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1 f jj 1- t e r • • e -. e a - ,. e f 1 . - 1 ; • 1 . • ■ 1 t i : i 4 1 1 ■ t WALDO WORKS IN THE MOD KENTUCKY DEKBY FAVORITE KEEPS SCHED-J ULE REGARDLESS OF TRACK CONDITIONS. Much Activity Among Deiby Eligibles at Churchill Downs — Fighting Bob and Relluf Get Final Moves Before Shipment to Lexington. Louisville. Ky.. April 28.— While the track was muddy and slushy at Churchill Downs yesterday, the tooting underneath remained firm, and anv horse with a tendency to run In soft going found "no ditti-n culty 111 testes; regular work. Waldo, the Kentucky Derby favorite, worked a good mile in 1:4M, far 011 the outside. He was purposelv taken wide to clear sat-ly the "dogs" set up to protect the inside course. He was well iu hand all the wav and lin- lshed stoutly on bis courage He went the first half 1:1 ■ ■- ami five eighths in a shade under 1:05. It was then that Ins pacemaker, the five vear obi, Doratite pulled up. ami the Harrison colt finished the final three-eighths alone. Trainer Colston showed yesterday that nothing can oeear that will prevent him Iiom giving Waldo his scheduled work and. though til,- great colt may never get a track Mod enough for a last trial, he is sure to be tit for the Derby race. llallant Pirate, a good horse in the mud. went a faster Derby trial than Waldo, running his mile in 1:4:. He went the half in B3|. and was cantering nil the way. It is settled that the Wainwrigbt colt will In- a certain Derby starter and traknr Laaadef guarantees he will run a ajpai race. Toplaini worked a slow mile, being partiallv ex-1 tended 111 the last half, which be covered in 58 Trainer Van Meter took this Derby candidate 10 I.e.Mn-toii today and he will start iiim there next Monday in an all -aged handicap. He wants him to iHVV,a r:" ,M,f, r" the Derby and. as he is not eligible to the Camden Handicap, he will have to race with older horses. Ceorge J. LaajC will ship six horses to Lexington tomorrow, tectedtee; Better, his Cannlen Handicap candidate. Mr. Long will have no starter in the Breeders Futurity at Lexington and so trainer Coyne l!rs.;"Scuto,| to see to the care of Walter Hopkins eligible tor that race, the colt. Forehead, which is swaed by John n. Morris. In the car thai carried i "i -V-,ljr, ll",!-«* *° Lexington went also Fighting Bob. Ieplaml. two two-year olds owned by W 1 alike, besides Forehead and four members of John Marklein 1 stable. The latter took all his horses, i 1 .,., "J1 I!,:", ■•■■saaL The Royal Prtece and 1 al lie Royal Prince is not in the Breeders Fu-urity Marklein has sold Lady F.slhcr. but the transfer has not tx en tiled as yet with the secretary and just who has bought her has not been made public. It was one of the recent Jacksonville arrivals, however, as the mare has been transferred to Douglas Dark. Relluf was sent a mile and an eighth at Churchill lH«wiis today by trainer Coyne in 2:»Mii. This was his final work out lure for the Derbv He gees to Lexington tomorrow 10 run in the Caiiidi n Handicap liies.lay with an Impose of !8 pounds and K. Martin n the saddle. I he going was soft and heavy in spots this morning. Horsemen regarded RclluTs work as ROM and give him a chance in the Lexington race aa well as 111 the Derby, in which he is favored with a twelve-|x uiids maiden allowance, righting Rob the horsemens tip in the Derby, also did his fi„ ,| work today, going aa easy mile in 1:48. Be will be snipped to Lexington tomorrow and Steatey Pace is to reach there Saturday to rteh the catt, est onlv iu the aniden Handicap, but in his gallops Waldo was only cantered on the inside track tinlav and lied I.uzader did skoal the same with Gallant Urate The latter is expected to go a mile and an eighth tomorrow morning over the track, which will then be Med, and he probably will as sent to his full limit, as he will have Jockey N. Keaaedy up. La-zader. Kennedy and J. R. Wainwrigbt. the owner « the stable, will go to Lexington Saturday morn-ing. but Callant Pirate is not among the horses they will take there. The program book, containing the conditions of the rai-es for the first eleven days of racing at Churchill !,,"*• .WI" " Issued Saturday by Secretary Lvmaii 11. Davis. Horsemen will be gratified to learn tliat material increases have been made in both the stakes and purses. This liberality will have the effect of encouraging tiir.fiii.11. ami indicates the high order or s|M rt in store for the admirers of racing here for twenty-three days, commencing Mav 10. i n the opening day the Kentoekv Derbv will be decided It will carry a value of W.injO. The remaining five races on that day will represent a total of . MB. Ihe second day the purses will amount to Dirt live purses on the third .lay will aggregate J1.H4H . and the Debutante Stakes will call for ..4-410 added the fourth days purses will amount to .141. 4n tin- fifth day the purses will In- worth SI 808 and the lark Handicap .4MK addled. The six races on the sixth day will cost the association S2.HHI and 011 tla- seventh day the purses will be .7n and th 4 olonel Stakes of ,000. 4n the eighth dav six races will have a value of fci.RHl. ami on the ninth oav five races will call for .S|K and the Rashfonf Manor Makes .4NX nldcd. Six purses on the tenth day will 1«- worth .1* . and on the eleventh S? J?* ■*■?*■ "in ■» r,,r •• total of *i.sn.i. beat* the .4H«i Bourbon Handicap. W. II. Ftee* will send four „f hjs horses to I.exing ton ami Rye White will represent the stable in the am. l-i, Handicap. Roe.i IJrande will not be taken there and if Rye White fuUHls expectations iu the Lexington race by showing a peed performance he will represent tin- riser stabh- in the Derby here and Boca iramle will not go to the po-t. William Walker, the Canadian trainer, has written here that .besides his Derby candidate. G. M. Miller he will ship to Churchill Downs Chepontue and polo- ftee both of which have been showing g 1 form at Illl.lleo Mr. Walker, it seems, is satisfied with tin- preliminary racing he has been giving his Derbv c.ln.lidate at Ptellicn an 1 says he would have won his hist out had his lightweight Jockey, Ramsev ridden a strong, r finish on him. J. R. R.-spess lost last night by death from Indigestion the two-year-old bay till v by Dick Welles -Voces a Day. M Kingston. She „:1s promising and among her engagements was the Kentuckv Oaks of l.lll. Mr Beapeas sent a name for the tillv to the Jockey lub. but it proved .1 duplicate, and as 1 promising daughter of Dick Welles died unnamed .News has Ijeeii r.i-eived from Lexington that the -ensational Jeff I., rnstein ruptured a tendon in work and is out ot training for this spring and iierhapa tor all time. • ! ,;V"lU, o,".- ",n tllis "oruing*s work-outs at liurchill Dow 11s: Relluf— .Mile and an eighth in 2:44i;; first mile in Fighting Boh— Mile in 1:48: first three-quarters in teralaiaif™ **il 1* in t::!7: fi,|5t thr,-e omir- I-onton — Seven-eighths in- l:.°.l!. Alice George Tam nssiiiis la 1 22 Dr. Waldo Brian -Fiveeighths in 1:041 1 M. Ol n— Three eighths in 3D John Carroll -Halt mil.- in 55. Al Master Three eighths in M Short Order Quarter in 21. Sea Swell— Half mile iu oZ. m
