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• DERBY CANDIDATES REGULARLY AT WORK. Preparation of Eligtblcs for Great Churchill Downs Events Proceeds in Spite of Wet Tracks. ? Laafcrrille, Kj.. April 1. -All if the Derby candi dal. -s in training inn are datlj to he mm ou the tracks. The BMM i.ut being ylily ii few weeks ■WSjr, :k the New LoaiSTllle Jockey Clubs spring meeting opens on M:iy .». to continue for twelve days. ■II oi these cracks have begun hard work to lit theui foe i lie rich stake. Balah lias lately waatud si furlongs over a si.nv track in 1:2:-.. ami a mile in 1:54%. and is i. linn with tile same case as marked his brilliant a«w j-.inuing in various race* lasi fall. Old Rosebud is •g. -II ins keen eicise daily and Hodge, which is much fitter at present than any of the KcBtBCk] trained koiatw, uj on ihe track every morning with Ins lead p. .in, uliich was used by trainer K. sp. in « during tin- gelding a training at Juarez last w inter. Celiac is training exceedingly well for James Mae-Manus at the Dolraa and at Douglas Talk trainer John 1*. Schorr is new sending Vandeigrift right along in his Derhj BUBaiBlhm Secretary Lyman H. Davis has received an order for twenty-live stalls tor K. 1". Carmans string and that band of noted lilWBtl beaded liy the Derby candidate. Surprising:, will arrive at the Downs about the middle of the month. Manager M. J. Winn has been assured by trainer R. N. Vestal that Hie Texas-bred eolt. Orb. a Kentuekv Derby eligible, will be shipped to Churchill Downs witii the rest of I. K. Clarks stable ior the coming spring meciiug. trb is one of the biarhest-tjrped three year-olds in conformation Stripped in America in recent years. He has an abundance at afcaj Bad is moreover a colt of much quality. He is a grandson of the mighty Hanover, which sired Halni. a Kentucky Derby winner, which in tuni got Allan ■ Pair, also a winner, of this great ace. Hodge beat lib last winter at Jua.ez. hut Mb also lieat K. Spencos crack three-year-old. I he Lest work Bailee has done since the track lias lieen iniiddv is a half in :57. In this work he ► v., in the lirst eighth in :13.-, and the quarter in •-7 There never wire as many good mud runners • ■ngagod in the Derby as are entered this season, si. track conditions will not eul so Brack figure as initial. I. .1. Mills has received from Lexington four of the ire Borne* bo turned oiii there last fall. Mud *~ Sill In- si ill left there, as la- had ordered him fired and ibis had noi been attended t.. while ho uas in Mexico with the other members of his suing now at Churchill Downs. The horses lit* brought down from Lexhagtaa are the performers Be, P.oiin.Lr. Caro Nome and King Box. Miles now h.is a string of seven horses here. I.oiiis Taabar has arrived from Charleston with Ihe well-known performers Spindle and Chart ier. The latter was a goad haroe at the South Carolina track the past winter. Tauber has in charge jockey T. Nolan, who has not ridden on the Kentucky naeks since W. T. Anderson raced a stable of horses here some years age. Nolan can now ride at one hundred pounds. .1. V. Tex i Foreman also arrived from Charleston with the two-year-old Wassou and is now qaai ii red at the Downs. Wasson is an eligible to the Baahford Manor Stakes. Foreman, before lcav-Ing Charleston. dis]»osed of the two-year-old filly Erinagardo to Joe MeCarty. The big string of the Nashville lurfman. William c.-rst. has taken stable room at Douglas Dark. The horses an ill charge of Henry Rosacher for the present. Al l.uzadcr. a brother of the late Tred Luzad.-r. is at the local courses until the spring season opens at Lexington. lie has no horses in charge at preeeat, but has ;i hacker who will buy some good racing material I his spring. He is sweet on the brown two-year-old Plaudit —Polly Prim colt in John V. Schorrs stable at Douglas Park. He sold this yoaagater for Mrs. Wainwright to the Tennessee turfman for ,SM when he was a weanling. I aiaill l aaya thai hire. Wainwright. since the death, of her husband, has about concluded to remove to this city Bad locate. While she has no horses at preeeat, aae is a warm admirer of racing and is likely to acquire a string of good performers at Bay lime, as she has an abundance of capital and owns much valuable property in the far west. Ihe Kentucky favorite. Old Rosebud, has many valuable engagements this season. Trainer I". D. Weir slated today tiial he is engaged in the Blue Crass Siak.s at Lexlagtoa, the Kentucky, l.atonia and Dorv.il Derby races: the Withers and Belmont Slakes al Belmont Park, and the Kentucky. Clark. Latoaia Inaugural and Independence Handicaps. The total value of these races will exceed fTO.OOO.
