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LOUISVILLE TRAINERS BUSY IMPROVED TRACK CONDITIONS LEAD TO IK CREASED ACTIVITY IN KENTUCKY Engagements of Jockeys for Kentucky Derby Are AreAnnounced Announced and Interest in Race Is Growing GrowingKeen Keen Colonel Winn on New York Trip Lonisville ICy April 1 While Sundny is usually aii off lay with trainers of thoroughbreds an excep ¬ tion was made yesterday on account of the bright sunshine balmy breezes and desirable track condi ¬ tions Many racers were worked slowly In some instances they wore sent from two to three miles at nlxuit a twominute clip The Manager El Toro Guaranola Chief Lindscy Nicias Free Lance and IatriHrhe till of the Derby candidates here were wintered slowly winding up their trials with quar ¬ ters in alxHit 30 seconds Supt Frank Keegan is onfident that the Downs will be fast by Tuesday or Wednesday lie says that the course is already in excellent condition conditionAbout About the fastest work yesterday at the Downs and Douglas Park was done by twoyearolds The unbeaten Hawthorn the speedy Inquicta the hand ¬ some Sumptous and T C McDowells handsome colt by Disguise II all went eighths at close to racing siKMd Several youngsters from the barn of C C Van Meter were worked sharply Many racers were worked today at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park The Manager was aiming those out and several other Derby candidates were given lung gallops The Manager continues to look lit He is fairly well advanced in his preparation fur the big nice on May 11 The best quarters wiv in 2i and half miles were covered in 54 and The best mile was by Fireman which cantered the distance in 158 Trainers anticipate a good track tomorrow when the first fast trials of the season will IM attempted attemptedSeven Seven horses lelonging to W G Yanke arrived at the Downs from Charleston The shipment included Round the World Leopold Lackrose Oakland Fly ¬ ing Feet Yanker and Bashful Bettie The last named lilly Mr Yanke bought from Barney fthreilicr Mr Yanke left at Charleston four horses Frog Incision Wooltex and Skillute These will be sent here at the conclusion of the Charleston iiieetiu The Yanke jockey C Howl has gone to New York to visit He will be at Lexington when racing begins tVerc The horses brought here by Mr Yanke look good Hound the World has been Ucidedly benefited by T er long rest Lackrose and Oakland are in especially good condition conditionMiller Miller Henderson has taken up his Derby candi ¬ date El Toro also Fighting Hope Absurd Snap and It rave With the six he brought from Juarez he has eleven horses in training trainingM M C Prichard has live likely looking twoyear olds at the Downs They are Pass b c by Otis Free Pass Cnhohia b c bv Bamiockburn Grand Lady Gene Gray li f by Sain Humming Bee Mobile Belle b f by Sain Lingerie Dr Jackson br c by Bannockburu Teudi Gene Gray is a half sister to the good filly Queen Bee which Mr Pricii rd recently sold These twoyearolds are the only liorses now owned by Mr Prichard PrichardAn An arrival at the Downs today was jockey E Jahnsen He came from Juarez and will ride this season on the Kentucky courses for the stable of ofDrJ DrJ O G Phelps paddock judge at Churchill Downs and Latonia has arrived arrivedNo No horse in training at Douglas Park looks better than the goml fouryearold Star Charter in th t stable of John W Schorr This son of Star Shoot lias wintered well He has developed wonderful muscles and has spread out in every way Star Charter is reckoned as a dangerous factor in the Clark Handicap HandicapMaj Maj T C McDowell not only has in The Man ¬ ager one of the Derby choices but he has a promis ¬ ing eligible in the Oaks in True Blue a daughter iif Hastings and Miss Gussle True Blue is a half sister to Berwick which raced brilliantly a few seasons ago agoA A noticeable feature in connection with the trials at both tracks Is the practical absence of lameness Every horse looks to l e in splendid trim trimElectioneer Electioneer the Futurity winner now racing at Charleston in winning form has a promising two vearold here which is being trained in the stable f Lew Marion This youngster is believed to be of stake class and has been nominated in all of the juvenile stake events this season on the Kentucky tracks Mr Marion has named him Sam Hurst Should this colt prove a winner this season his sire having already won in 1912 it will be the first in ¬ stance of a sire and sou finishing first In the same vear since the Texas sire Macy and one of his get accomplished a similar feat several years ago it is isolanne olanne paynCf wllo died at LeSjnfrton Saturday was for many years an annual attendant at the Kentucky Derby Mr Payne bred a number of noted liorses including Reina a Brooklyn Handicap winner and Judith Campbell for which as a two vearold the late W C Whitney paid 20000 Moliarlb which raced successfully in the colors of John W Schorr