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RAIN AGAIN CAUSES TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT LOUISVILLE Louisville Ky April S Prospective trials of Derby candidates and other racing stars set for yes ¬ terday at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park were postponed on account of rain which fell Saturday night The courses remained sufficiently good for all of the horses to be slowly galloped as superinten ¬ dent Keegan did not even put up the dogs dogsBourbon Bourbon Beau Labold Royal Captive Spindle and Al Muller were among the horses cantered through the mud and slush All apparently liked thi going except Bourbon Beau which will not extend himself except on a fast track Round the World is another that was out for two miles of slow cantering but like Bourbon Beau slit showed that she does not relish heavy going Of the younger horses that seemed to he at home in the mud Casey Jones and the Derby candidate Patruche gave unmistakable indication of preferring the muddy track trackA A strong wind which blew in this vicinity during the last twentyfour hours dried out the local tracks much faster than was expected Churchill Downs was especially iu fairly good condition today Train ers however had not prepared to do any fast work and alongC as a result not many horses were sent along C C Van Meters pair of twoyearolds a colt by nines and another by Cederstroutc did about the fastest work of the day They worked a quarter in 24 = threeeighths hi 37 and pulled up a half in 52 M C Prichard worked his five twoyear olds a slow quarter in 2S Lou Marions two Hermis colts worked a quarter in 2 oiug the last eighth in 12V The Derby candidates from the MacManus stable Presumption and George Oxnard went a half in 54 easily and Guaranola the Henderson Hogan entry for the big race went a mile at a twominute clip C C VauMeter worked his Electioneer Ambrosia filly a quarter in 25 and John Griffin II did about the hest work of the ild horses by going three furlongs in 40 while White Wool galloped a quarter at the windup of a mile work iu 2S These were about the only horses tinmcd at the Downs DownsJohn John W Schorr who has a string of older horses at Douglas Park purchased today from the estate of the late D Mcschendorf the following four year ¬ lings Bay colt by Sir Wilfred Voltairio by Vol ante chestnut colt by Peep oDay Ambrosia by Hanover bay colt by Marta Santa Hull Down by Candlemas bay filly by Planudcs Navarres Hppo by Henry of Navarre The Voltairio colt In this collection is a halfbrother to Volthorpe and the Brooklyn handicap winner The Picket while the Hull Down colt is out of the dam of Capsize and Jenny Geddcs GeddcsLynian Lynian H Davis secretary of the New Louisville Jockey Club has received notification from his rep ¬ resentative at the Charleston S C track that 220 horses will be embraced iu the shipment which will leave that track for Churchill Downs at the close of the meeting there on April 10 The shipment will be made up as follows K F Carman 22 Catcshy Woodford 15 W O Joplin 18 F J Pons and D N Prewitt 30 William Gerst 15 H Penny 11 Gallaher Bros 12 C T Worthington and J W May ii L H Adair and IL Baker 8 Weber t Ward 0 T Shannon 5 F Goring Sr 3 W E Nunn G G W J Bissell 3 James Griflhi 0 Mrs N B Davis 12 W C Weaver 10 R P Kyle 3 C S Wilson 3 J C Cahn 3 W E Scott 2 F Weir G W Woodard 3 and C H Knebclkamp 1 1The The New Louisville Jockey Club has refused the stake entries of W T Anderson for the spring meeting at Churchill Downs which begins Saturday May 11 This is an echo of the race run at Juarez in which Spohu then owned by Mr Anderson beat Harrlgan at that time regarded as one of the best performers racing on the Mexican turf At that time Judge Charles F Price presiding steward suspended the Anderson stable pending an investiga ¬ tion but later on it was lifted Judge Price has never been thoroughly satisfied in the matter and this probably accounts for the refusal of the Ander ¬ son entries for the coming spring meeting here Mr Anderson is officially iu good standing on tun turf turfSamson Samson the sire of Jawbone winner of the Pal ¬ metto Derby at Charleston is the only horse now owned by the widow of the late Lucicn 6 Appleby Mrs Appleby was aware of her husbands fondness for this noted Englishbred horse and so she re ¬ tained him when all the other stock owned by Mi Appleby was sold The horse is now at the Wood ford County stud of John II Morris who had charge of Jawbones sire when Mr Appleby was alive aliveA A prominent horseman at the Downs Is iu receipt of a letter from Lexington detailing the good work of Sir Blaisc