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J U D G E S STAND BX CHARLES HATTON LEXINGTON Ky May 13 Warren Wright will head a delegation of his Blue Grass neighbors to Pirn lico this weekend flying to the Hill ¬ top if the weather permits The njaster of Calumet naturally is hope ¬ ful that Citation will bring off the Triple Crown but he was never one to feel that he had won a race until the red board is posted Citation is an exciting performer in any weather but Wright observes I should like to see him catch a fast track for one of these spring races I think that he might show us something and then again it is always less chancy running on the dry The son of Bull Lea has not raced on a really fast surface since he left Miami Wright tells us thatCitati6n and others of the string now deploying in the East are to race during the summer season in Chicago This is their usual itinerary as you probably know There are those who not only concede Citation the Triple Crown but fancy he may seek new worlds to conquer It might as well be noted at once that his owner isnt at all interested in racing abroad Citation is a possibility for the International Gold Cup from which Armed was barred as a gelding Jut at the moment he is preoccupied with winning the Preakness It may take a good deal more winning than many suppose supposeA A A A Wright obsefves that horses more or less make their own plans but he thinks that Citation will freshen up a bit following the Belmont He has a date with the Clasic ana American Derby in the summer at Chicago Wright considers that Citation is perhaps the best horse Calu ¬ met has had and in this view many tuurfmen incline to Wright Off to Pimlico for Preakness Outlines Plans for Citation Coaltown String Will Converge on Arlington Park France England Adopt Hew Bet Systems agree There are certain fundamental differences in the types of horses that win the Belmont Futurity and the Kentucky Derby and Citation is unique in that he has won both It is going to be interesting to note if he can win the Belmont To concede him the Triple Crown is to presuppose that he will stay a mile and a half and there are skeptics who doubt the Bull Leas stamina you know They used also to doubt if the Bull Leas could negotiate the mud mudA A A A AThe The Preakness favorites owner does not feel that in Coaltown there is a better one hi the barn but he cer ¬ tainly does not underestimate him Coaltown seems to be only just coming to his top form the Kentuckian noted He naturally tired in the Derby after running so fast in the early stages We did not nominate him for the Classic andAmerican Derby as he was ailing at the time but there are many races for which he might be pointed As you might imagine Citation would have to have more feet than a centipede to oblige all those who want his racing plates He would also have to be more potent than Rysdycks Hambletonian to serve all the niares breeders want to book to him in future years None of Calumets two earolds has started to this writing owing to the cough and what not but one that their owner and Breeder likes is Good Ending This impeccably bred sonof Bull Lea and Dustwhirl gained some experience in riding trains when he came to the Downs with Citation We may at least say that he ia keeping fast company companyA A A A New wagering systems have been introduced in England and in France wljere the parimutuels were originated According to the European Review of Racing and Breeding Englands amount of business in the tote has increased by 50 per cent thanks to the new principle of previous deduction adopted In 1947 Instead of deduct ing 10 per cent of the total money staked the organizers have decided to deduct 15 per cent of the losing money That is to say the deduction no longer touches the winning bets but only the winnings themselves which increased the dividend of those who pick the favorites In France the parimutuel at fixed odds was created Two systems function concurrently the integral system whose odds are established mathematically according to the amount of business and the offer and Demand sys ¬ tem which consists of centralizing the on and against bets and of executing the bets which can be placed A A ATurf Turf ana Ajax St Simon and Hurry On are three Unbeaten race horses in the first four removes of the Preakness favorites pedigree Not only is Bull Lea currently the leading 48 sire but his sire Bull Dog and the latters sons Coldstream and Eternal Bull are the three leading sires of twory ear olds Mrs Adams promising twoyearold Flaming Bush came out of his one start with bucked shins One of the nicest foals at Coldstream this spring is Willie duPonts colt by Hampden out of Fairy Chant two whom turfgoers well remember It is sad commentary on something or other the number of horses that are finishing at the sixteenth pole
