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WORKS WELL FOR DERBY BRONZEWING PROMINENT AMONG FILLY ELI-GIBLES GOES MILE IN 1*9%. Trial Is Fastest Recorded So Far in Preparation for Coming Event at Churchill Downs — Gossip From Louisville. Louisville. Ky.. April Mi— The lies! work thai hM lien done far bj I Kentucky Derby .ilnl i Ia I •■ -lands in the credit .i BMnaewianj, ■ fitly In the stable ..I A. P. Humphrey, Jr., of ibis ■ iiy. Y.-s loiday she worked :i it i it 4- in 1:43% II art r I the di rection 01 trainer ban Leaaa. The irark was Im IH-cwdvely accomplished ami while no rilly haa jrel succeeded in winning the Kcniiickv Derby, caused net to he held In Ineteaaed esteem. .1. K. .Madden- grand locking liil.v. Wateraaeiea, ■ i-nl .1 mile in l:li»-.-,. which was good considering thai -In- Is siiii high in heah. she weal the tii-t eighth in r_-;.. the quarter in 25. three furlong* in ■ ■ :.. the half in 51%, Ire furlongs in 1:04-,. Sis furlong- in 1:18% and seven furlongs in 1:33%. She Moled out well aad C. II. Shilling, who was ap mi her, -aid ghe was well within herself throughout the trial. James ItaeMunus two Derby candidates, Beiloe and Hobhietta, were also neat along .11 ■ fairly good elip. Robineiia went -ix fin longs ill 1:20. linn. iny ihe tirsi half in 52%. while Keilac weal -•Mil furlongs In l:::i% haadily. He raa ihe trat quarter in 25, three fnrkmgK in 57-;.-.. ihe hah in .ii:... live furlongs in i:ii4 aad -i forioumi in lit. Hodge was out for ■ three furlong alrluc which he diii in ::sij. running the first euarter in 23% while Tenor, Arnold ft Ce.s Derby eligible, did Keren furlongs in 1 :.;::. haadily. At Douglas Park Old Rnsebad and Vanfici grift, •l"lin W. Schorr- eligible for the hie nee, went .1 nuartec of ■ mile at ■ fairly goad •breezing" -ait. Inn are evidently getting ready for good work ■ •ills in ihi. nel lew days ai from six furlongs to a mile. Never hefore have so many good Derby candidates l.ecii in training here, with all apparently taking iheir work in the best jKissihlc way for the bin im e. 11 i siuv that this seasons Derby will lie he banner event in the history of this classic. which carer* four decades, ittlier good work-outs by horses in training here follow: Africa P.eatt — Half mile in 51. Aimcda Lawrence— Half mile in 5ft. Amir- Half mile in 5u4.-,. r.i an Chilton -Five-eighths in 1:08** ; Iral half in V.l-:,. fash on Delivery — Three-eighths in 38. Di.k Deadwood- Three-qaartera in l:l». llhetto Girl Hall mile in 38. Little String -Quarter mile in 23%. l.onise Paul — Thiee quartera in 1:17%, Ollngaii -Pour and lie half furiongs in 1:00%. Pinkboia— Three-eighth* in 88%. Plow Boy — Three-quartern in 1:21; lirsi half ill Sam McMeekin--Quarter mile in 25--. sun- OEyaa Three quartera in 1:17. Sioningion -Five eighths in 1:04-,: Iral half in 90%. Transact — Three-eightbg la 88%. Ztu In I -Half utile la 82%. The racing stable of 6. M. Hendrie. consisting of fourteen horses, haa arrived at Douglas Park from Tennessee in charge of trainer John Walters. The star of the suing i- the four-year-old, Qreal Britain ■ prominent eligible for the 5,000 Ken lucky Handicap, to he run at this -ourse «n the ojieiiing day of the spring meeting. Saturday. Ma S. Great Britain has si-emingly wintered in grand sliape and has spread OUl and developed amazingly. Wallers ha- in hK charge some pKiiuising two year-olds. Ihiriug ib - winter alter s|tent two months •broad, visiting liis old hoaae in l.ngland and Ihe famous Newmarket course, where ln» began his career as a horseniaii. .1. 15 Beap as is preparing to ship his hig siring of horse- lure from Latonia, where they now ale in charge of his Brother, Frank Reaatesa, and trainer .VI Kirb who eaatpaigaed a division of the string :.t laaraa last winter Keanesa is at preseal at Iretti ii Lick Sjuiiig-. where he went for a two weeks rest, and as s.kui as he at turns to Cincinnati the Idg staple will lie shipped here. He has :i likel.v loi of two vein olds ill Ids l,.iin this season, the stars of Which are supposed to be the cults Timepiece and Ciince Albert and the lillies The Lark. Twilight and Wild Rose. Frank Bespeaa has three homes of his own in training and als.. a two-year old half-sister lo Patience and the older pirfornier McCreary. which belongs lo Mrs. AY. II. Kiev, who also has Zin l el and link lieadwood in training at Churchill 1 1.. whs. The lri-v haraea now quartered hene will In- shipped to Lexington to race if stall room can be -.-.•ured at thai course. Jockey C. H. Shilling has tiled with the Jockey • lull bis application for I lieen-e to ride ihis season. Ill i— fantoaa ruler in September next, will have b.eii under suspension for two years, having in the season of 1912 been suspended Indefinitely for rough riding while riding at the Havre de Grace course in Maryland. If his licenae is granted this spring he will lido only in the west, fie sa s. and J. B. Madden will have lirsi call on his services for the WCStCTB diviahw of his stable. Shilling will have the mount in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks on Wat « liuel-.t. If lie iets hi- lireitse. Shilling is in excellent condition 10 return to the saddle as a ran rider. He has spent all his idle time with his wife and baby and ha- kepi himself in superb condition bv exercising horses tor the last year and a half. lie will he able to ride in races as light as 100 | ouild-. Shilling state- he has learned his lesson aod that when he again begins riding he will avoid in enerj way the nae of rough tactics. He is now exercising horses daily al Churchill Downs and his services are much sought after by all the noted ti.iinei- with stables here. Shilling i- of that class of rider- who are regarded by expert turfmen as really Ihe heal "heme in the stable."
