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GOSSIP OF KENTUCKY TRACKS. Louisville. Kv., April 11..— Besides the Derby candidate. Ben K. Sleet, the horses in the string of Hi ard Coriigaii. now quartered at Churchill Downs, include Flora Riley. Cbenault. Elizabeth Italy. Jim Halpiu and other two-vear-olds. KLizabeth Italy will »- a starter in the Debutante Stakes, while Cbenault is eligible to the Bashford Manor Stakes and other juvenile events. Mr. Corrigaus Kcntnekj Derby andUl-.ite. Bin K. Sb-et, has developed into a good-looking three-vear-old. His condition is as far ad-aiuod as the "local trained eligibles. with the exception. |ieihaps. of The Fad and Topiand. He is ■ son of Knight of the Thistle, a horse that once sold at auction in this country for #:i».00t». and his dam. Golden Rod II. . produced SUverdale. winner of the St. lx»ui Derby of 1H01 and many other n-.ces. Mr. Corrigaii w i the Kentucky Derby with the famous Riley just twenty years ago. iu IMMI. and Iwic- afterwards was barely l eaten in the big event. Jn lsy7 his colt Huron ran George J. Longs Azra to :l now in the race, and in 1K!W Corsine. owned by him. figured in a close content with Manuel. His brother. Patrick Corrigan. tried to win the Derby of lssii with Free Knight, but that half-brother to the might v Freeland stacked up against two great horses i* Beii Ali and Blue Wing, and third was the best ifi- could do. Charles L. Harrison, of New York, who owns Waldo, is coming to the Derby from New York m a s| ecial ar with several prominent i asterners as guests Mr. Harrison informed Colonel Winn when la- was in N w York recently that he intended to race his stable at Louisville throughout the entire meeting. He said also that hereafter he expected to nCC everv M-asou in Kentu-kv. He feels that lie owes it l the home of the thoroughbred to do L. II. Davis, secretary of the New Louisville Jockey Club, is in receipt of communications from wveriil tiutuieu Informing him that they will ship ms follows for Churchill Downs: L. F. Marshall, from OakLind. Cal.. April 2o. three horses: H. T. Katcheler. from Dallas. Tex.. April 20. six horse*: Martin lolev. from Jacksonville. Fla.. April 1: • -lex" Foiman. from .la.ks.Miville. 11a.. April M, fhrei horses; T. Hatfield, from Jamestown. Va.. April 2o. fifteen horses: I. B. Fitzgerald, from .la k-isoinill,. I la . April 2o. tw.-lve horses. C«d. M. J. Winn reeeived a letter this week from two little bovs expre .Mng thanks for his announcement that on lierhj Hay the field would Im- free. It recalled to Colonel Winn that when he was a young Mer his father took him to Chun-hill liowns in a grocery wagon and the present manager of the local race track says lie never had a more exciting afternoon iu his life. Visitors la Churchill Downs on Derby day will be nurprised at the improvements made by Manager Malt J. Winn and Secretary L. man II. Davis. Workmen have completed a stand on the south side of the betting enclosure, wh Te an innovation will be introduced. The tickets sold in this liooth are lo l«» of roe combination variety, a simstitute for tin-old combination liook. ami are to 1m? sold for #10 a ticket. A patron can essay to pick the winners of the various races just as in the old lime combination book, onh tkr -xlils will l»- det.-rniinei! by the ame M-sleni a In the inutuels sold separately on a race. An addition lias iM-en made to the auction jmhiI Maud, and ihe receipt of money lor tickets and the cashing af winning past l«»ards will be hauilled from utile windows instead of from Itehind as formerly. The stand has also Ix-en enlarged anil a new entry and jH-key l«,ard installed. On- of the biggest improvements is the addition of six pav windows at which to cash unit net tickets, making tifteen such Im.xcs for the a i-oiuiiiodatioii of the iM-tting public. tbn -r « In re paintara are using their brushes freely. tl*e predominating colors Ix-ing green and white. From the Fourth avenue eiitraltce a road has Ix-eii graib-d and a gate gap made in the fence near the turn to the homestretch, which K to oc utilized to admit the free crowd to the field on Derby day. Horses in training at Hoiiglas Rark. especially in