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S - j ; I I . . I ■ : ■ -■ I i DONAU WORKS WELL AT LEXINGTON. Gerst Eligible for Camden Handicap Sets Blue Grass ls Trainers Chattering on Arrival from Louisville. I.eington. Ky.. April 27.— The horses at the ,. Keatacky Association track worked in a drisaUag rail this morning. The spring meeting wili open „ Saturday and the time for waiting en the weather .,- has passed with trainers who would have their ,i- charges ready for the races. From daylight lintii j-, noon the track was literally alive with thoroughbreds s working all distances from three-eighths to a mile Hie "dogs" were up and exercise was taken twentv v feel or more from the inner rail. Joe .Morris can tered a mile ill 1:3d. John Furlong, ridden out. did his mile in 1:33*, Everybody thoaadit this :, a Rood move, the condition of the track considered. I but it remained for George Ham to put the training g colony in a chatter of excitement during the after-mum. .. Ham came in this morning from Uoalavilli , with seven of William Cersts string. Coilonny, llaiibridge. Iflaot, Donau. Sureget. Minnie Wendle and Aincricaneer. the last-named two being two- ,. year olds. The horses had not been a great while off the an , when Hani sent Ilonau out with jockev Herliert up. , Me rati the mile in :TMl. The hill wiis new to the E -on ,,t Woolsthorpe ami he became a trine tiled on , the rise, but coming through the homestretch, he recovered quickly and finished stout Iv. Ham. not t knowing how ether horses had been working in the t going, did not have much of an oninion of the trial. but the verdict of the work-watchers was that , Donau will Ik- hard to beat in the Camden Handicap, li-ni savs it is likely that both Ilonau and Sureget will go in the Camden on Tuesday next. The Gerst , horse- all look tit and their trainer savs he brought t here the pick of the collection of twentv-eiglit that L he has been handling at Churchill Downs. The best moves of the morning in the two-vear-old 1 division were by T. C. McDowells lima and George . -. « tfs Balden Bgg. Ilnia went a half mile easily in Baj and Golden F.gg the same distance in ."Kii. lima s work was the more impressive. Both are , candidates for the Breeder a Futurity and will start, i.ical trainers sav that lima is the one having the . best chance for the prize, but the Louisville colony is strong for C. I.. Harrisons Housemaid. This . inly is expected here tomorrow or Friday. Raleigh l lolston. trainer of Waldo, will saddle her and Jockey . Towers will have the mount. The Gent stable . comprise! the enlv arrivals at the track todav. * Bad weather deferred the shipment of others from , Louisville, hat Becretary Shelley has advices that they will Ik- here tomorrow. The sun began shining . this afternoon and the forecast is for clear and j warmer areather. Tne Kentucky Association would | certainly have been up again-t It had the directors . accepted this week for the local meeting, as was once proponed, ha those in favor of giving amy to the request of Louisville that the Derby might be , raa at Churchill Downs May 2 instead of Mav 10. J. W. Dayton, the steenlechase rider, left here . this morning for .Sheepshead Bay with Gold Treasure which he purchased dining the winter from Sam Gilbert. Dayton has been regularly schooling Cold licasiiie here and he thinks he has in him a jumper of rare quality. Kdward Corrigan has purchased from Col Milton leaag a yearling colt by McCet — California, the dam of Anne McHee.
