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HATES HORSES. T. P. Hayes, better known on the turf as Tom Hayes, the Kentucky horseman, who has campaigned the circuits for many years, has in training at Cumberland Park, Nashville, Tenn., one of the largest stables in the west. The list includes thirty head, and with but one exception, Lady Strathmore, the horses are two, three and four-year-olds. Twenty-two are baby racers, while seven are three-year-olds. The string is headed by the Derby candidates, Orlando, Outlaw and Pirateer, three of the most promising maidens to be found anywhere. Of the three Orlando is the only one that has ever started. He faced the flag twice as a two-year-old, but finished out of the money both times. Pirateer and Outlaw went amiss early in their two-year-old forms and were turned out. The horses were the best tried yearlings around Nashville last winter, and but for their ill luck they would probably have cut a big figure in the juveniles. Orlando struck himself soon after being taken east last summer to fill his engagement in the Coney Island Futurity. The trio are exceedingly promising, and Hayes is of the opinion that they will develop into grand three-year-olds. The animals are good lookers and bred in right lines and are well developed. Orlando, which is the best liked of the three by Hayes, has -improved wonderfully. He has grown a great deal and is a horse of rather long range. The horses have been in active exercise all the winter, and are now being prepared for the Cumberland Derby and other events.
