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HODGE IN SENSATIONAL WORK OUT. J : Kay Spences Kcntueky Derby Candidate Goes Fast- j est Mile of Season at Churchill Downs. 1 I l/iiis illc. Kv.. April 22. Ka Spcuecs good gelding Hodge worked tke fastest Derby trial of I Hie jrear at Chun-hill Dowaa today. Although In -1 .1. went a mile ami a quarter, the Derby distam •••. I in 2:11%. pulled up. it was really the intention of I trainer K. Sponce to work him only a mile, which distance hi revered in the sensational time of 1:40%. Tke fractional were: 12--,. 25%. 35%, 47% 1"--.. I 1:13%, 1:27%. 1:40%. 1:55%, 2:11%. Be was not I the least hit distressed and cooled out superhly alter . the performance. George -I. Longs Ralph was kweaed a half in I 30%, presumably to prepare him for a long work out tomorrow. He went the first throe-eighths of I the trial in 38. The only other Derby candidate • .1 that worked was Seymour Veillera Christophine. i 1 she went three -quarters in 1:10, handily. i harles f. Grainger, president of the New Louis k Mile Jockey tliili. was at Churchill Down* Tuesday . 2W to see the work of the Derby eamlidales Wateruteki •. ■ itell.e. Ralph. Hodge, Broiizewing ami Robfnetla. I t all oi which, with i in- ex.-epiiou of Ralph, were set i down for fairly last trials. Ralph is being given loag, steady galloping exercise by trainer Pete Coyne and will noon be ripe for a fast work-out at , a mile ami an eighth. He seems ahoiil as far ad i aneed now as any of the locally trained candi i dates that wintered lure and his adinirers are confident that be will he ready to show his lust [arm liy May !». the day for the big Delhi race. Mr. Grainger * n be has never known a year ill the i Inn;: history of racing a the Downs when so many i good three year -olds were ill training fee a Ken iinky Derby race. He is strongly of the opinion that 11m* field in the classic this raring will not , onlv break all records in class hut in numbers as well. While Old Uoseluid rules favorite, he thinks liianv of the entries have as bright a prospect for Derby honours as this famous gelding ami his opinion is shared by many good hldjc » who have i • noted keenly the preparation of the various i audi dales this season. The fact that many of ill" forty-six eligible* are being fitted for the big race indicates that their trainers do not especially fear old Kos. hud. Trainer William SaUee now has | .1. Pons en tire string of horses in training at Douglas Iark ami In- also has under his care Jockeys Waller Brannou and F. Randolph, the latter an apprentice rider of promise. 1h. horses Salh-e has under his care include John Furlong, Judge Wright, Cosaaaoners Touch. Pliant. Judge Bearing;, .John Hatcher. Ser licence. Armor. Gruselle, Hicks pet and Bams gases Mr. Pan is at present at his blue grass farm in Teaaes-see, ahoul seven miles from Nashville. He s mack elated over tin- foals of his thoroughbred mares this mason, li is his first crop as a breeder. One of these is a chestnut colt by Tony Boiiero -Tallahassee, ly The Commoner: another a chestnut Blly by the same sir,, out of Busy Miss, by Meddler; another, also b Ton] Bonero, out of Dolly Hull man. bj A How ay. a brown filly, also by that horse, is oiit of Cane Chaser, b Otis, ami Hie other Tony Bonero foal is a brown Illy out of Klsie Bramble. |,y Bramble. He has two tiliv foals by the Star Shoot horse Ureal Heavens one beiag out of Oneida ami the other OBt of Abrasion. Tony Bonero is a son of Sain and from the appearance of his get Mi. Pons thinks there is no doubt he will make goad as a sire. Mr. Pons stated sereral of his best mares with Judge Wright this Earing before patting the latter back in training. Among the stud matrons mated P this unbeaten son of Superman are Abra sion. Dollv Bultman, Commoners Touch and Lucille Allen, which is being bred this season for the first time. Trainer Salh-e thinks Judge Wright will race . this season and looks for him to return to the turf In grand Winning form He was not raced at .ill as a three -year old and in fact has not carried [ colors since in- retired from the track as a two year old. aabeatea. A. T. Cram of St. Leads has arrived at Deaglaa . Part with a string of Ire horses. One is a two-rear-old Eleanor Pence, while ihe other tour are the three ve. ir ..Ids Two Days, Father Fielding, Mr. Siudon and Armstrong. They are all maidens of promise. Ih. latter, a son of MintOOT, being ex ceediagly well thought of by Mr Cram. The two noted brood i nates. Sue Smith and Ethel I Pace, owned by 1iehl Brothers, of Mexico, Mo.. . have arrived here and will remain in Kentucky until I they foal and then they "ill be am ted with Carry Herrmann ami I nele. respectively, sue Smith is - expected shortly to drop a foal by The Friar and I Ethel Pace will shorth foal to Waldo. Sue Smith 1 is the dam of Meridian. Ha- Kentuck] Derby win net of 1911, and the good mare Winning Witch. while Ethel Pace is the dam of Alfred Noble, Housemaid and Tyree. Both are considered rain ■iide broodmares ami onlv r nth Field Brothers ! turned down an offer of S5.IIOO for Sue Smith, . tculered them by Price McKinney. of Cleveland. . They came into the possession of Held Brothers by Inheritence through the death of a relative, the bite C 1-. Harrison, win. purchased them at the , Igperaal sab- ol tin- Renorita Stud, which .vis established by tin- famous Pittsburgh turfman, apt. s. S. Brown. W. G. i anke. the owner of the Derby candidate. Old Ben. has sj,,|een borsea in training, or ai I least he has engaged stable naarten ai Chun-hill n-wtis for the coming local racing se.is,,n for thai 1 uianj performers. The Vaake string, now at Lex ingtoa, will not be briHigbl here until that meeting - to i oyer, with the exception of old Ben. which will 1 ikelv be shipped here liter tin- Blue Grass Stakes - is decided on Mai 2. so as to give him on. Derb «/ork -OBt here. This son of Ben Brush has a strong - following for the Herhv. due in a great measure ■ to the fact that he will be piloted bj jockey C. Hotel, who is most popalar M a rider among Kentucky racing patrons. George Glasner. a prominent Joefcei of a few years back, who was compelled to unit Ihe waddle because of a seii.nis injury at l.aloina. is tiacl in 11 the names* again at Douglas Park with the stable e of William Beardon. iliis turfman has three two year-old Allies in his siring, one by Peep oDuy, , 1 - 1 - - ■ .mother by The SVril.c nnd another by Masetto. Glasner is in excellent ronditton this sprtag and en 111.lv orer the long sickness resulting from kl severe accident. He can ride as light a~ MM pounds and has already i ceii asked i.y several prominent trainers to do some riding for them at the local meetings this spring. He litis just applied for a license.
