the crowd is taken again.
then in the sixth race, Mister Honey is given a morning line of 10 but is sent off as second choice of 5/2 and wins easy, having won three out of nine in tougher class at short odds.
Newport Buell, a cheaper horse is sent off at even money because he closed ground in last at nine to one.
a bad bet.
the crowd doesn't understand.
in the seventh, Bills Snookums, a winner of seven out of nine in class and with the leading rider Farrington up is made the new 8/5 favorite and justifiably so.
the crowd bets Princess Sampson down to 7/2. this horse has won only 6 races out of 67. naturally, the crowd gets burned again.
Princess Sampson shows the best time in a tougher race but just does not want to win.
the crowd is time-happy.
they do not realize that time is caused by pace and pace is caused by the discre- tion - or lack of it - of the lead drivers.
