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PROBABLE FIELD FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY Horse, color and sex. Sire. Ham. Owner. Wt. Waldo, h. e Ilanudes Salama C. L. Harrison 117 fighting Boh, eh. e Knighf of EHeraUe I.adv tlreensleeves Jeorge Reif 117 ••nan. h. e Woolslhorpe Al i.one William Oerst 117 R.lluf. ch. g St. Uatlea Vfatoan Bcaqe J Lang 101 .lohn lilt long. br. c Wadswoith 1 reference J. C Rogers 110 fopland. b. g Uilaudo Topsy Over C. C. Van Meter Ill •• C b. e Star Shoot Kentucky Relic II B. R. Bradley 117 Boofat Booia, br. c Ren Rrush The Mecca J. N. Camden 117 Joe Morris, b. e Peep oHav llanoverine R. H. Anderson 117 Uallanl Pirate, br. e lirate of Prataaare Mudlavia I. B Wainwiight . 117 C. M. Miller, b. e I.issak Subdue William Walker 117 "Boca Grande, b. c MemproaiM Veneta W. II. Fizer 117 -Sureget. ch. e Woolstkorpo I.uz.lle William lierst 117 •Kjre While, br. g Yankee Lady in Waiting Woodford and Fizer Ill •Doubtful starters. T Louisville. ..•■;.-. -III.. 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This is the ipiestion i that now octupiis the attention of turfmen through- | out all America. I.asi winfer. when he had retired with the reputa- | thai of being the best two-year-old in this country. Waldo appeared to have the 1010 Kentucky Derby I at his mercy. Bora Grande was sweeping everything in the west, it is true, but his eastern performances had been so indifferent thai he was hardh named in he same breath with Waldo. Three months, how- ever, have passed since the Derby candidates began their preparations ami the results of their trials i lias wrought a change in opinions. Today Fighting t Bob is looked apoa as a dangerous obstruction to i Waldo and the others eligible to start in the thirty- i -ixth renewal of the greatest race Kentucky knows, i The •hestniil son of KaJaht of Kllerslie has shown t ability uneqaaled by any eolt ever trained at tin . Downs for the "Derby. He has demonstrated bv blf 1 trials that he has speed and gameness of a "high i order. ; Fighting Robs work over the Dcrbv route in 2:00? has never lieeii eiptaled by a thri-e-year-old in prep.i I ration for the Keatnrkj Derby so fur in advance of I the race. The best trial last rear, up to the dav of- I the race, was Wintergreens :!:«« •. On that work he i:inii on and won an easy Derby. Miami being i see..:i,l. four lengths back, and Dr. Rarklev third, i two lengths back, the time betas; 2:081. Fighting 1 Bah a work is the m.re sensational for the reason i that he did it over a track that was Irving out and i not within several seconds of what the Churchill Dowaa course is when al its best. It is the general I opinion of trainers who have seen Jeorge Reifs colt , work that had the track been in the same condition that it was when Wintergreen made his fastest trial last year. Fighting Bob would have eclipsed any | Derby record ever made at Churchill Downs. | Yet in the face of such a dazzling performance trainer Raleigh Colston still says: t "Waldo will win the Kentucky Derby. I wrote C. I I.. Harrison. UkS owner of the olt. to come on with 1 his friends and see his crack carry off the prize. I 1 am satislied. from what I have observed, that Fight- 1 ing Rob is a great cell, but Waldo is greater, and when he takes him by the head in the homestretch | in the linal struggle there will be a storv to tell. ; It is true I have not atorked Waldo within liim- sec- i owls of the time made by Fighting Rob in a Derby i w..il,-oiit. but he can work it if I want him to. I 1 know it. so what is the use of setting him down. i I have never trained any three-year-old that was his ; a o,p;al. and I feel that that is enough to win any t Derby- since, in my day. I have handled many good baraea. Waldo may not have a walk-over. If it comes to a duel I do not think our colt will aartt i ■eat. As a two-year-old he was best al the end of a | race, and that is whore I think hi will have it on j Fighting Boh or any oilier colt on I erby day. I fear . no three vea r-old in America going over a mile, and ] I doubt whether any colt can outsprint him. He 1 will he ready and as tit as I can make him on Derby day. He will have a great jockev in V. Rowers to ] pilot him. If he is beatea 1 Will have no excuse." . "Did you see Fighting Boa work?