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DERBY CANDIDATES WORKING VTELL C C Van Meters The Fad Goes a Mile in 144 Eased TJp Waldo Covers Distance in 147 Louisville Ivy March 21 There is every indica ¬ tion at Churchill Downs that spring is here The grass is green the trees are blooming and painters arc lrightening the fences the stables the grandstand the paddock betting shed and clubhouse for the opening of the race meeting which begins May 10 10At At this time there are more than 00 thorough ¬ breds at the Downs and at Douglas Park there are many horses which will be raced over Louisvilles historic course Splendid weather has prevailed of late and the trainers are congratulating themselves upon their good fortune in being able to make so much headway with their charges chargesThe The announcement bv Colonel Matt J Wlnn man ¬ ager of the New LoflisVille Jockey Club that a free Held will rule cu Derbv day has met with general approval This feature of a free field had its origin in England and did much in the long ago to make racing popular It was first inaugurated ia Louisville by Colonel M Lewis Clark who was the first president of the Louisville Jockey Club The custom prevailed from 187o until 1S92 whch I Azra won the Derby It was abandoned because of the inferior transportation facilities to the race track at that time Its readoption is due to a de ¬ sire uixm the part of the New Louisville Jockey Club to demonstrate to new generations the spectacular scenes witnessed and enjoyed by their fathers and grandfathers In the years of the free Derby field Ieople of high and low degree journeyed to Churchill Downs on foot and In all sorts of conveyances A grocer wagon was as good for some as a car ¬ riage and carts with tandem mule teams galloped out Third avenue with happy bunches of darkies The infield when the Derby was run was like a beehive It was so full of people the day Tom Kiley dashed to victory with Spokane that the spectators leaned over the rail at all parts of the journey and Klley ii describing the scene says that the flying Spokane swept hats and spectacles off scores of on ¬ lookers so eager were they to get close to the con ¬ queror of Proctor Knott KnottOn On Saturday one of C C Van Meters Derby can ¬ didates The Fad worked a mile in 144 under re ¬ straint and with the trainerowner signalling his boy to slow down through the final quarter The Fad went the first eighth In 12J the quarter in 2r ii threeeighths in 7J half in 1 fiveeighths in 102J threequarters in 118 and seveneighths in 181 He moved as if he could have gone a mile In 140 and his work greatly impressed the trainers Trainer Van Meter says The Fad did not do well at Juarez because of the altitude Here atmospheric conditions suit him and as a result he is back to bis best twoyearold form In his opinion If The Fad will stay the mile and a quarter of the Derby route as he goes a mile he will win the big event in May as he does not think Waldo Boca Grande nor any other entry in that race has anyhiug on the son of Woolsthorpo when it comes to speed Van Meter also worked his other Kentucky Derby candidate Topland a mile In 140 the fractional time of which was First eighth 122 quarter 2T threeeighths 5SJ half r2s liveeighths 108 three quarters 118J and seveneighths 11J The trainer signaled the jockey to slow down during the last half or the son of Orlando would have put In a mile around 148 148Waldo Waldo and Fighting Bob other Derby ellgibles worked a mile in the same notch 147 and both did their work Impressively Waldo went his first eighth in 18 the quarter in 2iR the threeeighths in g the half in T84 the fiveeighths in 104 the threequarters in 11H and the seveneighths in 188 Fighting Bobs fractional time was First eighth 12 quarter 25 threeeighths IKtjU half Tti liveeighths 108 threequarters in 119 and seveneighths in 12 12Trainer Trainer Pete Coyne was satisfied with sending George J Longs Derby candidate Don Antonio ihreeqnarters In 120 he going his first eighth in 12L the quarter in 201 the threeeighths iu 39i the half in 58J and the fiveeighths in 104 He was only breezing all of the way and improves every time he comes on the track trackTrainer Trainer John Ferriss received a letter at Churchill Downs yesterday from his brother at Nashville bring ¬ ing the news that at Cumberland Park Wednesday trainer Jeorge Ham worked William Gersts Ken ¬ tucky Derby candidate Donau an easy mile in 1 40 The writer said that the son of Woolsthorpo and Al Lone had developed into a grandlooking threeyearold and he questioned if Waldo or any other colt of his age In training outlooks him