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LITTLE ROCKs PROSPECTS. Of racing prospects and training operations at Little Rock the Arkansas Gazette of Thursday says: "The Arkansas Jockey Club meeting begins Thursday next. There will be six races every day of the meeting. There are three well filled stakes . to be decided during the meeting, the Derby, the Pine Bluff Stakes, and the Tennessee Brewing . Co.s Selling Stakes. I I " The Derby closed with thirty-eight entries - and they are all good average three-year-olds. Any half dozen of them would make a splendid I race. But the prospects are that the field will i be much larger. At least ten or twelve are now L expected to make the race. There are ten or 3 twelve of the candidates on the ground and j nine or ten more eligibles will be here when the r meeting begins. Those already here are Mona 3 B Air Blast, Ada T., Lillie Paxton, The Trim-, mer, Bert Davis, Mad Anthony, Katie Gibbons, . Exception, Mabel M., The Pride and Golden Standard. Will Darden has two entered, 1 Sagitta and Leo Planter, and will certainly start one, most likely the latter. Tom Hayes S j S has Granby and St. Wood and may start either; W. H. May and Son have Jockey Joe and Ed Tipton in the stake; J. H. McAvoy and Co, have . 1 Hardy Pardee and Prince McClurg ; Abe Cahn, Sir Gatian and Lurdan, and Mr. Schorr has five 1 to pick from. Besides these there are T. E. Barretts Teutons; George C. Bennetts Hittick; 1 C. F. Buschmeyers The Barrister; J. C. Cahns Chancery; P. M. Civills Red Admiral; Cush-ings Tulane; John Huffmans May Droit; W. H. Laudemans Onomastus; R. E. Maddoxs St. Vrain; Sam Oppenheimers Nobleman, and J. W. ONeall and Co.s great colt Frank Bell. "Of the dozen already here all intend now to start, but much depends on what they do in the way of work between now and Derby day. Owners and trainers are not giving out much information as to their intentions, but from what can be gathered now, the probable starters in the Arkansas Derby are put down as follows : i "George C. Bennett and Co. Hittick. 1 "O. W. Boardman Mona B. "W. L. Cassidy Air Blast. ; "W. W. Darden Leo Planter. "J. D. Dearing Lillie Paxton. "F. Garner The Trimmer, "J. B. Gray Bert Davis. "T. P. Hayes Granby. "W. H. Laudeman Onomastus. "Leigh and Jordan Mad Anthony. "P. J. Miles Exception. "T. H. Ryan The Pride. "John W. Schorr and 8on Ordnung. "G. W. Yelverton Mabel W. "That would give the Derby a field of fourteen good ones, and it is probable that it will not fall much Bhort of that number. "As to jockeys, it is difficult to tell just yet what boys will have mounts in tho race. Lonnie Clayton, the crack colored knight of the pigskin, whose home is at Little Rock, and who always rides here, is already in town and his services are in great demand. He will have a mount in the Derby, but which one is as yet uncertain. Burns will ride Ordnung, Lines will be on Air Blast and J. Harris will pilot Mr. Dearings candidate. "The work of gatting ready is being pushed forward by all the trainers now. The track is in splendid condition and work begins early and continues late. Large numbers of horses were out yesterday morning and some very good work was done. As far as the ground is concerned, the going was splendid, but a strong wind blew down tho homestretch all morning that made really fast work difficult on the last eighth. The most sensational work of the morning was done by Mr. Boardmans Derby candidate, Mona B. The filly worked by herself and she fairly set tho track on fire for the first half of the route, but slackened up perceptibly whon facing the wind on tho homestretch. She broke in front of the stand and in eleven seconds had passed the first eighth pole. She reached the quarter in 21; tho half in 49 ; five-eighths in 1:02; six furlongs in 1:16; seven eighths in 1:35 and finished the mile in 1:46. She was not urged to any extent, but she was tired at the finish. Her work is considered the best done here this spring and indicates, that, whilo she may perhaps not be of Derby class, she is a sprinter to be respected at any distance under a mile, "Colonel Cassidys Air Blast workedthe Derby .distance Tuesday morning with the old mare Kittie B. for a running mate, They negotiated the distance in "l:47r, the mare being under, . restraint most of the route. "Air Blast hardly shows stake class but is improving every day. Paul Miles filly Exception x was set down for seven-eighths yesterday morn- - 1 CONTINUED ON SECOND PAQB. LITTLE ROCKS PROSPECTS. Continued from 1st Page. ing, working it in 1 :35. Marito of the same stable breezed five-eighths in 1:04 and The Hub worked the same distance in 1:021. "A good deal of work was done by the two-year-olds, the most notable being that by Mc-Gnigans Edinburgh, who was set down for his first fast half. He made it in :52 with his head swinging. McGuigan was highly elated over his colts good showing and offered to bet 00 that he could beat any two-year-old on the track. It is probable that a match may be made to be decided during the meeting. "Frank Leigh worked his Leonatus filly and a St. Florian colt together in 0:52 1-2, the colt showing a half length in front at the finish. Sir Fitzhugh, a strapping, good-looking Deceiver colt, and Chump, a small unattractive filly, worked a half together in 0:52 1-4, the Deceiver beating the filly out by two lengths. Gardners two-year-old, a handsome big colt called Banana, worked a half handily in 0:54 and work in similar time was done by a number of others."
