongerAs As the horses reached the post and the field began to lead into the gate Raymond Haight the track announcer stated that No 5 Lady Colonel will have blinkers Before hardly anyone in the crowd had a chance to place any type of value on the announcement the field was dispatched and it was Lady Colonel who gained first money with the acrosstheboard payoff being 12420 5520 and 1620 The daughter of Colonel Mike Bimtorr by Bimelech had shown a poor perfonnance in the only other start of her career when hex head was clean cleanDick Dick Lawless had her in a good position from the beginning while the favorite Romeer was setting the pace She swung out in the stretch reached the leaders at the eighth pole then drew away to score by a couple of lengths Estoy was second and Romeer was third thirdLady Lady Colonel was bred by Mrs Louis Pondfield and Mrs Mack Lesnick and she raced under the latters silks Mrs Pond field is the wife of the Pimlico general manager managerAfter After the field was lined up for the second race John Burrows Maine Avenue broke through made a circuit of the course and was ordered withdrawn by the stewards The gelding had been heavily played This resulted in a consolation Daily Double of 760 for those who had coupled that one with the winner of the first race Magnolia Farms Caddys Pat The regular Daily Double was on Caddys Pat and V S O P The return was 1200