on the Kentucky Association course Trainer Walter Grater who is handling this sou of imported Lissak thinks Sir Blaise is one of the most improved threeyearolds in training He is confident that Sir Blaise will travel the Derby route well The colt shows a wonderful liking for the mud and Mr Grater Is of the belief that If the Downs course on May 11 is like it was on Derby Day iu 1007 and 100S wlieii Pink Star and Stone Street in turn won the big race Sir Blaise will have a chance B F Guthrie owner of this colt is sweet on him He cites tlfat Sir Blaisc must be accorded a Derby chance as he is by the same horse that sired the noted Claude which iu one season won more Derhys than any other horse ever raced in America AmericaAnother Another Derby candidate which may show better form than he did last year is Sir Denrah owned by II c Hallenbeck and therefore a stable com ¬ panion of Worth the Derby favorite 31 R Hained who sold Sir Denrah to Mr Hallenbeck has received a letter from trainer Frank Taylor in which that noted horseman stated that Sir Denrah gives every indication iu his spring training of being threeyearoldW a muchimproved threeyearold W W Darden is expected to arrive soon from Tennessee at Churchill Downs His band is headed by the good sprinter Little Father Mr Darden has Bruce Rice in charge and he thinks this racer will stand training Bruce Rice raced hut little in the last two seasons seasonsJudge Judge Shelley Is enthusiastic over the twoyear olds in training iu Louisville He says they make up the grandest lot seen at Churchill Downs since the days when John E Madden had in training here such wonders as Irish Lad Aceful and Blue Girl During a visit to Douglas Park lie was informed of the watchfulness and diligence exercised by T P Hayes over a band of twentythree racers Mr Hayes makes his barn his home In the extreme cold weather the owner was up seeing to it that his thoroughbreds were comfortable No attention was wanting As a result Mr Hayes Is coming to the races this spring with a string of exceptional qual ¬ ity and strength Mr Shelley also thinks that C C Van Meter has by long odds the best lot of two yearolds his barn has ever housed not excepting the season when The Fad was In his care and cap ¬ tured the Cincinnati Trophy In fact Mr Shelley says the twoyearolds in the stables of J B Kespess T P Hayes C C Van Meter and George J Long are of a class that would compare well with the tx sessions of millionaire turfmen OH metropoli ¬ tan tracks Many of these royallybred youngsters in former seasons would have goito to the eastern market instead of being in training for a campaign In Kentucky W H Shelley racing secretary of the Kentucky Association presiding placing judge of the Jockey Club Juarez and clerk of the course and associate judge at Churchill Downs left today for Lexington to arrange for the issuing of the stake and program books of the meeting which begins iu that city on April 27 Since his return home from Juarez he has critically observed the horses in training at the Downs and Douglas Park He regards The Manager as high a type of a Derby threeyearold as it lias been his good fortune to behold Mr Shelley has still in mind this colts first stake victory at Lex ¬ ington iu the Breeders Futurity last spring That day The Manager met the pick of the juveniles in Kentucky He went to the front at will and won cantering just as his rider pleased After the first eightli it was The Manager by a wide margin with the issue never in question Maj T C McDowell told Judge Shelley that The Manager would be taken to Lexington to make Ills first 101 start in the Blue Grass Stakes which carries an added value of 1500 and which will be decided Saturday May 4 oue week prior to the Kentucky Derby A majority of the other Derby cracks are also engaged in this race including Worth Presumption Sonada and Guaranola This is the event that by reason of his victory in It last year over Meridian made Governor Gray the post favorite for the Kentucky Derby DerbyJockey This race affords a line on the Derby Jockey J Callahan who can do ninety pounds will be here within a short time to get iu readiness to pilot George M Odoms horses on the Kentucky tracks Odom signed a contract with Callahan at Juarez after having dispensed with the services of J Henry Callahatt was one of the best light ¬ weights at Juarez He is alert at the post but is too light for a vigorous finish He is especially competent in riding twoyearolds Callahau Is twentysix years old and is married marriedJockey Jockey J Henry has signed a contract to ride for C C Van Meter Being proficient iu getting horses away from the