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IMPOSING CREDENTIALS OF A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE KENTUCKY DERBY H C HALLENBECKS WORTH BR C 3 BY KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE MISS HANOVER HANOVERWorth Worth was the best twoyearold colt of 1911 Whether Worth Is to be presently acclaimed the leadin threeyearold of 1912 Is a matter of awaiting proof His only race this year was at Lexington May 1 and in this he finished second to the fast fouryearold Grover Hughes at threequarters of a mile in 113 By the scale of weight for age he was conceding the winner ten pounds and not being quite fit his race was really an excellent performance Greyer Hughes Is a somewhat erractic racer but is gifted with the speed of the wind and liable to take the measure of anybodys horse when it comes to sprinting That the race was beneficial to Worth was Indicated in a workout a day or two later on in which he gave an exhibition of remarkable speed conveying the impression that no horse to contend with him in the Kentucky Derby will racingLast excell him in that essential to success in horse racing Last year Worth won ten races out of thirteen starts being second once and twice unplaced In the way of stake racing he won the Raceland Stakes at Lexington and Bashford Manor Stakes at Iuisville his chief achievement in money winning attending his success in his 10000 match with Sprite at Latonla October 24 In this race he carried 118 pounds and ran threetpiarters of a mile in 112 Other examples of his great natural endowment with speed were afforded last year in his half mile in 47 four and a half furlongs in 53 fiveeighths of a mile in 100 and five and a half furlongs In 100 In this latter race he defeated such speedy older horses as Follie Levy Jim Basey Raleigh P D Sylvestrls and Jim Gaffney A erformauce of this kind by a twoyearold is always held to be unimpeachable evidence of the possession of superior merit as a race horse It Is the inclusion of such horses as Worth The Manager and Sonada in the list of starters In the big race at Louisville next Saturday that invests the Kentucky Derby of thisyear with a measure of interest vastly in excess of anything attending its decision for many years past Worths record to date is Year Wonl Age Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Unp Won l tl 2 13 JO 1 0 2 10645 1012 3 1 0 1 0 0 75 75Totals Totals 14 10 2 0 2 16720
