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DERBY HORSES HELD AT HIGH FIGURES. Easterner in Unsuccessful Quest in Kentucky lor Good Three-Year-Old — Louisville Gossip. l. -niv ill.-, kv. April It Am illustration of the strides ihat racing i making throughout the country anil the prestige of the sport in Kentucky is fur-nishod by the fad that at present il is almost tapoasMe to paubBBf t« r any reasonable sum any I I race bone ol established merit. For ■ week or mole a proiiiiiniit ami wealthy eastern turfman has been making l lira Ten to secure a tbrcc-.yoar-old eligible !•• race in the Kentucky Derby this season With, a ;wJ Wl— lag chance. He has priced such performers as tbe Derby favorite. Old Rosebud. Bradleys Choice, Boots and Saddle. Black Toney a. id Hodge. Jhi hose sum of 835,000 is asked for old Rosebud, while E. It. Bradley has staled he will not take less than 0,000 for either of his trio of cracks, Bradleys Choice. Hoots and Saddle and Black Tumi. As to Hodge. K. Spence refused even in name a lignre for that chestnut gelding after turning down an offer of 0,000 for him. Ralph i~ owned by George J. Long, a turfman Wbe never Bella a great horse uo matter how high the bid is. and it is not likely that either J. N. Camden or K. F. Carman would part with their .respective Derby candidates. Bringhurst and Bar-prising. Another horse engaged in the Derby not for sale is .1. MaeManus" Belloc and Watcrbass. Amos Tnraeyt crack, probably could not be bought for any nannathlf sum. No ewner with a good horse cares to sell and there is so much in sight this season for good throe year-olds that owners of promising prospects are holding on in the hope that they may have in their barn the ■eat horse of this age. l.vi-n at 5,000 Old Rosebud would be cheap could he win the Kentucky, I.atonia and Dorval Derbys. for the value of these three races this season would aliniist equal the price now asked for him. If he wins the Kentucky Derby in the same invincible siyle in which he captured the six big stakes he won last season as a kindergarten performer, his chances if making a clean sweep of the three big Derby races of BM must be considered good. Thwack beaten in the Kentucky Derby this seasou a three year old running creditably in that event will not depreciate in value, for a field of wonderfully g ood class will go to the i ost this season for the race. As good a judge as Thomas H. Ryan thinks Hedge has a royal chance to beat Old Rosebud r any other three-year-old in the Kentucky Derby. Rjraa says that if he was about a hundred IMiuuds heavier he things he would surelv win the Derby, regardless of the dazzling speed of Old Bos-hud and other cracks engaged in the race like Ralph, Bringhurst and Bradleys hoice. Ryan means by this if his natural weight were a hundred pounds more than it now is. Hodge is growing month by month, but J. E. Madden thinks he may be a four year eld before he gets his full development. Hodge has the blood of high-class horses in his make up. His dam. Nannie II idge. was a speedy race mare up to seveu furlongs and able to hold her own in good company on the big eastern tracks as well as in the west. She is by Rossing-t on. a brother in blood to the unbeaten Epsom Derby winner. Ormonde, the sire of Orme. which in turn get the Derby winner, the sensational Flying Fox. Hedges second dam is Annie Blackburn, by Ten Broock. a record holder in his day at all distances up to four miles, while his great graud dam is the famous breodmare. Belle Knight, the dam of that ■eaaattoaal race horse. Freeland. which beat the famous Miss Woodford in several great races. Belle Knight was by Knighthood, a son of the St. Leger winner. Knight of St. lenrgc. So he is bred well enough to lie a Derby winner, as his sire. Ivan the Terrible, is a bob of Pirate of Peaaaaee, which was by the famous Irince Charlie, the sire of Sal-vator. whose record of 1:38% f°r a mile is still the American mark at this distance. A Bhrby candidate that is looking exceedingly well in his training quarters at Douglas Dark is John W. Schorrs Hen Break colt. Yandergrift. He has grown and spread out greatly since last season and is much admired by many goal judges, who think he may have a winning chance in the big race this spring. His site was a Derby winner and has in turn got a number of high -class horses, including Broomstick, the sire ,.f Meridian, winner of the Kentucky Derby of 1311. and Delhi, sire of many good horses. F. D. Weir, trainer of Old Rosebud, has an abundance of good jockey material under his control this spring in the three licensed riders .1. McCabe, J. Booney and B. Marco. McCabe exercises the Derby favorite regularly and he will ride Old Rosebud in all Lis races this season. Marco can ride at light weights atid is considered oue of the best of Hie i irrrlelf brigade. He will no doubt this season improve in his race riding, since he does fairly well when tie is able to get away from he barrier in the first flight. Mitch iiiteieM is taken by horsemen generally in .lames Bather*! two-year-old band in charge of John l.owe at Churchill Downs. All the owners of good two year olds are watching closely the members of this stable, especially the much talked about colt. Last Gate, which has yet to face the barrier, and the i rack lily, Climber, as yet unbeaten and winner of the Seuoritas Stakes and two other races during the recent Juarez meeting. A number of horsemen lancv Gypsy, a daughter of the great Ben Brush, out of Runaway Girl, by Doiniuo. Supremacy is another that has many admirers and. in fact, the entire col lection, in the opinion of most good judges, will make good on the Kentucky tracks this season. As good a horseman as Col. V. K. Applegate thinks Climber will lie as invincible in Kentucky this season among the fillies as she was during the recent Juarez meeting. It is to be regretted that she is not in the Breeders Futurity at Lexington, as she might go from here and wiu that rich event as the lily Housemaid did the lirst year the stake was run over the Kentucky Associations track, in 1010. She has Barely shown this year in public as well as Housemaid did in private for that race.
