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HIGH FIDELITY BRINGS SMILE TO ROBERT J DIENSTS FACE FACEBargain Bargain Claim Has Earned More Than 18000 for Ohio Owner OwnerCOLUMBUS COLUMBUS Ohio June 19 Racing his ¬ t tory is rich in yarns of prize bargains but t the story that brings a wide smile to the f face of Robert J Dienst Columbus sports ¬ r man and president and general manager of Beulah Park is the one that centers around the veteran campaigner High Fidelity which i now races in the colors of DIensts River I Divide Farm stable High Fidelity perhaps will never gain the t fame of a Seabiscuit the turfs top money winner However he has proved himself a j most useful horse for the River Divide es ¬ tablishment Two years ago High Fidelity could have been claimed for 800 At that time he was 5 racing in the Middle West and on several 4occasions he matched strides with a horse MineyI called Miney Miney is still racing In the 800 claiming i bracket but High Fidelity Well right now j he just isnt for sale Dienst claimed High Fidelity a gelded son of Insco Top Lady bred by Herbert M iWoolf for 1250 from Sam Pershall That i was at Thistle Down on July 22 1939 High Fidelity won that race and eleven more that year including his first start for Dienst at J Thistle atThistle Down on August 8 1939 j WON SEVEN RACES IN 1940 The son of Insco won seven races and yearned 12505 last year and among his vic ¬ J tories was the second running of the 2500 1 added Governors Handicap at Beulah Park ParkLast j Last winter in Florida however High j I Fidelity won only one race and many veteran horsemen concluded that the end of the trail was in sight Shipped to Beulah he made two starts finishing out of the money in the first and third in the other which was wasin in the Governors Handicap i j During the current Detroit meeting the routeloving High Fidelity has been display ing his oldtime speed On Memorial Day t he won the Col Alger Memorial Handicap and 2150 and last week he came back to j take the Motor City Handicap and earn l 3250 His total earnings for the year are 5950 despite his mediocre campaign In InFlorida Florida FloridaLittle Little wonder that Bob Dienst smiles when he discusses the day that he claimed High Fidelity for 1250 j
