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GREAT SPORT IN PROSPECT NOTED HORSES TRAINING SATISFACTORILY AT LOUISVILLE FOR KENTUCKY STAKES Hawthorn and Other Derby Eligibles Doing Particu ¬ larly Well Froglegs Among Those Pointing for the 10000 Kentucky Handicap Louisville Ky April 0 Hawthorn continues to work most satisfactorily for liis local engagements in the Kentucky Dorhv to IK run at Churchill Downs on May 10 anil the 10000 Kentucky Handi ¬ cap which is to lit decided sit Douglas Park an Monday May 20 Iy running six furlongs in 1 114r 14r pulled up in liis last trial at tin Downs followin his milt and an eighth in 157 of recent tlate hi appears to lit a threeyearold capalilt of covering siny route of ground with all the dazzling speed of tin fastest sprinter in nUditiun The great son of Hastings shows no ill effects of any work given him He comes on the track with his heels Hying itnil Ieave the course in tin same capcrish mood He is apparently a glutton for work and has lio signs of a delicate disiwisitioii at all in his makeup 1rince llermis Lew Marions good looking three year old Is also training satisfactorily for the bit race He appears to lie a sturdy colt and runs the last part of liis trials more vigorously than the first part He is much like his sire in conformation luit abilityBrooktlcld lacks Ilermis quick early running ability Brooktlcld K It Bradloys colt apparently has iu abundance of speed but the best Judges ques tinn the staying ability of the son of Yankee Gun GunSeveral Several other Derby eligiblcs here are doing good work notably the threeyearold lilly Floral Park and it may be that she will be sent to Ihe post in the big race She has speed and her trials indicate that she rather likes a long route routeAll All of the Kentucky Handicap candidates are go ¬ ing along well with their work High Private has his old spring lameness but to all appearances he is training so well that he is sure to go to the iwst in that rich event Froglegs and Star Charter are Inith now doing good work for trainer 7 V Schorr mil Irish Gentleman could not look better The same ran be said of Bnckhorn in the string of II T MaiKfTizieS LOCH ttirfniun who liave lately vl Iteu Lexington sny that The Mnpgor is working promisingly for T McDowell and is looked upon as a dangerous factor for the big race raceThe The twoyearold events to be run during the local meetings this spring are sure to be of more Interest than over before It is generally conceded Hal tiie average class of the youngsters in train ¬ ing III Kentucky this spring is superior to that of any other racing season since the days when such sterling young racers as Belle of the Meade Spend ¬ thrift and Hindoo raced here as twoyearolds Already1 some of these youngsters have worked as fa t as the average race for twoyearolds was run fevcral years ago Inless they are morning glories there are certainly sonic sensational youngsters in the barns at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park It is no wonder for their cost prices as yearlings range from 14000 down There are several strings of these youngsters now at the local tracks that oould not be purchased for a considerable fortune In the Bradley stable alone there are housed two yearolds f50000In valued at more than f50000 In every way the coming meetings here promise to he brilliantly successful The increase in the aluo of purses will make many of the selling races tlal In class the handicap events of a few years back The best horses with the exception of the ital topuotchers will take part in these events Iliis spring and the average daily card will be as full of quality as it is possible to arrange arrangeSome Some few of the locally trained horses will go to Lexington but with the exception of Hawthorn and one or two other cracks all of the stars now quartered here will not sport colors until the rhuiYliill meetingsOn Downs and Douglas Park meetings On account of an uncomfortably low temperature no fast trials were attempted yesterday at Churchill Downs or Douglas Park but scores of racers were galloped slowly Tin tracks were in tint condition conditionTrainer Trainer John Walters who is at Douglas Park with G M Hendrles horses has the celebrated llirceyearold t5reat Britain in great condition 1roin the standpoint of appearance The son of The Commoner is not entered in the Kentucky J erJiy but is engaged in the Latonla Derby and AVulters has him well advanced in training The Track at which he wintered in Tennessee was in good condition and while he never sent the horse since last fall a faster half than 57 Great Hritsiln will lie ready for a few short races at the local courses tills spring Great Britain won his last three starts in Kentucky last fall In his final race he defeated some good ones carrying 110 pounds Walters thinks he holds out the promise if being a great threeyearold Mr Hcndrie is expected here in a few days to insinvt his horses He spent the winter with lolin Hachmeister at Naples Fin and is about to proceed to