- was asked j I rait i Oeecaje Ham ,.r the Gent-Halle stable. "Yes." was the answer. "Rut that will not keep us f roil! sending Donau to Ihe | ost. Donau worked right after Fighting Bob and did a satisfactory mile and an eighth iu l:." s-. I regarded it as good work. ; Daama won more races than any other two year old iu America last year. Why should he imt have a chance fo Im-.-ii Waldo, lighting Rob or any other mans coif- He was Waldos master aa a two-year- 1 I old at Oakland, and he might show the same superiority again. He is the only two year-old I ever trained that won as many as fifteen races for me. As a conseipience. I would nol be surprised at any- I thing lie would do as a three-year-old. He has rroara and developed iu every way and I will say I I baffle asked nothing from him in his work that he I baa not doti" in generous fashion. I will not concede I the Derby to any other until they beat Donau on May lo." ] Trainer C. C. Van Meter is not so sure that Waldo, FiLhling Rob or Donau has anything on his coll. Topland. This son of Orlando has worked the Derby route in •_:|oi. He is probably the best-seasoned of the Derby candidates in training here, as he was raced at Jeares last winter and is about as hard now as a shell |..,rk hickory. He has trained for this race will out mi-iim i days work. Van Meter has con lideii.e iu bin because he helieves he will Slav the i instance. Topland works iu blinkers. Imt runs like an earnest, game .,,lt. Without I be u.khI he is credited with having a tendency to bear out. Some do not like Topland because his sire got two disappoint-it as three-year-olds in Jeff Benasteta and Friend Harry, but they fail to recall that he sent to the races thai great mar". Whimsi.al. Others of ihe eligibles are not without their admirers and. all in all. tin- Derby is regarded as an , op.-n race. There are s.. many mishaps possible, where the letd is large and the starters of the class tinned to BO thla Baches*, bat in the old days it •Aoubl Ik- styled a gie.it backasakera race, as it is certain most every horse in the event will receive aappart. Col. Malt J. Winn, manager of the New LouhrrOle Jockey club. Baspire City Racing Association ami •In it. ■/. -lockey lub. will have as his guests on Derby day a notable party, consisting of Alberto Terraaas. i presideal f the Juares club: Jaasea Butler, nresl i dent of the Km pi re City Association: Price Mi-Kin- i my. of Cleveland, and Miss Beatrice Butler, a i daughter of Mr. Butler of New Vork. Messrs. Ter- i rasaa, Butler and McKhasey n iwiaapl the atruuae I financial irio so rloaety associated in ra.ing in this or any other eaeartl J . Colonel Winn will meet his "rests next Thursday iu Lexington. The party will ■ motor from Cincinnati ami. upon arriving there, will i after luncheon Ik- raceratd to the race tourse. Re- . tareea atteaaibME the saeea and inspecting the tele- i bral.d stock farms around Lexington the visitors 1 will lie busily entertained until Sunday, when all will come t i.ouisviiie to await th. Inauguration of i the spring meeting at Churchill Downs. While in i i . • ... ... .__. ...... ... „ , i , | i | | I i t i i i t . 1 i ; I I I i i 1 i i I , | | t I 1 1 1 | ; i i 1 i ; a t i | j . ] 1 ] . j ; 1 I I I I I ] Louisville the party will lie the recipients of distinguished attention. There are great landowners in the Inited Stales. especially in Texas, which is just over the river from Chihuahua. Mr. Terrazas own state, but liesidos the territorial holdings of the Terrazas family the prop Hies of Ihe most opulent of Hies,- are as nothing. Vou could put the sovereign state of Rhode Island, which is represented at Washington by the forceful Aldrich. in the Terrazas estate and then have mini for a state larger than Kentucky. Iron mines, foundries, thrhing cities, gold mines, silver mines, theaters. silvor-ti| |ied grizzlies, pumas and countless herds of cattle and sheep can !