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: I 1 1 1 WALDO OUT OF THE DERBY HARRISON CRACK GOES LAME IN PREPARATION FOR LOUISVILLE FIXTURE. Joe Morris Succeeds Son of Planudes as Publio Choice — Conditions Auspicious for Churchill Downs Opening. Louisville. Ky.. May !». — Racing enthusiasts gathered in Louisville tonight are iit a state of ecstasy because of the favorable conditions prevailing for a successful opening of the twenty-three -days session of s|H rt scheduled to begin tomorrow at beautiful Churchill Downs. Never In-fore in the history of local racing has the same keen interest been displayed. Never before have so many visiting race followers been on hand. From all sections of the country have gathered horsemen and others that go to make up a racing crowd. They have filled the principal Irotels of Louisville to overflowing and every train is adding to the congestion. According to the well informed 99.008 is a conservative estimate of the crowd that will view tomorrow the running of the thirty sixth Kentucky Derby and after the finish acclaim the winner one of the Iwst -olts in the country. Preparations have lieen perfected by the management to ha mile ever* a bigger 1 rowd. and not tlte slightest fear is felt that any l.ustle or oiiiftisioii will ensue. The re -establishment of the free field is a popular move anil will enable at least 15.000 epeetatare. an opportunity for witnessing the decision ol" Kentuckys foremost race. Interest centers chiefly in the running of the Derby, iu which the pick of western three-year olds are engaged, and the general opinion prevails that it is an aacw race. Waldo, the crack eastern colt owned by C. L. Harrison, held the | ost of favoritism for the race until today. A few days «go the rumor circulated that he was ailing with an injured f.M.t and might not be a starter. Today it btH-ame positively known that he would Is- an alisentee from the field of starters. Tile troubles of the colt began shortly after his preparation for the Derby was taken up in earnest by trainer Colston. Considerable gravel worked into his left hind foot and .•n-laiit irritation tircilty caused it to fester and brought on the lameness. No serious results were at first anticipated, ami his owner and trainer felt sanguine of sending him to the post, but when the colt showed an unsatisfactory mile trial Sunday and pulled up distressed, his •araer and trainer became alarmed. Veterinarians decided that it would be unwise to start him in the l erby. and after he was declared out they cut away the injured parts. The aperathM will throw the colt out of training for at least six weeks. Waldos elimination boomed Joe Morris and Dotiau stock. The former is given preference because af an idea that he is a better stayer than the Nashville-owned colt. Sectional sentiment is also cutting quite a figure in the odds. K.ntucklans. though sanguine of success, are not overlooking the fact that the pair of Tennessee-owned i-olts. Donait and Fighting Dob. are formidable. Doola Boola. also Kentucky owned, is not without admirers. Callant Pirate. Eye White. Topland and John Furlong are not considered dangerous factors. Everything is in thorough readiness for the opening. There are over l.ooo horses quartered at the Downs and Douglas Park. The 1 lass af horses that will engage in the racing lias never been equaled here and insures s,deiulid sport. The strictest kind of surveillance will be kept by the racing officials and no transgressions will be overlooked. The management is determined to stamp out objectionable features and will not tolerate deviations from the rules of racing. As an evidence of the associations determination to keep racing here clean and al-o deliar those who have been placed under the ban. the entire executive committee of the New Louisville Jockey Club this morning instructed Racing Secretary Lyman II. Davis to refuse the entries of the horses W. A. Leach. Beau Bruniinel. Pal. The Boyal Irince and any other horses that have Im-cu trained or owned by John Marklein and also Pio Pico and other horses that have been trained or owned by M. J. Daly. It was also ordered that these horses In- removed from the tracks under the jurisdiction of the association and that Joint Marklein and M. J. Daly be denied the privileges of the grounds. The Marklein ruling came as a surprise, as it was thought that the horses named in the ruling, excepting Pal. would he allowed to start under the management of some other trainer, as it was definitely established that a Cincinnati druggist is the real owner. William Steuve came here yesterday to take charge of their future training. Delegations arrived this afternoon from New York. Chicago. Memphis. Nashville and Indianapolis. Nearly 20o race followers came from Baltimore, where racing dosed on Saturday. Secretary Lyman H. Davis lias received applications from K. J. Pons for twenty stalls to accommodate his racers now in the east. They are on the way to Churchill Downs. The nintuel and auction pool system of letting has been thoroughly exploited in this section and the local public is well versed in its operation. There will be twelve machines in use tomorrow. Three will be for 0 bettors and the other nine for investors. After Derby day the machines will be converted into use for those desiring to wager . The niutuel combination is an old style form of betting iu this city and is expected to liecome popular. Combinations tomorrow will onlv be sohl on the third, fourth and fifth races. Tonights indications are for fair weather and a fast track. Though the course received a thorough soaking Friday and Saturday, it dried rapidly yesterday and it should be in excellent shape for tomorrow. Secretary Lyman Davis has been giving the track his personal attention and a great deal of beneficial work was done upon it today. Waldo worked a mile in *1 :50 vesterdav in the presence of his owner. It was after the trial that the decision was reaeh.il to declare him from the Derby. Fighting Bob worked a mile and an eighth soon afterwards in 1:50. going the first mile in 1 :44~. Topland went a mile il 1:90] under restraint. Princess Industry worked an extra good halt" in 503. Form -r jockev Toin Sayres. who arrived troni St. Ixmis with a string of horses award by Dr. Crowley. is now quartered at DoaoJaa Park. Savres is one of the oldest trainers in the west and was a good rid.r in his day. He is a relative of Tom Savres. the famous Fnglish prizefighter, ami rmle in bis younger days iu England as well as in this countrv Aniong recent arrivals is John Huffman, who came down fr..ni his farm in Illinois to see the Derby, as usual, and race a few horses. Huffman once trained for Chris Smith one of the greatest stables ever campaigned in the west, in his barn Ning such stars as o Tambieii. Maid Marian. Dolly M.Cone Ceverton and Van Delta. Smith went broke after winning nearly .1 qu. liter of ;, million dollars with the horses Huffman trained for him. He was one of the early time plungers and lost his roll kicking horses from other stables and various other riisas Irons ventures and enterprises. Practically every g.Mul horse that meed at Lexington has been shipped here, save tile string of Bfeadferd Clay, which will go east in a few Sara. Continued on sixth page. WALDO OUT OF THE DERBY. Continued from first page. These arrivals will swell the great number of horses now quartered at the two local tracks to enormous proportion*;, and by tomorrow morning Manager Matt J. Winns prediction of 1.000 horses here for the meeting will have been fulfilled. - Durante is training extra we41 for F. A. Forsythe this spring and trainer Colston thinks he will get him to the post for the Suburban Handicap in as good condition as he was in 14*08, when a three-year-old. T. Hatfields Hyperion II. returned to Churchill DaWM from Lexington so lame in his right foreleg that in- could hardly walk. This sturdy « l campaigner is badly Ixiwed and Hatfield will be lucky if he gets him back to the races again this season.
