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HORSES WELL ADVANCED CONDITION OF RACERS IN TRAINING AT LOUISVILLE IS SATISFACTORY Hawthorns Derby Preparation Impresses Horsemen More Horses Leave for Lexington Other OtherTimely Timely Items from Louisville Louisville Ky April 25 The work of the horses during the last few days at Churchill Downs and Douglas Iurl in preparation for the coming meet ¬ ings at those two tracks beginning respectively on Saturday May 10 and Monfay May 20 has been unusually satisfaelory This too despite the fact that heavy rains in this section made the courses suitable for days at a time only for mudrunning horses It has also had a tendency to cause the going not to be as fast as Is ordinarily the case nt this time of year at these courses but each track is now improving daily and in a week or more they will bo as fast as horsemen could desire and safe to work and race over overUnder Under these conditions the work of the Derby fa virate C F Busehemcyers Hawthorn has been most impressive I is known union horsemen that the son of Hastings is not a good work horse All this spring trainer W S Trevey has trained him without a pacemaker Hawthorn is inclined to run a bit then loaf and this accounts for him fre ¬ quently doing the last part of his trial better than the lirst part There is not an unprejudiced horse ¬ man who has observed his training this spring who will hot concede that he works In spots as brilliantly as such Derby winners as Hindoo Leonatus and Sir Ilium did He is of a type different from any horse now in training While these judges concede that like any other horse he may he beaten in the Kentucky Derby this spring they do say that if the Busclumeyer colors go down the victor will be the equal of any horse that ever won this classic event of the Kentucky turf Each time he works he cools out as if he had only galloped around the track Nothing seems to tire him and the day after a fast workout he apiiears more robust than ever He will go to the post for the Derby weigh UK JWMMss than 1077 i ounds and t lie races lie runs at the cotiiing Ix ington meeting will just lit him for Ills start here on May 10 10Since Since Hawthorns fast threequarters a few days ago the work of the other horses at the Downs on an improved track makes his trial stand out It Is questionable if among the many good horses in training here there is one that could with ten or fifteen pounds less weight up than he carried the day Johnny Loftus rode him duplicate his perform ¬ ance There may be among the other crack colts engaged in the Kentucky Derby one that will lower the colors ot the son of Hastings but such experts among trainers as F I Weir O II Bianchi and Hundley Ilaker do not think that Hawthorn will be defeated at all by any threeyearold this spring springFroglegs Froglegs worked a good mile in 143 in preparation for his engagement in the Kentucky Handicap the event which features the opening m the spring meet ¬ ing at Douglas Iark and lias 10000 added to it by that progressive racing association The Hamilton Derby winner is training grandly and bids fair as a fouryearold to duplicate his threeyearold per ¬ formances of last season when he won ten races In twentysix starts and was only twice unplaced There are many who fancy tills son of Masetto for this mile and a quarter event as when a Ibrce yearold lie came to hand early Witli the prelimi ¬ nary racing he will have at the Downs this spring in the Clark Handicap and other races he will likely lie as lit as hands can make him when the Kentucky Handicap is run on May 2i 2iAt At Churchill Downs It J Mackenzies Buckhorn is also working well for his Kentucky Handicap en ¬ gagement He undoubtedly will be ready for the big race He won nine brilliant races last season as a threeyearold and defeated Froglegs upon several occasions However the latter was giving him weight He may not lie able to concede the son of Broomstick anything this season and the meeting of these two fouryearolds at a mile and a quarter in this Kentucky Handicap will alone insure a great contest Iolh have dazzling speed and both are regarded as able to go the route routeThe The Derby candidates at Churchill Downs anil Douglas Iark rested today with the exception of Irlnce Hermis and Sam Hirsch Irince Hermls worked a half mile in Sam Hlrsch breezed Ihreeelghths in S Both acted as if they could run fast Oilier trials Included the following followingBaron Baron DeKalb Threeeighths in 37 breezing breezingBusy Busy Fiveeighths in 107 107Daiibury Daiibury Half mile in 50 first threeeighths In 3 Hf HfHold Hold of Ophir Threeeighths in 38 cantering canteringHurry Hurry I Quarter mile in 25f Helen Barlxt Fiveeighths in 107 107High High Clasi Half mile in 50 f lirst threeeighths in 30 30Irish Irish Gentleman Threequarters in 119 119Jimmie Jimmie Olll Threeeighths in 30 30John John I Wakefield Hiilf mile in 50 50Limpet Limpet Threeeighths in 157 cantering Uoyal canteringUoyal Tea Threequarters in 118 118Samuel handilySir Samuel It Meyer Threeeighths in 40 handily Sir Catesby Threeeighths in 3S 3SKinnmcrliill Kinnmcrliill Quarter mile in 24 breezing breezingWhile While Wool Threeeighths In 37 cantering canteringDan Dan Lilian with his six racers will go to Lex ¬ ington tomorrow Ho will also take his broodmare Miss Louise the dam of Molly Mog which he will male with MeGee MeGeeJ J It Wainjvrightv has arrived for the Downs meeting from his ranch near Fresno Cal Wain wright has secured second call