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GOSSIP FROM KENTUCKY TRAINING GROUNDS Louisville Ky March 11 Trainer John Walters has turned over to J C Ferriss Kd Alveys good fouryearold Friend Harry and the Tennessee trainer now has all the horses in his care that the Louisville turfman owns in training at Churchill Downs The halfbrother to Pink Coat looks rough but rugged and Ferriss says right now lie has all his oldlime dash and speed lie has not been raced since last spring and during his long letup has had a taste of the liring iron ironIn In the fall f 1JHIS as a twoyearold Friend Harry divided honors with Jeff Bernstein as being the iKst of their age in the west and Alvey gave J75 iO for him lie raced well that winter in Cali ¬ fornia but since then lie has brought nothing into the Alvey treasury treasuryFerriss Ferriss has a promising threeyearold in his stable in Countless with which he made a mild killing In a rare at Juarez near the close of the Mexican meeting This youngster is not in the Ken lucky Derby but the Tennessee trainer gave Secre tarvEd Maginn his nomination to Hie Iitouii Derby which event Ferriss won last year with Olambala Countless will get in the 1itonia Derby at 114 iiounds and Ferriss think well of his chances chancesFerriss Ferriss gives out the news that J Greener recently met with the misfortune of losing two great broodmares in Ilue and White and Oleliaut The latter has wily Countless to represent her in racing Uliie and White is the dam of it T Wilson Orsr OrsrTrainer Trainer Ferriss will point Delf for the Kentucky Derbv The daughter of Alvescot shipped exceed inlv well from Mexico and has already made her ¬ self perfectly at home on the track at Churchill ChurchillThe The threeyearold colt Slashing Ben and the four vearold tilly Alice George that Fred Luzader trainer of J It Wainwrights stable has had turned out at Ixxiiigtou since last fall have arrived at Churchill Downs and joined the Wainwright string With them also came Gallant Pirate the Kentucky Derby candidate Mr Wainwright bought from W WThis This makes twelve horses Luzader now has under his care Gallant Pirate is so high in llesh that bis trainer is dubious of getting him ready for the Kentucky Derby but he says he will be a sure starter in the big race if he can get him to the post in anything like reasonably giwd condition conditionTo To illustrate just how good the track is now at Churchill Downs it is only necessary to note the showing made yesterday by Maltbie trailed by the Kentucky Derbv candidate Fighting Bob The pair breezed through the stretch In 2 s pulling up It was the fastest juarter shown by any horses that have wintered here and horsemen looked upon it as vouderful for so early in the training season seasonHenderson Henderson Ilogan have shipped the only three stud matrons they own to Lexington where they will he mated with Stalwart The mares are Christ ¬ mas My Violet and Agnes Virginia The latter now Iris i foal at her side and she has a twoyearold liilv bv Star Shoot that Ixmis Tauher has in training at Churchill Downs which is good enough to be well Staked by her owners and has been nominated for the Kentucky Oaks of 1911 Neither Christmas nor Mv Violet has as yet had a foal having never been iired It is Captain Hogans ambition to breed a Derby winner and these three mares are the bcgin iiliiof what may some day grow into a local breed In plant f hig pretensions pretensionsW W R Thomas regarded as the lumber king of eastern Kentucky who died at Winchester a few ilavs ago was once a prominent figure on the turf AIiiv vears ago when a young man in partnership with lil brother It L Thomas he raced success ¬ fully Zulu Irish Dan and other good horses When fin the turf W It Thomas was a conservative horse iniii ninl at no time during his operations in this line did I ever show the speculative spirit of his lirother who in a race won by Wexford at Sheeps iiiiil Ilav several years ago was credited with tak S10 000 out of the betting ring
