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STANDING BY HAWTHORB LOUISVILLE ADMIRERS OF HASTINGS GELDING UNSHAKEN BY FOUNDATIONS WORK Odds Against Latter Candidate Shrink but Haw Hawthorns thorns Remain Unchanged Gossip from fromKentucky Kentucky Sources Louisville Ky April S Interest in the coming Kentucky Derby iml the 10000 Kentucky Handicap continues to grow dully The latter event wlilcli Js set for the opening dav of the coming meeting at Douglas Park m May 20 bids fair to lie an event if as much Interest as the date of the race ap ¬ proaches as the Derby is at the present rime These two big races will undoubtedly shine in turf history as lioth hid fair to result in contests not onlv highly sensational lint of recordbreaking character The Kentucky Derby coming first anil in a measure settling the question of supremacy among the threeyearolds will add interest to the Kentucky Handicap as a majority of the great threeyearolds that will contest for Derby honors are eligible to the Douglas Park race raceThe The sensational work for the Derby by C J Mc Kcnnas Nasturtium colt Foundation at Iexington last week does not even shake the faith of the local turfmen in Hawthorns Derby chances and while the formers odds have shrunk no better priiv is obtainable on I l Huschemeyers crack gelding for the big race The followers of the latter cannot sec how Foundation can improve sutlieiently over his twoyearold form to lie a contender in the big race with either Hawthorn or Helios though lie showed about as good as a kinder garter performer as did Spokane which beat the sensational Proctor Kiiott in the Kentucky Derby of 18SO 18SOThere There are turfmen who cling to the belief that had not Sam Hryant taken Proctor Knott to Nashville that spring to run in the 2000 Sweepstakes that Spokane would never have beaten him ill the Ken ¬ tucky classic He also it will be recollected de fpiiteil htm In the Clark Stakes and the American Derby but when Proctor Knott finally returned to his best form he turned the tables on Spokane in the Sheridan Stakes and then weuVOWPIxinsJJrauch where in the Omnibus Stakes he ran second to ltmgStreet finishing in front of the great Halvator HalvatorTni Tni admirers of Hawthorn have wonderful faith ill the geldings trainer W S Trevey He is among the most experienced of living horsemen and un ¬ doubtedly knows every hair in the hide of his great gelding His admirers say that ho will make no mistake in the training of the son of Hastings and as he only has two other horses to care for in his stable he can accord the Kiischeraeyer Derby can ¬ didate evory necessary attention Then is hardly in hour in the day that Trovey does not see his charge and even in Ihe night he is in constant touch with his stable and an able assistant keeps him posted as to Hawthorns condition when he is away from the barn Another thing in his favor is the fact that J Ixiftns will have the mount on him cud this rider understands the great gelding perhaps better than any jockey who has ever ridden him in a race raceThe The work of Foundation however has added new zest to the discussion now going on concerning the big race as often it is just such a colt as this that as a threeryearold has defeated others which showed vast superiority as twoyearolds Hack as far as 1882 Apollo ligured as a notable instance by defeating the famous Hunnymede which as a twovearold the season previous was a most sen sat ional colt Kouso in 1870 was another such when he beat Kimball almost invincible as a two yearold yearoldHut Hut regardless of whether the Kentucky Derby winner of 1013 is Hawthorn Helios Foundation or siny of the other great cracks engaged in it in eluding Ten Point Yankee Notions and Ieochares it umiuestionably will be one of the greatest con ¬ tests in the history of tin race as well as the richest Derby in money value ever run in this state stateThe The various candidates for the 10000 Kentucky Handicap to be run on the opening day at Douglas Park on Monday Mav 20 are working well Frog legs J W Schorrs crack fouryearold could hardly look better It 1 Mackenzies Hncklioru appears to lie not far from lit even now News from Lexington Is to the effect that The Manager is going along satisfactorily The Manager is T C McDowells great fouryearold High Private never looked lustier than now although he has been showing slightly sore in recent trials However this is not unusual for this old gelding geldingThese These two stir events which will respectively inaugurate the two greatest race meetings in Louisville are sure to be memorable contests That no horse will have a walkover in either of them seems certain certainAlthough Although the local meetings are four weeks away tin iMmm is already on Kven this early reserva ¬ tions are being made at the leading hotels by men prominent on the turf They will be here from everv lijg American city and will include many not seen on a Kentucky track for years There will also bo many making their first visit to see some great races decided Not long ago a local trainer received a letter from an old friend who stated that he was coming this spring to Louisville for the Derby and Kentucky Handicap The last time this gentleman visited Louisville was when Ten Hroeek and Mollle McCarty met in tin great match race at Churchill Downs on July 4 1S7S 1S7SHound Hound the World worked a half mile in il at Churchill Downs Sunday in handy fashion First Oicrry and 1ncle Hen two of the Applegate juve ¬ niles cantered a half mile at the same time In T Carroll who came here with the Derby eligible Weyanokc had arranged before leaving Juarez to bring along here P K Chapmans mare Stick Pin Just iHforo Carroll left the Mexican track Stick Pin while iMing exercised In a paddock reared and struck one of her legs She Ixcame KO lame that it was necessary to take her from her xtable to the car in a horse ambulance Instead of liringlng her to Kentucky her owner had her shipped to Chicago to undergo