on the services of jockey O Klrsehbaum whose contract Is held by A II Sproekols Harry Jones is still connected with the Wainwrlght stable and will ride when Kirscli liniimV services are not available Jones can ride nt 1 5 pounds poundsLouis Louis II Adair of St Louis racing partner of Huudley Baker is here awaiting the opening of the racing season None of the horsos In which he is interested will race at Lexington but he will wit ¬ ness the sport there thereJockey Jockey Goose will go to Lexington Friday He ¬ lms been engaged to ride J W Mays rolt Billy Stimrt In the Breeders Futurity If Weber Wards Gay Bird Is started in the Brewers Selling Stakes Goose will ride that son of Olseau OlseauHigh High Private an eligible for the Kentucky Han ¬ dicap Is now training well his lameness having disappeared disappearedThe The good looking twoyearold sister to the Ken jurky Oaks candidate Christmas Star has been named Addle M out of compliment to the wife ol J W Mosservy the Charleston S C turfman who owns Ills Majesty and other racers in G W Lnngdons stable at the Downs Mr Messervys purpose Is to acquire a formidable racing establish ¬ ment mentO O Cochel will ship Forehead and Alooha to Lexing ¬ ton tomorrow Forehead has come out of his lame ness In his last work it Douglas Iark ho weni Imlf a mile in 48 Forehead has not raced since the winter of 1912 at Charleston CharlestonJames James MaoManus the California turfman arrived today from French Lick Springs 0 A Blanchl Continued on second page HORSES WELL ADVANCED Continued from first page who trains for him will send three horses to Lex ¬ ington tomorrow tomorrowJockey Jockey J Callahan has gone to Lexington He has made no engagements for the Breeders Futurity lint lie will ride there for the stable of W K Applegate Co This string lias First Cherry and Old Ben in the big race If it is decided to start both youngsters Callahan will pilot one and Borel the other M J Winii manager and Charles F Price pre ¬ siding steward at Churchill Downs sailed today on the steamer Olympia from Liverpool for Xew York They have been away less than i jnonth These racing officials have lost no time having attended racing in England France and Berlin President C F Grainger received word from them that the trip has been enjoyable enjoyableW W E Phillips has arrived here for the local meetings He owns Osapple and Ainuu vhich are here in the stable of Earl Liuuel and he also owns Orba Smile and Horns which are being uiced at Coeur dAlene by II W Hoag li is an en ¬ thusiastic turfman and will probably increase Ids stable by purchases while he is in Kentucky this spring and summer summerEugene Eugene EIrod left for Lexington tonight to take up his duties in charge of the betting ring there during the coming meeting He is going to intro ¬ duce at Lexington an Innovation by having a stand hi the betting ring occupied by a man to make change for the patrons of the twodollar machines If the iuove Is a success it probably will be intro ¬ duced at the local tracks and Latonia this season It has been ascertained that considerable of the post time rush could be averted if bettors had the proHr change to hand to the money takers Boil Hiukle Clarence Price and Jack Campbell all of whom will work under Mr EIrod at Lexington will leave here Thursday ThursdayAn An exercise boy in the stable of E Brewstcr had a remarkable escape from serious accident on a two yearold at the Downs today lie was galloping the youngster down the backstQtch and when he reached the iwint where the barrier is set up for the schooling of horses the tape strung over the track cast a shadow and the colt suddenly stopped As he did this the boy turned a complete somer ¬ sault but arose uninjured uninjuredTrainer Trainer It C Benson is expected here in a day or two anil will go on to Xew York to look at four horses owned by James Butler that wintered at Sheepshead Bay it is not improbable that Benson will bring these performers to the Kentucky tracks to race until the time comes to begin training the big band of yearlings Mr Butler purchased udt long since from the 1 It Keene estate The horses that Mr Butler has at Slieepshead Bay are Compli ¬ ment Turf Star Dartmouth and a fiveyearold horse by Woolsthorpe that has never raced Since he was last raced Compliment has been gelded If Mr Butler concludes to let Benson bring the horses to Kentucky this spring they Will arrive at Chnrcii ill Downs within the next ten days Den Lehan will take six horses to Lexington in ¬ cluding Casey Jones Sir Catesby and four twoyear olds one of which is the Breeders Futuritv candi ¬ date LAiglette Al Luzader will take only All Red of the J R Waiuwright stable to Lexington High Private will not be raced until the meeting at Churchill Downs as Luzader is getting him ready for the Clark Handicap at the latter track and the 10000 Kentucky Handicap at Douglas Park ParkEd Ed Jasper who will act as usual as entry clerk at the Downs and as assistant to Racing Secretary Lynian II Davis has arrived from Cincinnati He has iwen in the Queen City since the close of the Juarez meeting of which lie was racing secretary secretaryCharles Charles Wilson was a visitor at the Downs to see his twoyearold Ivan Gardner which is being trained in the string of J It Waiuwright by Al Luzader Mr Wilson has Wood Dove and Supervisor in training at Lexington but Ivan Gardner will not be shipped there and the near rehitive to Little Father will make her first start this spring at the Downs next month
