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HAWTHORNS WORK ATTRACTS ATTENTION Forwardness of Kentucky Derby Candidate a Feature of This Seasons Developments Louisville Ky April Horsemen In discussing the work at the local tracks of several of the caudi dates for the Kentucky Derby to be run on May 10 look upon the performances of these threeyearolds is something greatly out of the ordinary inasmuch as the hlg race is still some live weeks away Re ¬ garding it in this light Hawthorns mile and an eighth in 157 was a most creditable performance as was also the speed shown by several other candi ¬ date notably Irooklicld Baron DcKalb and Jlmmlo CHI CHIThe The workouts of the Derby candidates aliove noted as well as the trials of other horses at the local courses go to show that this season the horses in training at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park are further advanced than in many previous seasons With a continuation of anything like reasonably good spring weather the horses that have wintered in Kentucky will be titter to race early iu May this season than ever before beforeII II is a fact that some of the twoyearolds at the local tracks that have never raced lire even now ready for creditable performances under colors Moreover they have all apparently gone through tin winter in perfect health there being practically no sickness among the horses at either track trackHawthorns Hawthorns trial was particularly creditable In ¬ asmuch as he covered the last eighth of the work ¬ out nt racing speed in 12 and did it handily Already ruling a strong favorite this workout has had the effect of still further Increasing his pres ¬ tige and It can now lx set down that he Is one of the most popular favorites this great race has ever known The fact that he Is locally owned cuts little liguru iu this popularity for though his es ¬ teemed owiiur U l liuscuemeycr couuts his frieuds by the hundreds the horse himself is the admira ¬ tion inibllcWhile of the Louisville turf inibllc While the work of other Derby candidates Is keenly noted by the railbirds It takes Hawthorn to command their intense interest and his move ¬ ments are closely watched from the time lie comes on the track until he leaves the course for the barn There never has been a horse trained at either of the local tracks since the days of Proctor Knott that has been accorded the homage shown Mr Busche meyers great gelding this spring springKrooklield Krooklield among other Derby candidates at the local tracks attracts attention owing to the fact that he is to carry in the big race the colors of that popular Kentucky turfman and breeder H U Brad ¬ ley Mr Bradley like Mr lUisthemeyer is a thor ¬ ough sportsman who will pay a big price for a horse Brooklield while seemingly possessing a dazzling turn of speed has not developed like Haw ¬ thorn from his two to his threeyearold form and apparently has grown little from last year His trainer Cliff Hammon has no holies of winnirtg the Derby with Itrooklield if Hawthorn and Helios train soundly for the race Mr Bradley like all turfmen of his class desires to have a starter In the big event and Hamilton is doing the best he can to prepare the son of Yankee Gun for the race raceJockey Jockey It Goose tin local rider will have a mount in the Kentucky Derby but has not yet made arrangements to ride any particular horse This is owing to the fact that he supposed Weber Ward would enter Solar Star but the sickness of that horse influenced them not to nominate him himJohn John Huffman the trainer has arrived from Charleston He is en route to Chicago where his suit for 500 for unpaid purses won by Ella Grane at Mineral Springs last fall is to be tried triedThere There are three promising twoyearolds In the stable of Catesby Woodford that are attracting no little attention at Churchill Downs All are by the noted sire of twoyearolds Cesariou as follows Augustus Heinze chestnut colt out of Sweet Aileen by Kingston General Warren chestnut colt out of Kate Havlin by Hanover John MacGinness out of Kthel Levy by Sir Dixon All are eligible for the Breeders Futurity at Lexington this spring and the Cincinnati Trophy to be run during the Latonia summer meeting If they fulfil expecta ¬ tions and racing is resumed in New York they will be sent to that state by Mr Woodford in mid ¬ summer The Woodford stable is trained by Wood DIckerson a young turfman now twentysix years of age He is a son of Lengthy DIckerson for ¬ merly sheriff and now county clerk of Jessamine County Kentucky He Is a nephew of Luther Diek ersou who owned the great colt Woodsou which ran second in the American Derby to Highball the last time that great race was run Shortly after that performance Dickerson refused an offerof oO 000 for the sou of imported St George C B Reid who trained The Picket when that horse won the American Derby and the Brooklyn Handicap has sold a half interest in his horse Ben Trovato to O II Chenault who has secured the son of Imiwrted Alvescot as chief sire for his Spendthrift Stud Mr Cheuault has thirty choice broodmares The bulk of these stud matrons will be mated with Beu Trovato and he will also be mated with fifteen outside mares this season Mr Reid says that his Hustonville Ky friend T L Car ¬ penter has a promising twoyearold filly this sea ¬ son which he has sent to Lexington to be trained by W J Young She is by Plaudit Raglets by His Highness and Mr Carpenters partner in the ownership of the mare is the wellknown racing official E C Hopper HopperBefore Before leaving Juarez for thin city V I Weir bought from George M Van Gorden the twoyearold lilly Barbara Lane and she is now In the Weir barn at Churchill Downs While Barbara Lane won only a single race at Juarez she was a victim of bad luck in several of her starts and Is considered by good judges a much better lilly than she has yet shown in public
