Another Day Of Slow Trials.: The Unbeaten Hawthorn Startles Horsemen at Louisville with a Sensational Eighth., Daily Racing Form, 1912-04-20

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ANOTHER DAY OF SLOW TRIALS Tho Unbeaten Hawthorn Startles Horsemen at Louisville with a Sensational Eighth EighthLouisville Louisville Ky April ID Trainers at the local tracks are not allowing any sort of weather condi ¬ tions to interfere with the preparation of the Derby candidates and other cracks in training here Of ourse when the change1 in temiierature is so marked is It was yesterday and the day Iiefore and the tracks are slow no sensational time can be recorded Still the horses are sent along and the lack of reprinting exercise is made up by steadier work over longer distances The more mature stars are gal ¬ loped miles at a twominute clip and the youngsters ire sent shorter routes at the same gait Save for a sliht tucking up due to the sudden cold wave all the horses look in perfect training condition Such performers as Tho Manager Guaranola Free Lance Koiiud the World and Bourlion Beau have been oing along just as if it was June weather The Manager looks to l c in superb condition He conies out of every work seemingly improved and after n long swift gallop is seemingly no more iffcctcd than if he walked around his barn He Is aiiiturently the right type for a threeyearold of Derby class and if he continues to improve corres ixmiliiiclv from now until the big race he will strip is ood looking a Derby colt as was ever saddled T C McDowell owner of the colt makes no secret of hisbelief that The Manager is the Itest colt he ovor owned and if Worth or any other of the Derby fHIblos lowers the colors of the son of Voter on Mrr 11 It wl e the biggest disappointment of AlVf McDowells racing career careerTrainer Trainer Miller Henderson has no excuse to offer for lh Henderson Hogan Derby entry Guaranola iiid the son of Harry Herrmann may be set down as tertaln starter in the big race Mr Henderson iliire that there are lots of slips in Derby races In lip thinks Guaranola as good a colt as some of ilie winners of the stake in past years He is traiu iii satisfactorily for the race works like a horse iliMt will stav tllc distance and while the Itest iiilcs think the race will be between The Manager and Worth they concede that Guaranola has a achance chance to pKnjnkv jcrhy candidates at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park including The Manager Ilvsumutlon Guaranola Froe Lance and Chief Llnd i v were only cantered at a twominute clip today Tho entire collection preparing for real workouts to ¬ morrow wben tho tracks promise to be fast again it tint there was considerable work by other horses oJ tho Downs as the course had dried out consider Hblv and the outer portions of the course were goo1 Jriu LTiatest speed shown today was by the unbeaten flHirtliorn This crack twoyearold cantered five rfirions in 10 covering the first quarter in 24 fra furlongs in 8 and the half in 52 His rider Bet lilni Tdown for the first eighth and the flying wonder startled the onlookers by going the distance in ill Two of George J Longs twoyearolds a Scmpronius gelding and a Sir Huon colt can ¬ tered a quarter in 27 These two youngsters nro Breeders Futurity candidates and will be worked tomorrow at a longer distance Other works were wereAl Al Midler Threeeighths in 44 cantering canteringBlue Blue Beard Threeeighths in 42 42Bourbon Bourbon Beau Threeeighths in 42 cantering canteringEdda Edda Half mile in 53 under double wraps wrapsExplicit Explicit Fiveeighths in 110 pulling tin first quarter 23 threeeighths 40 half mile 54 54High High Private Oneeighth in 14 cantering canteringNobby Nobby Threeeighths In 42 42Sheriff Sheriff Nolte Fiveeighths in 110 Star Charter Threeeighths in 41 cantering canteringTread Tread Lightly Threeeighths ill 42 42White White Wool Threequarters in 124 124Winning Winning Widow Quarter mile in 20 cantering canteringJockev Jockev J Callahan under contract to ride for G M Odom this spring and summer on the Kentucky tracks arrived here today from San Francisco where he has been resting since the Juarez mooting closed closedThe The unbeaten Hawthorn and his stable companion Blue Jay will be shipped to Lexington Tuesday by trainer W S Trevey The horses W II Ford and Coppertown which are being trained by F J Pow ¬ ers will go to Lexington at the same time timeW W F Cisco will not take White Wool to Lexing ¬ ton next week That horse has no stake engage ¬ ments there but Mr Cisco would like to give him a race before the meeting begins here and so he will take him to Lexington during the last week of the meeting there White Wool Is fancied by more than one trainer as having a chance in the Clark Handi ¬ anul anulTrainer cap He has been training well this spring Trainer Miller Henderson will take five horses tn Lexington and will ship there next Tuesliv IT will take along his Derby candidate Guarariola to give him a race Kfore the big event here GinrinoH is not entered in the Blue Grass Stakes J II RP d is another horse that trainer Henderson to Lexington but will tike he has concluded not to riei win iiinjj Widow until the meeting begins There


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