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TRANCE IN PROMISING CONDITION. New York. April 1. — Patched-up cripples have won many races on the American turf lieeause of patient handling and expert treatment. Just now horsemen •it Craveseiul are watching the efforts of Ceorge M. Odiin to bring the four-year-old filly. Trance, by Ben Brush — Fair Vision, back to the races after n year on the shelf. Odom is confident of success ami as a reason for his faith in Trance he points with pride to lit r apoiren; soundness after the daily gallop at the Iiwyir track. Trance, as a two-year-old, showed remarkable form, and was rated not far behind James B. Keenes Maskette in point of class. She won more than a dozen races for Odom under all sorts of condition*, taking the measure of the now famous Fitz Herbert among others. Odom re fused 3,000 for the daughter of Ben Brush. B castas! af the Keene stable, and. when last season dawned at Pimlico. the vming turfman lielieved that Trance would be one of the reigning sensations. But. much to Moms dismay, the lilly. after a fast work-out over the Baltimore track one morning, pulled up with a pair of hawed tendons, fldom saw at. a glance thai her racing days were temporarily at an end and he promptly shipped her to the farm to be turned out. "If she coims back sound next spring. he said. "I will train her and shell win some of the big races too." So Trance, after being fired and blis tired, spent all of last year in retirement, though she was never forg*tte* for a moment by her owner. Barly in February Odom looked Trance over critically and decided that she would stand training. He had her shipped to Craveseml and three weeks ago he let her have a walk around the track. Then came trotting and caiuering. Trance pulling up sound after each days outing. Odom was delighted therefore ami so were his friends, who are looking for the fillys complete recovery. At the track yesterday Trance was allowed to gallop a half in alx ut ." ."■. and when she went to her stall she was as sound as a hi ass lull. This was a crucial test, according ti Oiloin. who saw the tilly cool out. andsaid: "1 think she will be the same as ever. And maybe she wont make some of the sprinters fly."
