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GOSSIP OF THE HORSES AT LOUISVILLE. Rudolfo Once More in Training, but Has Ankle Trouble — J. E. Madden Pointing Tilly for Derby. Louisville. K.v.. April 1.— While no filly has ever succeeded in winning the Kentucky Derby hi the thirty nine rears the race lias been run. lids season one entry of this sex i- attracting some attention in training a Churchill Downs, This filly is Watermelon in the stable ol .1. K. .Madden. In whose colors Il: udit won the Derby of 1888. Mr. Madden re- ccutb booghl Watermelon tr T. C. McDowell, her l.ieeiler. in whose colors she raced last season as a i v. o . i -ir Id. sin- has developed Into ■ racy-looking ifij and poscsses au abundance of sine, with great muscular development, sh.- is In exceedingly •-■ m„; condition for severe training and will undoubtedly be ready to do her best on the ninth of May. I he date set for the running of the Kentucky Derbj tliis season. So far Watermelons best work has been a mile In 1:34. old Rosebud, Balph and Hodge were all on the track as usual today. The going still being a liilli- heavy none of them did anything more than strong galloping exercise. Ih"lg- was given his work uiia .i lead pon.. ■ practice trainer Kay _, Speie-e pursued with thai gelding during hi- early training it Juarea last winter, intense Interest is being manifested even this early in the outcome .i i , Derby Ibis season. Although the big event till over i month away, every morning now the course -it Churchill Downs ii thronged with visitors. Rudolfo, with which trainer Brooks hopes to re l» . i blstorj and again win the Kentucky Handicap, glo.aou added si Douglas Park, on the opening daj ol Ha cooling spring meeting there, Saturday. M. -,; was replated today with the expectation thai from boo on be can go right along in his train big for iii lug Douglas Park event, aa well u the historic Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs this -pimg. ituildt"- trouble bjnjm in to he in his ankles, lb was Bred ■! Lexington last winter for ;■ ten ion thai threatened to bow and i apparently ■ i; .1 in tbal i--pi-ci at iii- present time. If lie • an gel over hi- ankle trouble trainer Brooks does not dOUhl thai be will be able to bring him to tin-post again ibis spring as good as ever. Bodily be could ii"i look better and all around he seems In tin.- condii ion i" bi gin hard ii aining. Trailer John Walters has written here that he expects lo -i Ip G. M. Hendries -table from Teane --ee to Douglas Park early n • I week, ft all in- tin noted lour -year old. .real Britain, in ilu- string iii- wintered well and will bid for bonort In tn I entucky Handicap, which rar-e. run after tin Mi!iiii!l Downs spring meeting, i- gure to see omi ol tbi besl ol Ibe Derby ■farters racing against lb ■ der horses, as was the ease la-i year when Tea Poini and tJowell went t" the post la tin- Dougls Park slake. But for going wrong m He eve of ii" .ii- I w u rail, the Kentucky Derby v inner, would tlSO have been a Starter Hi the big ■1 the othet local track. Tut fiiM ii who have arrived from Charleston ire reel oa rh banees of K. I*. caimans Surprising In the Ken tuck 3 Derby. Some time since, ii i- said. Hi- noted three-year-old w.i- ■ bit oal of shape, hut before tls ■ ■• horsemen left the South Carolina n ii k Surprising was again taking his regular exercise, tliough heavily bandaged. According to all reports the Carman Derby candidate Wat oil t in- track ior about I week ami good judges think this woutd ii.-u-tii I. iin rather Hum do him harm la train-i ,g. a- he is fart bet advanced In his work than any of the prominent Derbj candidates now in training here, with the exception of Hodge, which also emati ii. -in a winter track. The Caravan stable is exported here April 14. About the fastest work recently recorded bere was lone at Churchill Downs by the three year old Dlly, Isa belle Valle. a Kentucky oaks candidate in the stable of William E. Phillips. She ran three furlongs through the mud in •!! . The best linMi-i olil work was done by Little String, in the stable ot M. B. tJruber. which son of McGee, went a half through the same going in 52%. Mr. Inlhiis. who has IsatteUe Valle in training, has two other horses in Ins barn here, both being Iwo-m mi-olds. One is Ibe chestnut filly, London Girl, bj laiglish Lad Ilaula. by flambeau, and II tlu-r is tin- bay liil.. Alim la Lawrence, b Kuglish I. ad Linden ilia bj I .in a a. Mr. Pblllli baa in ■ -. -n-liie-.s al ins In in in Illinois all by laiglish I. ad. they ar-: black colt, out ot Uilella. by Oddfellow; chestnut colt, oul o| Fbiinula. by llauibeau: chest nut colt, out of ExellSS, by Loeoha tehee; chestnut filly, oat oi Lara, b Ben Brush; bay filly, oal of Bessie Welles, by Pick Welles. Mr. Phillips still bi - Knglish Lad In the stud in Illinois and will keen Iii in there this s ,1-iiu. a- he ha- nine good males to mate with litis noted racer Ihis season. W. M. TiZT has added lo his string by purchase from a local turfman here the four year old. Sain lillv. Mobile Belle, which a- a two year-old was re garded about the b-t youngster In the stable of St. c. Irichaid. ol Spellbound note Mobile Belle baa been turned oal all winter and l-i/.er thinks sla- is a good racing prospect for this season. The big racing suing of Raleigh Colston, consisting of seventeen horses, has arrived at Douglas Park Il -.ii Charleston and John Pauls stable of eight lorses is also now quartered at thai course. Will Overton is assisting Colston in he training of hi-stable, and the promising jockey. A. Langford, i-bere lo do the riding for tin- string this spring. Colston secured this boy recently from he Canadian turfman, William Walker. Dr. B. Talbotr has arrived tor the spring and sum mer season* on the Kentucky tracks. He spent th-winter in Charleston. The New Albany turfman. W. 1". Cisco, of While Wool note, has only one horse in training at present This is a four-year-old named The Clerk, by The Scribe, in .lames l-.vcimtns big string at Churchill Downs. Cisco owns a yearling, which be has turned qui here, h Bearcatcher Amy C. He sets great store by this youngster and hopes to see it develop into a slake winner as a two year old in I.il... The western jockey. .1. Booney, is at Douglas Park getting into condition to ride on the Kentucky track- this fear. J Gould, ■ Canadian rider. is also here and is connected with the stable of p. .1. re. nneii. Jockey Brady is attached to the stable of J. K Madden.