was another noted thoroughbred riised by Mr Payne PayneTraveller Traveller a sixyearold horse now in the stable of G M Odom at the Downs and a recent winner at Ttiarez Is racing again this season for the first time Vnee a threeyearold In the spring of his four voirold form this horse then owned by Mr Odom went lame and was loaned to a friend in New York in the inllltarr service to be used as a sire to im i rove the lireed of cavalry liorses The horse was ii ed bv the soldiers in such a careful way that he recovered his soundness It is believed that on the inft soil of the Kentucky tracks he will race as well fills spring as when a threeyearold That season rrveller was good enough to defeat as good a colt n 5 McCarter a 1 to 0 chance Traveller is by Prince f Mellionnie Mr Oiloms present visit to New v rk is in a measure to ascertain whether or not any of the Ularts Illatfd with Traveller are tlior ° UV j Spiers espressos regret that he was unable tn retain Lady Lightning in his string Those con niiin this Kentucky Oaks candidate raced her all Winter She has raced Indifferently which is in vYilpd contrast to her form when she defeated J Ji i Worth and The Manager now equal favorites V he Derby to be decided May 11 In truth Lady TMttnlnc has lioatcn every Derby candidate of Jvnnilnence Had Mr Spiers retained her she would iViv raced this season until she went to the post io OckP at the Downs 11 r h the running of the thirtyeighth Kentucky rJriv it Churchill Downs May 11 less than six AtV a war interest In the great race is keener i iii In vears due to the exceptional quality of the theiiiiiles iiiiiles Much sjvecnlatlon is l elng Indulged in now concerning the personel of the jockeys jockeysvn vn Turner0 of Louisville will pilot The Manager i Vii the McDowell colt In four of his five starts JIeodeiu three inciudlng the thewwLilrs wwLilrs Futurity at Lexington The only race in 1 I iio lld not have the mount on the son of lY1101 was in the Harold Stakes at Latonin Upon 5 Xi lon lie was under suspension through the that ccasslonnrtjr Cassidy T Glass was astride The 5lanVr d was victorious It is not yet definitely known who will ride Worth although Shilling has been referred to as a proba ¬ bility The assumption is that J Wilson who has been riding for Col Catesby Woodford at Charleston will be astride Sonada in the Derby R Hoffman is mentioned as the probable rider of Presumption Henderson Hogans candidate Gnaraiiola will be ridden by George Molesworth and J Callahan is mentioned as the rider of Wheelwright WheelwrightShould Should Colonel Woodford win the Kentucky Derby with Sonada he will establish a record since his brother won the Derby with Pink Star in 1907 Souada comes from a locality in Bourbon county remarkable for great liorses Besides Pink Star Agile another Kentucky Derby winner was raised in the same vicinity It is the birthplace of such celebrated racers as Barnes Rnnnymede Miss Woodford Raccland Bello of Rnnnymede Balston Pure Rye Pepper and the mighty Hanover As a yearling Sonada sold for 1400 1400Few Few horses Derby candidates or otherwise have attracted more attention in the spring at the Downs than is now lieing bestowed upon Bonrlmn Beau Boiirlxm Beau has not grown much in heightu since last year but he has spread out and thickened ma ¬ terially He is one of the best doers on the track Is as docile as can be and lie is truly the pet of the race course Nothing excites him At the post he Is a slow beginner es eclally with a stand ¬ ing start but once In motion his action is perfec ¬ tion He runs at all times truly and with amazing speed All his rider needs to do is to keep him clear of interference Bourbon Beau has shown that he can do the rest A dislike for muddy going is his only weakness weaknessCol Col M J Winii manager of the New Louisville Jockey Club will arrive in New York tomorrow for a weeks sojourn Ills mission there Is to confer with James Butler and Price McKIuney stockhold ¬ ers of the Jockey Club Juarez and also to look after business connected with the coming spring race meeting at Churchill Downs Colonel Winn expects a great crowd of easterners to come to the Derby and of course there will be many of the regular patrons of the turf who will journey here to remain throughout the fifteendays meeting meetingThe The veteran trainer Peter Wimmer is here but Is idle as he has as yet secured no horses to triin this spring lie says he made a trip to Lexington a short time since but could not secure anv horses there at a fair price Those who own anv raciii material of any promise if not asking prohibitorv prices want to tie a trainer up so that he can make no money handling their horses he says Mr Wim mer will take things easy for awhile until he sees a chance to pick up a horse or two of the right sort He has entirely recovered his health and looks as ha e and hearty now as in the days when he was saddling such cracks as Ben Holladay and Kinley
