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TBAINING GALLOPS AT LOUISVILLE Louisville Ky April 29 The Churchill Downs track was good yesterday three or four feet from the rail H Bensingers Derby candidate Patruche In the stable of W J Spcirs worked u mile and an eighth in 209 running the first mile In 152 He was cantering all the way The fastest work of the morning was by the crack twoyearold For ward which will be shipped tomorrow to Lexing ¬ ton to run In the Breeders Futurity on Thursday He went a good half In 50 running the first quar ¬ ter In ix This son of Cesarlon looks extra good and the Charleston contingent still think he has a chance to beat Hawthorn in the Bashford Manor stakes at the Downs Foxcraft a threcyearoid owned by George J Long worked five furlongs in 103 running the first half in 50 Foxcraft was entered in the Kentucky Derby but was declared out March 1 Other workouts were wereBredwell Bredwell 57Colonel Fiveeighths in 100 first half in 57 Colonel Brown Half mile in 57 pulled up Ap ¬ peared a bit sore canteringEva Crow soreCrow Robb Half mile in 57 cantering Eva 37torehead Padwlck Threeeighths in 37 canteringGolden torehead Quarter mile in 29f cantering Golden Threequarters In 124 cantering High canteringHigh Private Quarter mile in 2GM cantering Is ready readyHiram Hiram Fiveeighths in 107 107Hopsack Hopsack Quarter mile In 25 25J J B Robinson Fiveeighths in 106 106Jack Jack Wall Threeeighths in 39 first quarter in 20 20Judge Judge Wright Threeeighths in 37 37Mack Mack B Eubanks Fiveeighths in 105 105Meridian Meridian Quarter mile in 28 cantering Looks good goodPikes Pikes Peak Threeeighths in 37 37Spindle Spindle Threequarters in 121 first half in 53 53Starbottlc Starbottlc Threequarters in 122 easily Round ¬ ing to toTrance Trance Quarter mile in 25 Has her usual speed speedCol Col Andrew Vennie arrived from New York and was a visitor at the Downs He is associated with M J Winn and Charles F Grainger in the owner ¬ ship of the Churchill Downs plant He says that In New York there Is lively interest in racing In Ken tucky A large delegation will journey here to wit ¬ ness the Derby and many New Yorkers he says will spend the summer season on the Kentucky circuit circuitAnother Another arrival from New York was C J Casey the owner of the Kentucky Derby candidate Cracker Box He expressed himself as much pleased with the condition of this son of Octagon and praised William Hurley for his work in training the great colt Unless an accident prevents it Cracker Box will be a starter in the Derby on May 11 11The The Introduction in the Kentucky State Racing Commission of a rule That the winner of a race be offered at auction to the highest bidder that In case there is any advance over and above the ca ¬ tered price such advance be considered a fund held in trust by the association where the race was run and to be added by such association to future purses for selling platers while appearing to presentday turfmen as an innovation was tried at Garfield Park Chicago In the first season of that track un ¬ der the management of George B Hankins It proved a popular departure It was also Introduced at a meeting at the Ingleslde track in California The proposed rule was discussed freely by horsemen at the Downs today They universally favor its adoption even with the claiming clause to which some take slight objection objectionThe The track at Churchill Downs today was slushy still many horses were cantered The only Derby candidate that worked was Cracker Box He went a mile and an eighth in 213 the fractional being as follows Eighth in 14 quarter 2Sff three eighths 43 half 52f fiveeighths 111 thre quarters 120 seveneighths 142 and mile in 151 He ran in the middle of the track all tho way as the dogs extended out about six fcot from the rail The son of Octagon seemingly liked the heavy going and pulled up without being dis ¬ tressed in the least He appears fit and both owner C J Casey and trainer William Hurley are satis ¬ fied with his conditiou They expect him to run a good race in the Derby DerbyOther Other work included includedArmlnda Armlnda Threeeighths in 45 45Bredwell Bredwell Fiveeighths in 113 first half 54 54Calash Calash Quarter mile in 28 cantering canteringChartier Chartier Threeeighths in 42 first quarter in 27 27Dr Dr Jackson Threeeighths in 42 first quarter in 27 27Fighting Fighting Hope Fiveeighths in 114 first half in 57 57Forehead Forehead Threeeighths in 41 cantering canteringFront Front Threequarters in 122 first half in 51 