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DERBY DAY CROWD WILL BE BIG Reservations for Accommodations at Louisville Hotels Reflect Interest in Churchill Downs Racing Louisville Ky May 1 The reservations already made with the various hotels in this city indicate that the largest crowd that ever visited Louisville during a nice meeting will IMJ on hand when the Derby is decided at Churchill Downs on Saturday May 11 These reservations are by no means all coming from horsemen They represent prominent citizens from many of the greatest cities of the country St Louis has spoken for quarters for a large delegation and so has Chicago while a month ago some of the choicest apartments were reserved at the leading houses for race loving millionaires from New York YorkInterest Interest is intense in the great event of the open ¬ ing day the Kentucky Derby to be run at the Downs Even if The Manager should fail to go to the post the appearance of Worth and Sonada under colors that day will alone be suflicient of an attraction Pitted against these two cracks will be other good threeyearolds With a fast track it Js likely to be a record Derby nice as it is no secret that the Hallcnheck stable people believe that if Worth is beaten Meridians time of 205 for the mile and a quarter will be reduced reducedSecond Second in interest only to the Kentucky Derby will be the meeting in the Bashford Manor Stakes of the unbeaten Hawthorn and Forward the star of the Charleston winter meeting The admirers of the latter are strong in the belief that he will out ¬ run the son of Hastings as they claim he is as fast a twoyearold in getting away from the bar ¬ rier as was ever saddled Those who stand by the marvelous record of Hawthorn think no twoyearold in training can beat him and they say that if For ¬ ward outbreaks him from the harrier Hawthorn will get him at the finish and beat him like all other horses he has met Fred Luzadcr and there is no better judge of a good horse than the Wainwright trainer says Hawthorn is simply another Colin and that it is foolish to race a colt like Forward after him at all It is universally known that many good twoyearolds have been virtually ruined by trying to beat a horse far superior to them in class It is maintained in some quarters that the western turf public have not seen a colt of the age of Haw ¬ thorn whicli compared to him since El Rio Bey that unbeaten wonder of California CaliforniaBut But the Derby and the meeting here of the great twoyearolds will not be the whole attraction at the Downs this spring The Clark Handicap will bring together the Kentucky Derby winner of 1 11 Meridian J W Schorrs Star Charter Ocean Bound Cherryola Granite Fashion Plate T M Green horsesThe High Private and other good horses The two other great attractions of the meeting will be the historical Kentucky Oaks with a history as long as that of the Derby and the ever popular Gentlemens Cup race which will bring to gcther Louisvilles best representation of amateur riders some of whom are canahle horsemen horsemenThe The two local tracks were much improved today but only two Derby candidates worked to any extent they being George J Longs Nicias anil Free Lance The former cantered three furlongs in 42 while Free Lance went a mile in 14 covering the first quarter in 25 the half in 52 five furlongs in 105 threequarters iu 118 and seven furlongs in 133 He cantered out the mile and an eighth in 205 While the time was not essentially fast It was regarded as extra good work as the colt ran all the way in the middle of the track and made much wider turns than is usual in such trials Free Lance is an improved colt and local trainers think that as far as he goes he will be a keen contender in the Derby this year Many yearMany horses worked today at the Downs The best trials were wereC C II Patteu Half mile in 55 cantering Capitau 1OSChartier canteringCapitau Bravo Fiveeighths in 1OS Chartier Half mile in 55 cantering canteringCommoners 107Bit Commoners Touch Fiveeighths In 107 Bit handilyDr of Fortune Threequarters in 121 handily Dr Jackson Threeeighths in 37 Fairy 37Fairy Story Fiveeighths in 105 105Feather Feather Duster Threequarters in 118 frac tionals 25 38 51 104 Kiel 104Kiel Half mile in 52 52Fighting Fighting Hope Quarter mile in 27 cantering canteringFireman Fireman canteringFlamma Threequarters in 127 cantering Flamma Threequarters in 118 fractional 25 11 104 104Fountain Fountain Square Half mile in 55 cantering canteringFoxcra Foxcra ft Threeeighths in 39 Gagnant 39Gagnant Threeeighths in 39 39Golden Golden Seveneighths in 140 140J J B Kobinson Threeeighths in 37 has all his speedJack speed Jack Denman Quarter mile in 25 25Jack 53Jack Jack Parker Fiveeighths in lOG2 half in 53 Jack Wright Half mile in 54 cantering canteringJohn John Furlong Mile in 140 Judge 140Judge Wright Half mile in 51 51King 100La King Olympian Fiveeighths in 100 La Cazador Threeeighths in 37 Leopold 37Leopold Mile in 147 first half in 51 Letourno 51Letourno Half mile in 52 52Limpet Limpet Threeeighths in 38 38Pass Pass improvingPierre On Threeeighths in 37 is improving Pierre Dumas Fiveeighths in 105 first hal in 51 51Pikes Pikes Peak Half mile in 54 threeeighths in 40 40Pliant Pliant Fiveeighths in 107 107Pluvious Pluvious Threequarters in 122 first half in 55 55Sam Sam Meyer Threequarters in 118 first half in inSpindlt Spindlt Threequarters in 121 half mile in 54 54T T M Green Threequarters in 118 first half in 51 51The The Koyal Prince Threequarters in 118 118Turret Turret speedVeneta Threeeighths in 37 Has good speed Veneta Stroiut Threeeighths in 39 39J J E Otto readied here today with four horses fresh from their winter quarters Mr Otto was the owner of the speedy mare Jeanne dArc and raced her at Juarez in the winter of 191011 191011Frank Frank Gering Sr had the misfortune to lose his twoyearold chestnut colt Little Dad which camo here from Charleston atllicted with lung fever Lit ¬ tle Dad was by Ccsarion Fatty by Kingston and a halfbrother to Aristocracy a winner of the Sara ¬ toga Special The latter died at the Downs some vears ago from a similar allliction he then being a member of J E Maddens stable stableT T Collins owner of Bourbon Beau wrote his trainer here today upon receiving information tha Dr C Calm thought the great fouryearold would in time race again advising that every care he taken of the son of Star Shoot and that he did not care if two years should elapse l efore he again racec Mr Collins fears that his business in New York will keei him away from the local meeting this spring Bourbon Beau will be kept at the Downs until he is able to walk to some local farm and then he will be turned out outLouisville Louisville has a new addition to the turf in George Bright a wealthy young man He bought today from trainer J Hoffman the good twoyearold brown filly Ella Grane by Filigrane Ella Duke Ella Grano was raced successfully at Charleston and is engaged in the Debutante and Juvenile Stakes here Lackrose hereLackrose whicli has been on the ailing list wit indigestion for about a week has recovered am will againJ soon work again J II Mead returned to the Downs today from Lexington with Chapultepec John Louis and Salil He found track conditions unsuitable to anv of tlio horses be shipped there last week The weekThe schooling barrier is now up at the Downs in charge or Charles Nulte and after ten oclock each 1T Roos fol = years one of the most ti nr mhmn i DT r cin oHielals In the country passe1 rough Louisville yesterday on his way from IMtts inirg to Memphis on a business trip Captain Kees will return here to see the Kentucky Derby run lie has not missed seeing one of these great raccf in years Captain Heesewas for a number of years secretary of the famous Montgomery Park track at Memphis and lias served as presiding judge at some of the most important race meeting in the West Willie engaged now in other business vntnres h still takes a great intenst in racing and believes that In a few years it will be generally revived witU the parlmntucl system of betting