W. J. Youngs stable, are reported to have done lutiiio g.nKl work ju t before the recent rain. Some of his old horses, presumably Darknight. Solicitor. Stolvpin and Miss Crittenden, are said to have worked three quarters in as fast as 1:10. and his two vcarold filly. Roanna. a half in lH-tter than M. "Mr. " Voting is getting ten or eleven of his horses teadv to ship to I exington. He thinks he has a chance to win the Breeders Futurity with Roanna. and he is going after the Camden Handicap wilh the til 1 v Nanix-tte. The latter is a daughter of Myrtle Harkii-s.. an Oaks winner, and one of the most iiighlv prized broodmares at Hamburg Place. Word has reached Churchill Downs that Sunday night a s|M-cial train of twenty carloads of horses will leave Jacksonville for Kentucky. Ten of the cats will -top at Lexington, five will come here anil live will go to Latonia. The railroads will run a ■jHbJ triHn out of Ponsucla April 25. but the hulk «.f tic horses tliere will go to Hamilton. Canada. Ch:irles Straus of Cincinnati, who owns Heine, was a visitor here this week. He says he will l c one of a big delegation that will come from the Qaeaa Oty to see the running of the Kentucky Derby. His horse Heine will be here to race. Howard Dots has the sou of Satidritigham in training at Lexington. Among the turfmen who will come here with Mr. Straus on Derby day is Alex La bold, who won the Darkgr of 1SS7 with Montrose. From now on the bulk of the arrivals at Louisville will stable at Douglas Park, in accordance with Secretary Lyman II. Davis orders. Some few-stables are still vacant at Churchill liowns. but are reserved for turfmen like T. C. Mclfc.well. who come in late with their horses, but are regular in attendance here, and always enter liberally in the New I»n.isville lackey Clubs stakes. Considerable rain tell this week and the track was muddy again. Fighting, Bob worked five- eighths in 1 :•" . which was considered extra good. Trainer George Hani worked Collouuy a half in 52. and followed it tip bv sending Douau a mile, the last half or which was worked in 54. Douau is training especially well. Jockevs and exercise lioys are scarce at I hurt-hill Downs this spring, and in some of the stables that are in training one bay does all the riding. Lee Christ v lias four horses at the Downs that he is training for W. A. Hughes. He gave his Oaks candidate. La Toupee, a stiff gallop yesterday. Star Venus siprinled with her for a quarter, but Christy says she has no business with La Toupee when it coines to going a route. That is the reason I ileclared the daughter of Star Shoot out of the Oaks," said he. T tHiink I have a nice chance to win the tilly race with La Toii|»ee. If it had l een six or seven furlongs I would have taken a chance with Star Venus." Christy looks for Mrs. Bewail to be a useful mare this year and he is trying hard to get Great Pirate :o tile race* again. The old horse, however, pulls up lame after every stiff gallop. Iu a trial of a day or two ago. Waldo ran as if he fancied the heavy going ami this pleasetl his local admirers verv much, as they are now sure the condition of the track on Derby day will make no difference to him. One thing which litis caught the eve of the railbirds is that the son of Planudes seems to thrive under all the hard work given him. lie looks stout and lusty and seems to hold his tlesh as well as anv horse in training here. It is reitortcd that Donau. William GcrsPs Derby candidate. worked a mile iu 1:4I ! at Cumberland Park before shipment hero from Tennessee. The w«rk that Topiand has done at Churchill llowus this spring bears out C. C. Van Meters claim that the son of Orlando is a slayer. So far he has run fastest in the last part ot his trials. Tin- oldest trainer at Churchill Downs cannot recall the time when as many as fourteen Kentucky Derby candidates have been quartered here nearly a month before the running of the great race, as is the case this season. II. T. Batcheler. John Tholl and L. O. Lee are expected at Churcldll Downs within a day or two from Dallas. Tex., where their horses have Im-oii quartered since the close of the Juarez meeting. P.lagg ami Folk are in the Lee shipment.
