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TRAINING AT LOUISVILLE. Concerning the thoroughbreds now being prepared at Louisville for this years turf campaign and other pertinent matters, the Courier Journal of Friday says: "Real work was begun at Churchill Downs yesterday for the first time this season. The track has dried out wonderfully during the past two days of pretty weather, and yesterday the various trainers called on their charges for a little more than the usual jogging or gallops, which have been the rule during the bad weather and mud. . "By long odds the best work done this spring hereabouts was a mile yesterday morning in 1:48$. This was negotiated over the Thompson trotting track by one of John E. Maddens horses. Several railbirds who held watches on the youngsters declare it was Mr. Maddens Kentucky Derby colt Onatas, a bay colt, by Top Gallant Sister Mollie. Mr. Madden would not announce the identity of the colt, and he, alone, knows which one it was that did the work. If Onatas was sent a mile in. 1:48$, he is considerably further advanced than any of the other Derby youngsters which are being trained in the vicinity of Churchill Downs. "Pat Dunnes Early, another Kentucky Derby candidate, was also given some work, but nothing fast was asked of him. He is not near up to a race, and if he does not soon improve he will not be sent to Memphis to take part in the Tennessee Derby. This colt is by Troubadour Miss Dawn, and is generally considered by horsemen here to have the best chance, on last years performances to land the Kentucky classic. However, the weather has been so bad here that the colt has not received the work he should have had, and it is probable that Mr. Dunne will be a little late in getting him ready. "Ed Corrigan had his entire stable out early yesterday morning. He gave them all some stiff gallops. Marta Santa and a three-year-old colt were sent three-eighths in 40 seconds. All the Corrigan string look good, and trainer Scott Williams says they will be ready in time for the Louisville meeting. The horses that have been campaigned all winter at New Orleans will be given the few days rest they are entitled to. "It is said that Bookmaker Fred Cook will split his large stable into three divisions. Brown Dick will take Bessie Spahr and the best of the stable east. Trainer Phillips will take ten or fifteen over to Kinloch to race during that meeting. The remainder of the stable will remain here to race during the spring meeting. Coroner Kelly, a two-year-old colt in the Cook stable, is dangerously sick, and the chances are he will not recover. He was considered one of the best in Cooks youngster division. "Captain S. S. Browns entire stable will arrive here in a few days, when it will be divided. Hyphen, the sensational colt of last season, that was retired early, was sent down from Capt. Browns Lexington farm In company with a two-year-old filly, a full sister to the grand old mare Imp. "The string of horses belonging to Ben Johnson, of Bardstown, arrived at Churchill Downs yesterday to go Into training for the spring meeting. Mr. Johnson, it will be remembered, was formerly Internal Revenue Collector for this district. His horses :ro I In charge of trainer J. If. Young. They are as follows: Skookum, ch. g, 7, by Trafalgar Linnie; De Sanet, ch. c, 4, by Wagner Llnnie; Little Corker, ch. g, 3, by Ban Chief Alethea Allen".
