The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-24
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lReg. q. S. Pat. Off, BY JACK CUDDY



 Johstown. N. j.. Aug. 24.-tUP)-- Millionaire William Helis, the turf's Golden Greek" is q down-to-earth fellow who sleeps in the raw and, whenever possible. wears oyeralls and goes unshaved.
 Being a modest, conservative guy In private life, he is appalled, at thought that tn public may pie ture him as a flashy. diamond studded show-off because of his enthusiastic but expensive plunge into racing. This plunge was fea- tured by such Outlays as si00.0OC for Valdina Orphan, S6S. 900 for Pericles and S55.O for Attention
 Friends" estimate that oilman Helis has invested more than Sl,- 100000 in thoroughbred improve ment in the short clocking of two years. which is a record for such an abbreviated period. even in the sports of kings. Friends" also es- timate that oil-well Williams daily income approximate sGs. .O0o-hefort Uncle sam takes his divvy.
 But that's the troublel ThosG estimates by friends" smear muc on the track of the Golden Greek who may reluctantly admit the pur. chase price of Q certain horse-tc confirm the statement of auctioneeI or seller-but with whom an fur- ther talk of money is strictly taboo
 Helis. new master of the nearby Rancocas farm-the 1900 acres dream" layout,-was a bit dis gruntled as he leaned against the rail of the little clocking stand watching some of his horses "work' around the sand-loam curves of the worlds longest training traek-ons and four-fifth miles.
 The early sun etched sharply the easil galloping thoroughbred and their exercise boys. meanwhile silhouetting the Indian-like profile of 57-year old Helis-a bespectacleG daTk-complected man with thicl gra hair. whose conservatism ct thu table lett just the right amount O flash on hts fiye-foOt-ten frame Because he was expecting visitors he wore gray trousers and gray shir -instead of his usual overalls ana into the breeze he blew pufGs iron his cigar,
 "When people ask me about Taci ing, why do they always bring Il the dollars before the hOrses?" hl inquired with the protective frogl of a guilty seh00lb0y,
 He got no answer from the fe porter; and he expected none Hell knew the answer quite well, III had suddenly acquired love to thOroughbreds and racing, But h was different from millions of othe gee-gee add.ets. He had fahulou wealth from oil with which to plnng into the fascinating pasttme a owner and breeder,
 His friends" recall that Helk ha lent e250,001 to the Fairgrounds track at New orleans, where h' has his main offices, Wheneye the Golden Greek would go t the track, he would sit in the din ing room and not even watch thl races Until one dlay when he wa induced to make a small wager on certain horse, and he heard thl crowd screaming the name of hi horse and the name Of an0the hangtail, He rushed from his tahll tot he balcony and saw his hors' win a stretch battle by a nose,
 Something happened to him Il that fraction of a second, He hal never been the same slnee-n0T hal racing, Something new has beel added - like when millionaire Ton Yawkey entered baseball, But Hell Is still an nltFa-oonseFVatlve y everything not pertaining t0 his 0nl' weakness-hoTses, And n saaden the modest, enassuming msllionalF' 10 think that the public mish regard hlm as . show.ofF,