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EAST TRIAL FOR THE DERBY 1 COLSTON WORKS PROMISINGLY AT COURSE OF . a THE NEW LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB. Round tlio World Seen Under Saddle, but No Speedy Work Is Required of Her Markio M. for the Kentucky Endurance Stakes, Louisville, Ky.. April 19. Colstou. :i maiden candidate for tlii: Kentucky Derby ami a stable companion of Silver Brush, worked the fastest mile trial of any of Hie Derby tiorses at either of tlic local courses today. His time for a mile and an eighth was l:r.3. He went the first half tulle in 515. three-quarters iu 1:1S and the mile in l:4oj. The last mile was covered in 1:4U:. The track was good. Trainer Colston was signalling the rider to stop the colt in the final eighth. Apparently he could, have run much faster. Xoue of the oilier Derby candidates ipiartercd here worked better than at a two-minute gait. All were under saddle. The favorite. Round the World, looked to bo In her usual splendid condition. The1 fastest trial at either Churchill Downs or Douglas Park so far tills seasou whs run today by Pat Dunnes slashing three-year-old, Sebago. He went three-quarters In 1:15, pulled up. Through the last quarter he was only cantering. The best two-year-old work was by Peter Wim-mers black lilly, Ren lit if ul. She went a half mile in 52. This one is a half-sister to Albert Star. Other good work-outs were as rollows: The Tad Five-eighths in l-.OIiJ. Is going along nicely and looks well. Crowley Half mile in 5;. cantering. Nearly ready to race. Golden Pearl Three-quarters in 1:222. Coming along nicely. Sam Darber Half niUe In 5j. At his best. Polls Three-quarters in 1:20. Seems in grand shape. Ed Morgan Half mile in 51. A likely three-year-old maiden. Mtic7.ii Half mile in 54s, handily. Henry Walbank Quarter mile in 25. Is speedy. Cynosure Half mile iu 52, cantering. A smart two-year-old. Pilain Half -mile in 51s. Golden Pearl is now the property of Wayne Jop-liu. lie having purchased the .horse from Tom Shaw. Mr. Joplin this spring has the largest stable he has ever had at the Downs. His partner is Neil En-right, and they have a dozen racers. The others iu the string embrace Tony W.. Parkview, Elizabethan, Little Dutch, . Maezle, Eglantine, Robert Bruce. Mother, Eland, Agawam and Orcna. Mr. Joplins old campaigner, Oiseau. has quit the turf for all time. He is now in Mr. Joplins stud near Eliza-bethtowu. Mr. Joplin thinks Oiseau will be a good sire. . Jockeys T. Kocrner. Aubuchon, Picket t and Morrison are connected with the Joplin stable. Every morning tiiese riders exercise the Joplin racers. F. W. Doss is coming from California where he went at the close of the Juarez meeting. The jockey colony has been increased by the arrival of E. Denny, a California rider, who will be connected witli the stalde of J. L. Brown. Trainer W. J. Speirs is interested in the proposed endurance handicap, the four-mile race suggested by Maj. F. A. Daingorfield of the Kentucky State Racing Commission. Mr. Speirs thinks that in MarWc M. lie lias one of the best long-distance performers in training and is willing to enter him in the race at almost any entrance fee. Markie M. won the Water-house Cup at Oakland last winter. Col. M. J. Winn, general manager of the New Louisville Jockey Club, lias returned from a trip to San Francisco, Portland. Seattle. Victoria. Vancouver. Winnipeg, St. Paul and Chicago., his journey beginning at the close of the lit days race meeting which he- managed during the past winter at Juarez. Colonel Winn is back in line fettle to boom the t wciity-three days spring meeting at Churchill Downs. He lost no time in entering upon his duties, tirst going to his otlice. then to the race track, where Improvements planned by him last fall have been made, all serving to transform the general appearance of the betting arena, administration ollices, paddock, jockeys room, etc. He said: "The public will not know the Downs on the opening day. The new paddock, big lawn surrounding it ami other changes, including the installation of twenty-one now pari-niutuel machines, work a wondrous change. Every machine is ready to be tested and this will be done tomorrow. Everywhere I heard favorable discussion of the class and prospects of our approaching race meeting here. Out iu California there is keen interest and this extends into British Columbia. Clarence Waterhouse, A. B. Spreckels and Thomas II. Williams are planning to come from San Francisco to witness the running of the Derby. Barnev Schreiber assured me he would win the Derby" with Captain Cannody. The pari-niutuels are growing iu favor everywhere and the system will become general. Beginning next month Victoria and Vancouver will have racing and each of these tracks will use ten pari-niutuel machines. This system of wagering will also be used In other parts of Canada, including the high-class meetings of the Ontario Jockey Club at Toronto."