* found on the Terrazas property. Colonel Winn, leaving Mexico City scon after sunrise, rode all day long on a paaseajger train and at sundown he was still on land owned by Terrazas. The ehler Terrazas. now eighty years old. is one of the yvealthiest citizens of the Mexican Republic, and the members of the family aid lovers of sport up and down the line. It is practically certain that S. Ranisev will ride William Walkers 6. M. Miller in the Derby. The original intention was for Dave Nieol to ride this colt. Reyond all ipiestion this years Derby will be witnessed by a crowd far greater than has been attracted to Churchill Downs sJajCC 1S! 2. when Azra carried the colors of the Rashford Manor Stable to victory. That was the last year of the free field, and on that occasion thousands of persons beheld the running of the race from the infield. This year the New Louisville Jockey Club will renew the old Kng lish custom of acaaitthag free to the center of the oval all who care to come, and they will be there in grand array. In all sorts of vehicles and on foot a veritable army will move on the course to lie the guests of tl.e jockey club. The revival of the free field is a jHfpular move and it will render the Derby more spectacular than ever. Wintergreen. .1. R. Respess Kentucky Derby winner of 1MB, is again working at Churchill Downs ami outlooks in general appearance any horse iu training here. o od judges declare him a better-looking hone now than ansa his famous sire when the latter was in training. Wintergreen will be prepared for his Clark Handicap engagement, if such a thing is possible. He has recovered from the slight attack of distemper with which he was afflicted a couple of weeks ago. Announcement has been made by Kdward Corrigan that he will not sdfcrt Reu K. Sleet in the Camden Handicap. The chestnut son of Knight of tin-Thistle has not shown anything startling and his owner figures that it would be a useless expenditure to ship him to Lexington. He will be left at the Downs and given hard work between now and May IP. but it is also extremely improbable that he will be sent to the jHist in the Derby. "Ren K. Sleet is a fair sort of a horse." said Mr. Corrigan. "but he has not been training as well as I expected. He is a bear in muddy going and there will be no let-up in his work. In the event that it should rain on May lo there is a chance that he may go to the post. There are not niaiiv good horses engaged in the Derby, and I would be getting goxl price for my money bv paying the starling fee." I 11. R. Bradleys Colinet can he counted upon as a sure starter in the Kentucky Derby. In a letter to a friend Mr. Bradley reports that the son of Star lha It has been doing all that has been asked of him iu a satisfactory manner and he thinks he stands a grand clian.e of winning tile Derby. "I have a good cell." writes Mr. Bradley. "lie may not be a world healer, hut he is ready for a race now. and when May K rolls around I hope to see my colors carried to victory. Colinet will remain in Lexington until a dav or so before the big race. I will also ship a number of my best two-year-olds to Louisville." Louisville. K.v.. April ob. -The track at Churchill Downs today, having dried out. was fairly last. As a e.inscpience. creditable work was done. Waldo, accompanied by Durante, cantered a half as a "pipe opener" for a Derby trial tomorrow over the full ionise arhea his owner. C. L. Harrison, will be resent, with Jockey Powers to ride him in the trial. Bye White worked a tine preparation for his Camden Handicap and Kentucky Derby engagements over the full Derby course. He pulled up in good SBUUMf, though the railbirds figured he had light weight up. the only probable Derby starter that worked was Gallaat Pirate. His performance was n t taspres sive and good judges give him little chance iu the big ra-e unless the track should be heavy. Following were the morning work-outs at the Downs: Albert Wolf -Three -eighths in .!•;•: tirst nuarfer in B|. Rteviti Quarter mile in Ti . Dr. Bodlne Quarter mile in 24. Dr. Waldo Brigg» Half mile in Mf. Kd ktorgaa .mart, r mile in 2S|. Eye White-Mile and a quarter in 8:11; first mile in l:43|; mile and an eighth in 1:SC|. Fantastic Tbree-qnauters iu 1 :ii i- . Football Three-eighths in ::t;i. cillant lirate Mile and an eighth in l:.V.l*. Marine Mil.- in |:44|. Mary Bodioe Quarter mile in 2" J. Maxim- Dale Three -eighths in ::s . McAadrewa Half mile in 5ft. Oyamo — Thr. , -eighths iu 3t |; first aaaurtefl in _" l Red Hussar Mile iu 1 : lb. Siiifran Three-ipia iters in 1 :.". . Siar Blase Quarter mile in 854. ■fhe Fad Mall mile in .,,. Waldo and Durante Half mile in r,0. Woolstone Threc-ipiartors iu t:16|.
