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THE EASTERN CANDIDATES. New York, June 9.— American Derby developments here today were that E. R. Thomas will not send either Tardarm or Onatas to Chicago, that M. F. Dwyer will start Merry Acrobat in the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, June 20, and that Irish Lad may be classed as a probable starter. A gentleman who is close to both W. C. Whitney and his son, Harry Payne Whitney, said tonight: "I believe Irish Lad will go to Chicago unless something goes wrong with him before the middle of next week, but you can put it down as a certainty that he will not go without the consent of Herman B. Duryea, who is Harry Payne Whitneys partner in the ownership of the colt. When Duryea has been consulted and convinced that the shipment of Irish Lad to Chicago will be judicious and not hazardous, it will be safe to back the Brooklyn Handicap winner and not earlier. And let "me tell you that if Irish Lad starts in the American Derby and has a good track to run over, a lot of eastern money will be invested at post odds. Duryt a, who is the sole owner of Acefull, stood to win §200,009 on that colt in the English Derby and he thinks pretty well of Irish Lad." Johnny McCafferty predicts that Irish Lad will be seen at Washington Park. "He will," said he, "get all his work here excepting a gallop the day before the race, probably a mile in about fifty, and will be a hard horse to beat." Johnny was one of the few who picked and backed Irish Lad to win the Brooklyn Handicap. Major Daingerfield, with 118 up, won the Parkway Handicap, a mile and a sixteenth, today, but at the end of a mile uVIerry Acrobat, carrying 97, had him strung out and under the whip. He has worked well, but his supporters say he needs racing. Hermis is reported to have worked a mile and a Quarter at Sheepshead Bay Saturday afternoon in 2:04i. His former owner, H. M. Ziegler, insists that the horse should be raced, that his record last year established that fact and that he only needs a few contests to demonstrate his superiority over • every other thoroughbred in training in the "United States. T. J. Gallagher.
