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Dotted Line Preps For Bed o Roses RosesGuessing Guessing Game Nears Top Form Riley Breezes Six Furlongs Georgian Drills DrillsBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 1 Horses with stakes engagements in the immediate future were a rarity this beautiful May Day morning at all three Long Island tracks tracksKing King Ranchs Dotted Line a nominee to Saturdays Bed O Roses Handicap in which she has 117 pounds went six fur ¬ longs in 115 on the main track here but was unable to keep up with Guessing Game a maiden daughter of Bold Venture who was unplaced in her two starts last fall It could be that Guessing Game has developed into a really good filly though her ll5Vs handily was not sensational sensationalOtherwise Otherwise Dotted Lines move hardly suggests that she has regained the good form that would make her a serious rival for such as Princess Turia and Little Pache in Saturdays 25000 mile and a sixteenth sixteenthJimmy Jimmy Smith sent Miss E R Sears Georgian and Pester a handy seven fur ¬ longs together on the main track with the former of the two former Hal Price Head ley horses being a bit tfie better Georgian who has not raced since 1955 was clocked i in 126 while Pester was twofifths slower slowerChevation Chevation Goes Seven Furlongs FurlongsFoxcatcher Foxcatcher Farms erratic turf specialist Cheyation also went seven panels this morning breezing the distance in 130 130Sanford Sanford Stud Farms capable Louise Bell turned in a sparkling five furlongs in 100 working trom the gate for Holly Hughes The filly appears ready for a good race in the near future futureBill Bill Post sent Harry La Montagnes Plot ¬ ter and Goulash a half from the gate and the pair went along on even terms in 48 handily handilyTwo Two other pairs to work half miles from the gates were Foxcatcher Farms Tuckeroe and Gold Finery and Brookmeade Stables Water Lily and Floral Park All four were caught in an identical 48 but the Brook ¬ meade pair appeared to be under somewhat more restraint restraintGreentree Greentree Stables Riley who has yet to appear in public this year but proved one of the best staying threeyearolds last fall with a victory in the Lawrence Reali ¬ zation and a good second in Nashuas track record Belmont Gold Cup breezed an easy six furlongs in 116 He might be ready for an overnight feature before the end of this meeting with such Belmont Park stakes as the Carter Metropolitan and Suburban his major objectives Over on the training track Come On Red was under a snug hold as he breezed six furlongs in 117 while the capable Clem went an easy half in 51 Neshanic went a useful mile in 146 hardly more than galloping on the same deep track trackThere There were no moves worthy of note at either Jamaica or Aqueduct other than the impressive move turned in by Wheatley Stables Gray Phantom at the latter track The gray fouryearold sped six furlongs in 112 with fractions of 34 46 and 59 and seems to have regained his peak form
