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DERBY ASPECT MORE OPEN CONVICTION GROWING THAT YANKEE NO ¬ TIONS MUST BE RECKONED WITH Foundation Figures in Another Sensational WorkOut at Churchill Downs and Gains New Sup ¬ porters Louisville Gossip Louisville Ky May 7 Yankee Notions dead heat with Rudolfo at Lexington has given the Ken ¬ tucky Derby to be decided at Churchill Downs on Saturday next a more open aspect than It hitherto had The withdrawal of Helios Hawthorn Frede ¬ rick L and His Majesty from the list of possi ¬ bilities left the average racegoer inclined to the Idea that the race would finally narrow down to a duel between A L Astes Ten Point present favor ¬ ite and leading representative of the east and C W McKennas Foundation the hope of the Ken tuckians now that Hawthorn and Helios are defi ¬ nitely out of the running As a result oft Yankee Notions performance of Monday the conviction is growing that he is likely to be a formidable factor in Saturdays classic It is pointed out that in deadheating with Rudolfo he ran a mile and 70 yards in 142 which is twolifthu of a second faster than Ten Point ran the same distance in his last race at Havre de Grace It is true that Yankee Notions only carried 105 pounds but he was meet ¬ ing a fouryearold in Rudolfo which had eight pounds off his regular weight He was giving the touryearold seven pounds by the scale The race was run within twofifths of a second of track record time at Lexington and the first mile was covered in While the Knapp colt will pick ¬ up twelve pounds more in the Derby he showed as a twoyearold that he could carry weight well Yankee Notions is a son of the Futurity winner Yankee which was by Hanover out of Correction a great race mare and a sister to the mighty Domino Yankee Notions dam was Fairie Queen the dam of the highclass filly Sprite Xairy Queen was by the noted Missouri sire Faustus and is a sister to the great Cesarion On both sides Yankee Notions comes from a line that has produced in lit years many horses of great speed and back In the old days many stayers Neither Ten Point nor Ipundation excel Yankee Notions in appearance and his race of Monday should do him much good Iji the preparationC way of Derby preparation C W McKeunas Lexington favorite for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby Foundation worked a sensational trial over the full Derby course at Churchill Downs this morning With jockey Taplin in the saddle and his Derby weight up the son of Nasturtium went a mile and a quarter pulled to a canter In the final furlong in 207 Had Taplin sent him along in the last quarter at anything like his limit he would have worked the distance in 205 the record time for the Derby scored by Meridian when he won the race from Governor Gray in 1Jll Owing to lack of rain during the last ten days the track at Churchill Downs Is topped witli a sprinkling of fine dust whjch makes it a bit dead As a consequence Foundations trial must be regarded as the most impressive preliminary work ever done on this track for the Derby The fractional time was 12 24 H5 47 101 11 120 139 l3fc He mileHis was slowed down after he had gone the mile His sensational work has caused a wonderful re ¬ action in Foundations favor and it is questionable now if Ten Point will rule favorite over him Foundation cooled out finely after the trial and left the track as if he had done only an ordinary workout lie is apparently as fit to run a race like himDoerhoefer the Kentucky Derby as hands can make him Doerhoefer Wests Kentucky Derby candidate Jimmie Gill had his final tryout for the event today and while he did fairly well for a maiden lie will have to improve amazingly on this work to have even a chance to show with such colts as Ten 1oint Foundation and Yankee Notions Jimmie Gill went a mile and a quarter over the Derby route in 209 The fractional 23 37 49 102 11G 12S 142 155 In the early part of the workout the son of Fatherless was rank and his jockey found it hard to hold him to a rating pace Ten paceTen Point present favorite for the Derby will be brought over from Douglas Park to Churchill Downs tomorrow morning for his final trial over the full Derby course courseThree Three candidates for the Kentucky Handicap the 13000 race which will feature the opening of the twelve days spring meeting at Douglas Park on Monday May 2G worked at Churchill Downs this morning Adams Express H C Hallenbecks noted fiveyearold breezed the distance in 141 while Rolling Stone a stable companion went a mile in 144 running the first half in 50 and six fur ¬ longs in 118 It J Mackenzies Bnckhorn went the same distance4 handily in 142 142One One of the sparkling bits of work was by H C Hallenbecks Hobnob which threeyearold son of Star Shoot went five furlongs in 101 He ran tho first quarter in 24 three furlongs hi 3C and the half in 4S Other workouts included the follow ¬ ing ingAdelaide Adelaide T Threequarters in 11S first half In InBlack Black Tony Half mile in 51 breezing Boots and Saddle Half mile in 52 cantering Celesta Mile in 144 fractional 24 30 48 102 110 12 Gold halfin of Ophir Threequarters in 115 first half in 48 Harry L Half mile in 50 pulled up first firstquarter quarter in 23 23Limpet Limpet Fiveeighths in 105 breezing