his home sit Hamilton Out OutJohn John II Morris the veteran turfman who trained Azra when that horse won the Kentucky Derby for George T Long in 1SJI has a band of five likely iwovearolils now In training at the Dowiis They lire In charge of James S Kverman who developed thorn at Charleston and include March Miss Char ot Sinalco Woodburn anil Lady Chariot March IK a halfsister to the noted Forward which after having raced brilliantly early last spring was sold to W A McKnery for S75OO Forward was taken 1o Kngland and changed hands in a selling race jii which he made a good showing A story is Ing the rounds of how Hawthorn the Kentucky Derby favorite came close to being taken to Eng ¬ land to race which of course would have roblted lids springs Kentucky classic of the most spec ¬ tacular candidate it has had since Hindoo Leonatus md Bon Brush won the trophy trophyMr Mr McKnery a Britisher with a bankroll sud Onily appeared in Kentucky in quest of a great liorso He had heard of Hawthorn and he said he wanted to buy the gelding The services of two v torlnarians were engaged and they reported to Mr MoKnery that Hawthorn was unsound It was Iteil that the horse bad a lump on one knee duo to n thorn having iionotratod it while running out as jl yearling at August Belmonts Nursery Stud near Lexington It was then that Mr McKnery having Iiieii given a clean bill of health for Forward pur ¬ chased that performer performerMeanwhile Meanwhile Charles F Buschemeycr of Louisville 1 ok n fancy to Hawthorn He consulted W S Trevor who was training the horse for his owner i II Coyle of Texas Trevey informed him that Hawthorn was sound anil that the imperfection on Ills knee amounted to nothing Mr Biisohemeyer wired Coyle that he would give him 10000 for Hawthorn and Blue Jay Mr Coyle answered that If the money was deposited in bank before three oclock on a certain day he would Fell the horses for the price named by Mr Buschomeycr The deal VJIK dclnyHawthorns closed without dclny Hawthorns achievements are history Trevey s Judgment has been vindicated He says he Is train ¬ ing the greatest threeyearold in America and he Is not alono in this supposition for some of the loading turf experts of America regard Hawthorn the fleetest thoroughbred In this country Continued on second page GREAT SPORT IN PROSPECT Continued from lirst page In addition to the Morris juveniles Everman has sixteen other liorses in his ham nt the Downs In all he lias in training twentyone racers They include T M Green Mack 15 Hubaiiks Wander Coreopsis Kenneth I Beau Chilton Louise Paul and fourteen twoyearolds among the latter being 1mgwood First Degree Expectation Flaming Fla ¬ mingo Iunny Parcel Post and a bay colt by Leo nidas The Everman liorses wintered at Charleston and a number of them were winners there Evcrinun lias jockey Eddie Taplin under contract for this season The bov is now at Jamestown but will be an Kentucky for the opening of the Lexington meeting Taplin rode 120 winning races last year and ranked seventh in the list of American jockeys i W II Fizer has altout concluded to only send three of his string to Lexington to race during the coining meeting there One is the threeyearold lilly Helen Pink and the others are the twoyear olds Attica and 15revite Mr Fizer has added to his string hero three twoyearolds that wintered in Tennessee They are a chestnut colt by Dr Boots Sewing ttirl a chestnut gelding by The Commoner Hera and n chestnut filly by Dr Hoots Kate lilam The lirstnamed is a halfbrother to that good horse Morales while the Zera gelding is named old Master and the Kate Elain lilly Alta Loma Maid MaidTrainer Trainer John Walters brought word that Charles Reed the noted turfman is still alive and in fairly good health at the age of eightyfour years Ho resides near Gallatin Tenn Heed once owned the famous Fairview Stud in Tennessee and raced many noted liorses including the great Thora and her noted halfsister Henloyen At one time lie was the biggest stockholder in the Saratoga race track and when he null the turf and engaged in breeding thoroughbreds at Fairview he turned out many famous racers including such stars as Dob ¬ bins Yorkvillo Belle Don Alouzo Hornpipe Cliis wick Picknitker Wernberg and Sir Francis The manv friends of this famous horseman will bo glad to learn that ho is still alivo He has not visited a race track for a number of years yearsThough Though John W Schorr will as usual IH repre ¬ sented at the early Canadian meetings this season it is understood that he has in contemplation the division of bis stable early in May and that he will keep Froglegs Star Charter and Leoclmres the best of his string here until the spring season of racing is over and send the second division of his stable to Canada where after the close of racing at Douglas Park his entire establishment will be concentrated Trainer J F Schorr is pointing Frogiegs especially for the 10000 Ken ¬ tucky Handicap to be decided at Douglas Park on the opening day of the coming spring meeting there Monday May 20