jwst Henry should be valuable to Mr Van Meter for the twoyearold races Iu which the Van Meter colors will be prominent this season The Van Meter stable is made up exclusively of twoyearolds twoyearoldsFormer Former jockeys Dale Austin and J Hicks are in the employ of T C McDowell The latter rides The Manager in his trials and is confident that he will win the Derbyr Austin scales 112 pounds now and is reducing with the idea of returning to the saddle Another jockey who has a big job of reduc ¬ ing ahead of him Is Kennedy who now weighs 140 pounds and is counting on doing 115 by the time the Lexington meetiug begins beginsFred Fred Luzadcr trainer of J R Waiuwrights stable thinks he lias a rider of great promise in the apprentice Mailou McGough He picked up this youngster at Charleston McGough can ride at eightylive pounds lie Is a member of a good family iu South Carolina and is well educated educatedOne One of the striking things at the Downs and Douglas Park this season is the rich array of two yearolds in training Their equal collectively never before was sscn on any but metropolitan tracks and patrons of the New Louisville Jockey Club will see raciug here this spring the kind of colts and fillies that in days past were reserved for such eastern events as the Saratoga Special and tin Coney Island Futurity They are all fairly forward in preparation many of them looking nearly as fit at the present time as the sensational Hawthorn and the lying Inquieta which were raced all winter at the Juarez track in Mexico MexicoManager Manager M J Wlnn returned today from the east with the pleasing information that many eastern turf ¬ men of prominence will be at the Downs on Derby Day Some of these notables have never been here before for a race meeting Secretary Lytnan II Davis has also several communications from promi ¬ nent turfmen in California saying that they will journey bore this spring just to see the running of the lt12 Derby DerbyH H C Halleitbecks string is expected to arrive at the Downs from Aiken S C within the next few days and II K Knapps stable in charge of trainer W II Karrick is expected to reach here within the next fortnight In the Knapp stable is the great filly Sprite while as everyone knows the Kentucky Derby favorite Worth is a member of stringSuperintendent the Hallenlieck string Superintendent Frank Kcegau is at work im ¬ proving the track at the Downs as much as Is possible He is confident he can make it faster this spring than it was ever known to be before Ho says the only fault he can find is that the severe winter causing much washing of the ground has made the drainage inferior and this he will remedy at once onceTom Tom Brown Is looking after jockey Wingfields interest LexingtonThere Tho boy will ride at Lexington There are now 300 horses at the two tracks here and these will be materially increased shortly by arrivals from Charleston Aiken and the cast H G Bcdwell will send a division of his best horses here and K F Carman is soon coming from Charleston wlthjiis entire racing string headed by Meridian the Kentucky Derby winner of 1911 Unless Bourbon Beau Is his master Meridian at the present time Is trainingJohn regarded as the best mature racer in training John W Schorrs string at Douglas Park embraces eleven horses the nine most prominent of which are Star Charter Edda Froglegs Hamilton Scrim ¬ mage Tom Hayward John Kcardoii Senator Sparks and Plauutess All the horses of the Memphis turfman are training well this spring under thy care of his son John F Schorr SchorrJohn John Walters has nine horses at Douglas Park and eight of the number are twoyearolds The other is the fouryearold Mclvor which Is looking ex ¬ ceedingly well this spring Walters wintered the son of Sempronius In Tennessee TennesseeJack Jack Adkitis is back at the Downs after a flying trip out of the city for a few days and is now personally looking after the training of R J Mac ¬ kenzies trio of racers Melton Street Fountain Square and Vcnctn StlOiue He will send no horses to Lexington to race this spring but will begin the campaign when the meeting begins here May 11 11Danger Danger Mark which trainer P M West took up here several days ago for L P Doerhoefcr is still troubled with a foot allliction alllictionDan Dan Lchan doubts if he can get old Shapdale to the races again A P Humphrey Jr who owns an interest in the horse tried to make a juniper of flic veteran last fall and ever since then Shapdale has appeared to be in a bad way Mr Lchan will keep the old gelding in his Iiarn for a while and if he finds he cannot bring him around to racing ouce more he will retire him for good