Trainer Ham is reiwrted to be very sweet on bis Derby chances notwithstand ¬ ing the prestige clustering around Waldo Boca Grande and other cracks engaged in the big nice niceTrainer Trainer Raleigh Colston announced at Churchill Downs yesterday that C L Harrison had engaged jockey V Powers to ride Waldo iu the Kentucky Derby Powers won the1 race last year On J It Respess Dick Welles colt Wintergrecii The re ¬ port was also current that Shilling will ride J N Camdens entry Boola Boola Shilling rode Miami for the Woodford County turfman in the Derby last year and finished second Stanley Page will have tlie mount in the big race on Fighting Bob and George Mountain will be in the saddle on Boca Grande It is understood trainer Jack Baker is after Taplin to ride Joe Morris and if possible E R Bradley will get E Dugan to come west if the owner of Bad News sends Colinet to the post postTrainer Trainer J J Flannigan has Captain Kennedy looking superbly at Douglas Park and so far this spring that promising plater has trained soundly Captain Kennedy has not raced since lie went lame in Canada last summer summerifouglas ifouglas Park was the scene Saturday of the best workouts by any of the twoyearolds in training in this section Youngsters iu the strings of W J Young and John W May worked quarters iu from 23 5 to 24 j and two of the number went threeeighths in as good as 87 Czar was the only old horse to do any fast work and at that the Suburban Handicap can ¬ didate was held by his jockey to a threequarters move of l20i May worked his threeyearold Bob R fiveeighths in 107J which is the best time for the distance any horse has shown over the Douglas Park track this season seasonAt At Churchill Downs Carroll Reid let Third Rail go threeeighths in 89 and trainer Raleigh Colston sent Rerrv Maid a half in 4 John Marklein breezed Lady Esther a half in and Maltbie did the same distance iu the same time for trainer Gass GassThe The weather was perfect and the track In such fast condition that many of tlie trainers regretted their horses were not sufficiently advanced to permit fast time trials trialsThe The recent favorable weather has greatly advanced the condition of the locally trained horses aud trainers do not doubt that they will be ready when tlie bugle sounds on May 10 to hook up with seasoned horses from the south and California CaliforniaM M L and A C Schwartz trainer J W Mays employers and racing partners are two former citi ¬ zens of Louisville who years ago went to New York to make their fortune They are now rated on Wall street as millionaires and A C Schwartz is credited with being the most accomplished ticketreader in New York This is the first season they have em ¬ barked heavily in racing though they have owned and raced horses for several years on a small scale The best that until this season carried their colors were Bat Masterson and Far West May thinks some of his youngsters are forward enough now to be conditioned for early racing at Aqueduct and he will cut iu there on the opening day if good weather nrevails during his last two weeks stay at Doug ¬ las Park Trainer May will take thirteen horses east to the Aqueduct track on April 8 of the seventeen owned by himself and M L and A C Schwartz which he now has quartered in the long barn at Douglas Park The four which lie has decided are not up to eastern racing standard he will sell off before leaving here lie did have eighteen but a few days ago he sold to J W Fry who was acting for Lou Johnson the bay colt by Sempronius out of ISon Vovage by Xorilla so he now has only four to rid himself of Tho colt Johnson bought is a halfbrother to George C Bennetts noted horse An Revoir The bakers dozen Mav will take east in ¬ clude the threeyearold Bob R and twelve two yearelds that stand the New York brokers as year ¬ lings 27OOO as follows followsBay Bay colt halfbrother to Honest by Yorkshire Lad Priscilla PriscillaChestnut Chestnut colt by Islington Dainty DaintyBay Bay colt by Broomstick Ascot Belle BelleBay Bay colt liy Woolsthorpe A Hie Belle BelleBay Bay colt by Sciutillant II Jessie Woodson WoodsonBay Bay colt by Hernando Portia Sweet SweetBay Bay lilly by Inflexible OrlKma OrlKmaBrown Brown colt by Yorkshire Lad Minnie Alphonso AlphonsoBav Bav colt by inflexible Orelana Chestnut filly by Garry Hermann Wayward Lass LassBay Bay lilly halfsister to Marse Abe by Plaudit Halo HaloBay Bay filly by Meltonian Brown Beauty BeautyJohn John Markleins W A Loach which sustained an iniurv at Juarez is rounding to nicely and will soon be ready to race Pal Beau Brtmitnel and Lady Esther are also going along promisingly
