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TRAINING STILL RETARDED RETARDEDUNFAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE TRACK CONDITIONS PREVENT FAST WORK AT LOUISVILLE TRACKS TRACKSSecretary Secretary Lyman Davis Announces Program for Derby Day When Distribution Will Be of Record Breaking Proportions Track Gossip Louisville Ky April 22 There was but little training work at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park Sunday Before the morning was far advanced a rather heavy rain fell and dampened the track so that even the few that did desire to speed their horses were forced to postpone the trials A good crowd however was at the Downs early to see the Derby candidates The Manager Free Lance Nicias and Guaranola were out The latter Is almost a cer ¬ tain starter In the big race and acts like a colt that will like the Derby route In some respects he resembles his near relative Governor Gray chiefly for his sturdiness in finishing in a race as like Governor Gray he is always to bo relied upon at the finish It is now lielievcd that Free Lance will be the one that will carry George J Longs colors in the Derby this spring Nicias is training well but aiqiears to be a colt which will require more time to get him ready for a long race than is available iHJlwecn now and May 11 the date set for the run ¬ ning of the Derby Free Lance on the other hand is as forward in Iiis preparation as any colt now in training for the big nice This is plainly shown by Iiis mile here Saturday in 145 which is save The Managers performance of 144 the best mile any candidate lias worked so far this spring at the lowns or Douglas Park ParkHeavy Heavy going prevailed at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park today Still there was considerable brisk work at both courses although the time was slow The only Kentucky Derby candidate which was speeded at belter than a twominute clip was George J Longs Free Lance which went a half In 55 It is thought that trainer Pete Coyne an ¬ ticipates setting down this son of Alvescot for a fast mile when the track gets good tomorrow or Wednesday The only other works timed at the Downs today were wereAll All Rod Threequarters In 123 first half in 54 Leopold Quarter mile in 28 cantering Fighting Hope Threequarters in 42 cantering Toddling Threequarters in 124 first half in c 5G 5GSuur Suur Myers Fiveeighths in 113 cantering White threeeighthsin Wool Half mile in 50 first threeeighths in 41 41Blackfriar Blackfriar Threequarters in 126 cantering Rredwell Threeeighths in 45 cantering Secretary Lymau H Davis announced today the program for Derby day Saturday May 11 The distribution for that afternoon will total 9300 as follows followsFirst First Race Selling purse 000 for threeyear olds and upward threequarters of a mile mileSecond Second Rape Purse 000 for twoyearold fillies onehalt mile mileThird Third Race Purse 800 for threeyearolds aud upwards five and a half furlongs furlongsFourth Fourth Race Kentucky Derby 0000 for three yearolds one mile and a quarter quarterFifth Fifth Race Purse XX for twoyearold colts and geldings four and a half furlongs furlongsSixth Sixth Race Selling purse 5700 for thrccyear oids and upward one mile and a sixteenth sixteenthTliis Tliis is the greatest program ever offered for ouc liiys racing on any Kentucky track trackM M Shields has arrived here from El Paso with Hie wellknown sprinter J B Robinson and the threeyearold Isom The former was a frequent winner during the Juarez meeting Isom is a speedy threeyearold bred ou the J F Newman farm near Sweetwater In Texas Witli the Shields string came the horses of P H Sheridan including Bit of For ¬ tune and Modern Priscilla Bit of Fortune is one of the largest horses in training standing seventeen hands high Mr Sheridan bought him from Early Mright His new owner lias a farm in Maryland and will take Bit of Fortune thore when the racing Mason of 1912 is over and have him trained for a jumper It is liclieved he will become a good hurdle and steeplechase racer racerWhat What is thought to IKS one of the best twoyear olds ever raised at Bashford Manor Farm is now in the stable of George J Long He is a brown colt bv the Kentucky Derby winner Sir IIuon out of iJatifa by Hamburg and she Is out of the famous Yorkville Belle He has boon named Merlin and if not raced at Lexington will likely make his first start in the Bashford Manor Stakes here hereTrainer Trainer John Walters has received notification from tho Jockey Club that the name Rifle Brigade lias I cen conferred on his twoyearold gelding a brother to Bourbon Beau and Kentucky Beau This vouirstcr is colored differently than Bourlion Beau Iwing a l ay but is regarded as a highly promising promisingjr jr B Tiilbot a well known veterinary surgeon arrived at tbe Downs today from Charleston He reports that five carloads of horses cominff here were to leave Charleston at 830 this morning He suld that the stars of R F Carmans stable are in inG G S 1 Odoin will ship his string to Lexington rlther Wednesday or Thursday He will take In fiiiicta his flying twoyearold filly Fireman crowsfoot and probably Traveller there to race during the meeting It may be that he will also take Follie iivv along and after she is fired turn her out on one f the farms in that locality until late summer or iirlr fall While the Lexington mooting is going rr odom will visit his various brooding estab iiir iiirnts nts and closely scan all the yearlings in that w ptinn v He ls bcnt on starting next year with a bi1 stable of twoyearolds in preference to older olderIl0iv Il0iv l turfmen arc eagerly awaiting tbe arrival i WTnr tbe division of R F Carmans stable that J Jntnin contain ntnin the inr Kentucky Derby winner of 1911 Merid dcsire noc lhc c mo of tlis JrEkt tlisJrEkt vonnff horse that bids fair to go to the post f forite orite in the Clark Handicap The Carman string i Ti iio auartcred at the Downs this spring He was V wasV noHClas Park last fall with his horses because he notsatisfied with the condition of the Downs OB J Jnir nir when lie Hrst arrived hero The condition of 1 Jj H lrse this spring is faultless ItaSn Secretary W H Shelley of tho Kentucky Kentuckyt t riitou was here yesterday distributing tbe book rtrnni of the meeting which begins at Lexington IES Saturday and also securing a list of those who Jihii Kiiin from the two local tracks this week that iMii iini iiniHeretofore Heretofore been assigned stable room Mr i Jfi nredicts that the Lexington meeting will be breaker this spring He thinks tho Breod r riPV will be tho greatest race of its kind the Bine Grass region regiony t c in y Buliman is an oldtimer TM John now hero heroif if m return to the saddle Not many seasons ago Inian n wa was one of tbe star riders of the American fr rtio over came from California Bullman thinks too can Ret down to 107 pounds riding weight this KprlnS Jopijn stable connections are sweet on 4i 1 1ein ein pst addition Blackfriar one of James R iie Keenes breeaub breeding This Is plainly shown by the cir jriar g j fe W0rked in be arriVed 1 bcre from Charleston but seemingly warms out of this lameness whenever worked for speed Mr Joplin has as exercise boys four former jockeys who were once prominently in the public eye They are Pickelt Aubuchon E Morrison and C Koer ncr Tlie latter Is a brother of the present crack rider T Koerner C Koerner was riding well as early as 1903 having piloted that season eighty one winners E Morrison also was riding in good form a few seasons ago agoThe The crack twoyearold McCorkle has not been worked for nearly a week now though he has about recovered from the slight sickness with which he was atlacked recently at Douglas Park This son of Disguise will not keep his Lexington en ¬ gagements tind he may not start until the Latonia meeting Maj McDowell will probably rely for the Lexington stake on Iiis chestnut colt by Cesarion Star Cat and his chestnut colt by Yankee Monarka McCorkle is the colt that is credited with having worked a quarter in 22 last fall which is even letter than the McDowell Derby candidate The Manager showed at the same age