51Gene Gene Gray Threeeighths In 43 43Granite Granite Threeeighths in 39 first quarter in 2G 2GHenry Henry Ritte Half mile in 53 53High High Private Quarter mile in 25 handily handilyIsland Island Queen Threequarters in 123 first half iri 53 53Jacob Jacob Bunn Threequarters in 45 first quarter in 29 29Leopold Leopold Threequarters in 123 cantering canteringLcvino Lcvino Half mile In 54 first threeeighths in 39 39Mobile Mobile Belie Threeeighths in 40 40Pass Pass On Threeeighths in 40 quarter in 20 20Pierre Pierre Dumas Threeeighths in 43 first quarter in 27 27Prince Prince Hcrinis Half mile in 53 53Sam Sam Hurst Half mile in 53 threeeighths 39 39White White Wool Fiveeighths In 108 half in 52 York Lad Half mile in 54 54An An illustration of the remarkable size of the un ¬ beaten Hawthorn is shown by his weight as com ¬ pared with some other i erformers of note now rac ¬ ing on the Kentucky circuit The son of Hastings tipped the scales at 980 pounds while Chapultcpec and Sobago exceedingly large horses only weighed 1020 and 1004 pounds respectively Marian Casey one of the biggest mares on the track weighs in high flesh only twenty pounds more than this sen sationl colt trained down for a race raceR R F Carman received a hasty business call and went to New York today He will be back in Ken ¬ tucky by the last of the week His great horse The Turk worked this morning more than a mile and a half and pulled up seemingly sound He Is going I ettcr now that at any time since ie was a threeyearold Scmprolus also seemed to be on the improving list today and Bonnie Kclso worked like be did when at his best two seasons ago It 5s a great band of cripples but they will cut a figure rightJ If ever they get right J C Calm the veterinarian after thoroughly testing the wound on Bourbon Beaus leg gate out tho cheerful information that if owner T Collins so desired in his opinion in the course of a year the great son of Star Shoot would stand training again Upon a thorough investigation he ascer ¬ tained that tho colts suspensatory ligaments in that leg were not severed and he says there is always hope for a horse in that condition He found that tho scsamqid bone was back in its socket and while the horses tendons were ruptured somewhat his is not a hopeless case He believes time will bring the horse back again to the race track perhaps as good as ever everJ J H Mead shipped to Lexington only three horses John Louis Saiali and Chapultepec He thinks the latter has recovered entirely from his recent sickness and hopes to be able to race him again Mr Mead said the unbeaten Hawthorn cre ¬ ated a sensation in Ills race there Saturday Though lie thinks Christmas Star is a great twoyearold filly like most other horsemen he does not be ¬ lieve HastingsSeveral she has any chance to beat the son of Hastings Several prominent horsemen who were at Lexing ¬ ton Saturday and are now back at the Downs saw Worth the Kentucky Derby favorite at the Ken ¬ tucky Association track and report that the colt appears to be in grand condition Frank Taylor told one or two of these turfmen that the best mlie the colt went at Charleston was in 146 but that was over a track only five furlongs in circumference The trainer of the Hallenbeck stable seems satis ¬ fied with what Worth has shown him this spring and talked as if he considered the winning of the Derby by the son of Knight of the Thistle as a foregone conclusion The Ozark cross in Worths pedigree has caused discusston by turfmen who arc not informed as to the merits of that noted horst of long ago President West now at the Downs with a division of L P Docrhocfcrs string in charge was with his father when the latter had Ozark in his stable Mr West says he never saw a greater threeyearold he beating Aristldes the first Kentucky Derby winner in the Jersey Derby at one mile and a half and that fall when still a threcvcarold he won the fourmile race at Washing ¬ ton The following winter at Savannah Ga he defeated tho great cup horse Wanderer over a con ¬ siderable distance of ground Ozark was out of the dam of Harry OFallon a remarkably successful sire for his chances He got the great Terra Cotta and the brilliant uiare Marion C which beat King ¬ ston in the 10000 Gartleld Park Stakes was also Ity him Ozark was by Pat Mulloy a brilliant race horse and one of Lexingtons most noted sons In tne stud studAl Al Woodman has all his horses now at the Downs Tho string embraces Hiram Louise K Calash and Elfall The latter looks better than he has in sev ¬ eral years
