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OLD BEN DEEBY FAVORITE W. G. YANKES CANDIDATE WINS PRELIMINARY TRIAL AT PALMETTO PARK. Scores Clean Cut Victory Over Charlestonian and Other Prospective Starters in Saturdays Valuable Race Three Favorites Score. Charleston, S. ... February 24. A Derby Trial i on tti i K and :i sixteenth, serving as a preliminary Hie rich lixluic to 1h- decided next Saturday, ;is iliis af leruoons feature offering at Palmetto I.iili It was ladies day mid the attendance fell ii i lilllc short of yesterdays large priiMirtiins. r 1 1 1 1 i i i iir of he Derby Trial ;:iv a good line i tin prospective starters next Saturday and cs-11 bed tlie favorite for tin- raee. t;. YnnUes ii. 1 IS; ii was returned the winner over Cliarleslonian, c. Hi Indolence following Hie pair closely. Sepula . i cciileied on OM Men and Cllailestoiiinn and they i. it i: out. spiritedly during tin- liual furlong. k i, ji;i ceding start over a muddy ir:s;-l; Charics- i. i heat Old Men handily. On that occasion, V ...s claimed that lid I.en did not like ilie going. II s owner stated today tliat if I lit truck is wet i Saturday. Old lien will he- an alisenlee from the .e I nder tavoialile eoiidit inn.; the starters in the In :i will consist of the same hand that engaged i ihe preliminary this afieriuton withtlic excop- in i f Deposit. I iiree favorites scored in Discovery, Old ISe:i and 1 ighn. Tho hitters success was piestimalde, lor ii was the general oiiuinu that lie should have ix i n disqualified lor fouling some of the contenders d-ir ng ine stretch racing. Carhureter. favorite for i e opener, could do no hetter than third, Chas. iinneil and Water 1-ad leading him to the linisli. Mis overy was the favored one in the second and w: n easily from Moulile Five. Royal Meteor was a ,ij ;iose.l "rood thin-;" in the third race, but lie faietl to show much speed at any stage and Robert IS. diey. running in his best form, led all the way ,i.d wm from Frank Uiulson and Elwah. W la Nun Dns defeat In the fifth race came as a Ki:rjrlK as he was regarded as the best betting i r Kisitlou of the afternoon, but Mig Rock led him r the eniire trip and won coinniandiiigly. Tu Nun Mr might have won had Muxton not resorted to the wlii.!. which caused him to swerve into Mig Rock it a critical ieriod. i .1 lons lost by death this morning the useful s irinti r. .lack Kellogg, which dropped dead while ." j g iead about his shed. .lack Kellogg apparently w, s in g-iod health and had been working well. James Gass has arranged to ship the horses he is training for 5. W. .1. Missell from here to Lexing-t n on Saturday. In the same car will be shipped the two-year-old filly, May lpps, consigned to Dr. Jinan. V I. Doyle received an addition to his stable oi ay in Paton. which got in from Savannah. Iaton iroke down at Saratoga last year and was purchased i. . harks .1. Odell and Mr. Doyle. Ilis bad leg has "i sHiuiled to treatment and gives every indication of .standing the training ordeal. Iaton was mated v.tii four mares this spring, among them .Miss Marjorie and Sky Dine. N. 1!. Davis lias made application to the Jockey lnb for permission t change the name of tlie two-yi ar-old Idly. May Shaw, to Louise May. F. J. Riley, who was represented in the first race by Madges Sister, claimed Water Lad from R. F. t armatt for 1914.sh25. Several horsemen contemplate shipping their stables to Lexington at the conclusion of tlie present wci 1.. W. lerkins will leave on Sunday and W. G. nnke on Monday. .1. W Iledrick has lodged a protest witli the Jockey Club stewards against the payment of the amount won by the two-year-old lilly. La Iatrie, in tho Fine Forest Inn Stakes on Wednesday last. The protest was made on the ground that the lilly is entered in the name of Cliinn and Forsythe for the Idle Hour Stakes and Kentucky Futurity at Lexington, while she runs here in the name of R. Colston. It is simply a technicality. The track at Ialmetto Park this morning was in fairly good shape when the following trials look place; Millie Maker Half mile in 51. Dick Deadwood Three-quarters in 1 :1S. El Oro Mile in 1:49. Fawn -Half mile in 52. Gaiuer Five-eighths in 1:09. Gallop Five-eighths in 1:09. Gladys V. Three-quarters in 1:21. Gordon Three-quarters in 1:19. Grcenbrne Half mile in 52. Hildas Brother Half mile in 49. t Kiva Half mile in 51. v Lajoie Five-eighths in 1:03. Leonold Three-quarters in 1:1S. Lord Wells Half mile in 53. Mauson- -Half mile in 50. Mollie Richards Half mile in 49. Mollie S. Mile in 1:51. Napier Mile in 1:51. Progressive Three-quarters in 1:1!. Rummage Three-quarters in 1 :22. Sepulveda Five-eighths in 1:05. Servicenec; Three-quarters in 1:23. Single -Three-eighths in .,i-yz. Spindle Three-quarters in 1:2.!. W. W. Clark Mile in 1:49.