Little Nephew Half mile in XI cantering Melton Street Fiveeighths in 105 under hard hardrestraint restraint restraintOoma Ooma Half mile in 53 cantering Salon Four and a half furlongs in 50 Thomas Calloway Half mile in 55 cantering Ten horses constituting the stable of J K Allen a newcomer to the turf arrived at Churchill Downs this morning in charge of trainer O K Moore They are all threeyearolds as follows followsBelle Belle of BrynMawr blk f by Ort Wells Belle of Mayfair Bow and Arrow b f by Boanerges Straight and andCheek Cheek GraziellaCrowned b g by Tho Scribe Graziella Crowned b f by St Simonian II Crownlet Little CrownletLittle Nellie It f by Cederstrome Enamel Mary EnamelMary Ware br f by Yankee or The Scribe Janice JaniceMoorish Moorish Queen br f by Filigrane Mav Mack Stay HomeladyTactless MackStay at Home b f by Miller Homelady Tactless b f by Orlando Tactful Waveing TactfulWaveing b f by Marta Santa Undecided UndecidedC C F Buschemeyers great gelding Hawthorn appeared on the track once more this morning at Churchill Downs and was cantered slowly twice around the course The winter favorite for tho Kentucky Derby which is to be a nonstarter owing to liis recent sickness at Lexingtort was pinched and drawn considerably A side view of the son of Hastings does not reveal It but In looking over tho big gelding bis loss of flesh is plainly disccruable Trainer W S Trevey will now go slowly with Hawthorn and If he discovers that he has eipori Cotmuutd on second page DERBY ASPECT MORE OPEN Continued from lirst page onced 110 ill effects from bis sickness be will go along with his preparation for the Kentucky Handi ¬ cap and Latonia Derby races racesTrainer Trainer Frank M Taylor had Frederick L II C Halleiibecks Derby candidate which was sick wlieu ho arrived here from the east out of the stable for the lirst time today lie still bad the sou of Dick Finuell blanketed and the good looking colt was only allowed to graze a short time in the inner field Frederick Ls coat looked bright and Mr Taylor thinks the colt will soon be in trim to begin train ¬ ing him again though like Hawthorn his sickness has made the son of Dick Finnell look pinched pinchedTrainer Trainer Will McDnuiel brought only two other horses from Lexington with Foundation they being El Yutnn arid Nash The Lexington trainer has centered all his energies in Foundations preparation for the Kentucky Derby which be expects him to win In that event it will be the second Kentucky Derby winner for Mr McDaniel McDanielGB GB Morris one of the oldest turfmen still in active service has arrived at the Downs from Lex ¬ ington with Console and Kiva The latter only started onco at Lexington while Console did not race there at all Both look good Mr Morris won the Kentucky Derby of ISSi with Apollo which in that race defeated Rnnnymcde with the exception of Proctor Knott the hottest favorite that ever ran in this classic Mr Morris made two subsequent attempts to win the Derby in 1SS3 and ill ISSTi In the former year his gelding Drake Carter stacked up against Leonatus while Joo Cotton de ¬ feated Bcrsan his entry in 1883 Mr Morris won the American Derby with Strathmeath in 1891 That gelding was not engaged iu the Kentucky Derby but in the Chicago race he defeated King inan which won the Churchill Downs event that season Mr Morris has little to say about the Derby this season as he knows nothing about Ten Point and will not commit himself as a consequence in bis opinion as to how Foundation will perform when lie meets a colt with the reputation of the Aste crack crackJohn John W Schorr tlie Memphis turfman who is now here watching his horses work at Douglas Park made a Hying trip iu Lexington Monday in his automobile He left Douglas Park at 10 oclock and readied Lexington in time to eat lunch at Idle Hour Farm with E R Bradley and get to the track in time to see the first race He stayed lit the Kentucky Association course until the lifth race had been run and then arrived in Louisville in time to eat his dinner at his hotel here Mr Schorr is much pleased with the way bis horses are training at Douglas Park especially his Kentucky Derby candidate Leochares and his great fouryear old Froglegs ruling favorite for the Kentucky Handicap He thinks be has some good twoyear olds in his barn this season but is of the opinion that the best of the lot will need time to develop Into their best racing form The youngsters he likes liest are Luke McLuke a sou of Ultimus and Vaudergrift by the Kentucky Derby wiuuer Ben Brush Trainer John I Schorr has been going slowly with Star Charier which sou of Star Shoot has suspicionTrainer a leg that is under suspicion Trainer Ed W Moore arrived at the Downs froi Lexington with Joe Stein the twoyearold filly Bessie Latimer and Bcttie Sue the Kentucky Oaks winner of l ll AH came in good condition conditionW W II Fenchler treasurer of the Jockey Club Juarez and a racing steward at the Mexican track Is an arrival from El Paso to see the Kentucky Derby run as well as the Kentucky Handicap at Douglns Park He expects to remain here until must of the spring racing is over Mr Fenchler tears himself away from business iu Texas each year for a vacation and be generally spends his recreation period in witnessing Louisville racing