treatment with the hope that she will lie restored to racing condition Carroll does not think the injury is permanent but he hardly expects Stick Pin to race again this rear Carroll has added to his stable tiie twoyear old brown colt Sun King by Fair Play Souveraine which he purchased from August Helmont last fall This oolt has been turned out since Carroll acquired him on Thomas Piatfs farm at Lexington He Is a halfbrother to Half Sovereign and a youngster of promise promiseDave Dave Nieol the oncefamous jockey will ride at the local tracks as well as on the other Kentucky vmrses this spring It will be his lirst appearance in the saddle in this state in several seasons Last winter at Juarez he experienced ditlieulty in keeping down to riillng weight but he is satisfied that he ojin ride this spring at 111 pounds The only mount NJcol ever had in the Kentucky Derby was on Ovelando which ran third in that event in 1007 to Pink Star and Hal However JO I col won the Chi ¬ tago Derby in 1001 with English Lad the Canadian Derby InlOOS with Lawrence P Daley and the Mexican Derby in 1010 with Star Lyes Among his greatest achievements in the riding line was when he piloted the immortal Sysouby in a number of hiss brilliant winning races for the late J It K ene in 10O1 Among the events he won with this horse was the 50OOO Great Kcpublie Stakes at Saratoga Hehind Sysonhy that day were Oiseau and the celebrated Itroomstlck Nicol also rode in all of hi great races that noted twovearold George C Pennett In 1005 Nicol headed the winning jockeys of America with 221 firsts to his credit creditP P T Sheridan has received word that the car carrying his gelding Hit of Fortune will get away from Washington Ind within a day or two In this car is the great filly Pan Xareta and other racers owned by J F Newman together with Mose Goldblatts Mary Kmily all en route from Juarez to Lexington The horses have been taken oft the car and are quartered at the Washington fair ground It was a relief to Sheridan to know that the horses are safe Information also came that their prep ¬ aration for racing will not be materially retarded on account of the incident as the racers are being exercised regularly at Washington WashingtonJockey Jockey George W Carroll who bad his leg broken at Juarez last winter is finally out of the hospital and is here to prepare for riding on the Kentucky tracks this spring Trainer William Hnrlev had a contract on Carroll for the Juarez meeting but the boy now is free for a new engagement Mrs Kay Speneo has received word from her hus ¬ band who went to Norfolk with Dick Haker that he will be here in a few days with that racer having altered his plan about going to Lexington The change In arrangements is due to the death of his mother at Los Angeles The horses he has here are being looked after by Mrs Spence during his ab ¬ sence One of them is the good threeyearold Nobby NobbyGeorge George J Long reports that he lias ten foals at Hashford Manor Farm this season The dam of Free Lance is barren this year He has a handsome year ¬ ling colt by the Kentucky Derby winner Sir Iluon out of Merry Heart Merry Hearfs threeyearold daughter Cheerful which raced last year under the lxng colors will be retired this season to the stud She will be mated with Sir Alvescot the sire of Free Lance Free Lance was weighed a few davs ago by Mr Long and tipped the scales at 1 OSO pound He weighed 1001 pounds when he wont ho Latonla Derby last summer summerThe The veteran trainer Peter Wimmer was a recent visitor at the local tracks having comu from Lexin ton chiefly to note the condition of Hawthorn and other Derby candidates Continued on second page STANDING BY HAWTHORN Continued from first page Trainer W IL Baker has decided to only send Idleweiss and Husky Lad to Lexington to race The other horses in his string will remain at Churchill Downs during that meeting Baker now has the first call upon the noted local rider Roscoe Goose GooseLige Lige Brewster has In addition to J B Maylow his promising Sir Wilfred colt seven twoyearolds In training at Churchill Downs a follows Haruni Scarum ch c by Box Lady Reaper Elsie Ware b f by Uncommon Huron Fairy Lausdale blk c I Iby by Prague Oh Me b f by The Scribe Bar Barbetto betto Violet May b f by Peep oDay Al AlWormwood Wormwood ch c by Hurst Park Isbcll Hermence and a chestnut lilly by Oddfellow which came to Brewster from Juarez where she had been taken by Jack Keene KeeneEarl Earl Llnnell has returned from Lexington where he went to see J E Madden in regard to giving that turfman lirst call on the services of jockey C Gross The terms offered by Mr Madden are not entirely satisfactory to Linnell and for the present he gave that turfman only lirst call in one race the Kentucky Breeders Futurity Linnell is not in favor of Gross tying himself up with any one stable highIt unless the salary is high It turns out that Bonanza and Winning Witch owned by the C L Harrison estate and iu charge of trainer Lee Erb are with the Newman and other horses at the fair grounds at Washington fiid where they are held temporarily by the high water on their way from Juarez to Ix xington xingtonDr Dr C Cann has gelded for W IL Fizer the threeyearold Mazurka a recent Juarez winner and the twoyearold Transact which will result in these two racers being thrown temporarily out of training trainingE E R Bradleys Kentucky Derby candidate Brook field and his Kentucky Oaks candidate Benanet are Ixith able to run fast now Trainer Ilammon seems to think that Hrooktield is of the sprinter type but he has faitlt in Benanet which looks as if she will stay well Mr Bradley in addition to C Ganz has a promising lightweight rider in W Hopkins who appears to be In excellent condition Ganz is in line form and will be able from present prospects to ride at as light weights this season as houlld in 11112 In case Brookticld does not go to the post In the Derby Ganz probably will ride Prince Hermis for Lew Marion in that event
