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THE MANAGER AGAIN FIGURES IN A FAST TRIAL FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY Louisville Ky April 10 The Churchill Downs and Douglas Park tracks were fast this morning and as a result the best trials of this season were reeled off Of the Derby candidates the star work was done liy Maj T C McDowells crack colt The Manager lie was worked six furlongs at top speed in tin excellent time of l13ii He worked the first eighth in 12 the quarter in 2 three fur ¬ longs in a half in 4S and five furlongs in 101 He pulled up fresh and cooled out satisfactorily after his good performance Tlie next best Derby work was done by Henderson Hogaus candidate Guaranola This son of 4Jarry Herrmann went six furlongs 5n 117 pulled up He went the first quarter in 23 three furlongs in a half in 30 and fiveeighths in 103 Free Lance one of George J Longs entry for the big race worked threeeighths in 3S He will be worked a longer distance tomorrow tomorrowThe The only other Derby candidate to gallop faster than at a twominute gait was Chief Lindsey He cantered six furlongs iu 124 pulling up He looks good and Is training nicely for the 5000 prize prizeAmong Among the other horses the most sparkling work of the morning was done by the Kentucky Oaks candidate Tillies Nightmare She covered five eighths iu 102 working the first half in 4 The fastest twoyearold trial was threeseighths in the dazzling time of 33 by George Karme in the stable of L P Doerhoefer This speedy youngster is a brother of the crack of a few years back A J Small Small4tler 4tler workouts were wereBourbon Bourbon Beau Fiveeighths in 103 first half in 51 51Cockspur Cockspur Fiveeighths in 100 first threeeighths in 39 39Fireman canteringGene Fireman Half mile iu 57 cantering Gene handilyHawthorn Gray Quarter mile in 23 handily Hawthorn Half mile in 32 first threeeighths in 39 Cantering all the way Jabot wayJabot Mile aud onequarter in 215 first mile in 143 143Labold Labold Fiveeighths in 1OG first half in 52 52Mary Mary Davis Fiveeighths in 107 first half in inMobile Mobile Belle Quarter mile in 2C handily Prince Hermis Oneeighth in 12 canteiHig Ursula Emma Threequarters In 119 Looks good goodand and could have worked fast White Wool Threeeighths in 37 first quarter quarterin in 23 The California turfman James MacManus was at the Downs today looking over his big string of horses now quartered there iu charge of trainers O A Bianchi and Steve Judge He expressed him ¬ self as pleased with their condition and said he had never seen horses In general look better in the spring than they do in Kentucky at the present time The California turfman will remain In and around Ken ¬ tucky while the spring and summer racing is go ¬ ing on onEugene Eugene Elrod shipped to Lexington today all the paraphernalia that he will need to operate the ma ¬ chines there during the meeting which begins April 27 He stated that ten machines would lie imt on at Lexington including one for 10 straight bets one 3 straight place and show and two 2 straight place and show devices He also announced that these machines would be operated by the following most of whom will go from this clfy John Wagner Ben Hiiiklc Ed Travner Fred Nelson Frank Roach Rov Dillard Fred Melter Cliff Burnett Richard Torker Jack Campbell N McClellan Charles Res pess Roger Sullivan Clarence Price and Charles Burchess BurchessEd Ed Jasper fancies Lady Lightning for the Ken ¬ tucky Oaks this spring and does not regard her winter defeats at Charleston as of moment He thinks that once back into Kentucky she will re ¬ gain the brilliant form she exhibited last season in such races as the Cincinnati Trophy and Iro quois Stakes Mr Jasper cannot get out of his mind that Lady Lightning as a twoyearold beat all the best colts and geldings including Worth The Manager Presumption and Sonada the Ken ¬ tucky Derby stars of 1912 1912El El Gallo a twoyearold which died a few days ago at Churchill Downs apparently from the effects of injuries sustained while being shipped here from Charleston was a halfbrother to Anderson and Financier and his dam Paradise Won by Prince of Monaco is a halfsister to the stake winner Merry Acrobat J R Wainwright who owned El Gallo still lias three likely twoyearolds in High Star A J Gorey and Elyutan A J Gorey a son of Miller is a good prospect Mr Wainwright thinks He is a halfbrother to the good winners Colonel Bronston and Milton Young being out of Marie Decca The latter is a halfsister to Puritv the dam of Pure Favor Colonel Preston and J CCore Both these inares were owned by Matt Simpson now dead when that turfman was in the breeding business and when he quit they brought 4000 at auction Miller Bishop Painter buying Purity while J N Camden secured the dam of A J Gorey
