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► •f » — * ■ RALPH AND HODGE CONTINUE TO TRAIN WELL FOR KENTUCKY DERBY J. J. I I.ouisvillp, Ky., April 27.— Of the locally trained candidates for the rich Kentucky Derby to be i run May !J. Ralph, Bedme, I.elloc and Watermelon are dotag as well as tin a aoaalhsti could ; in their work. They will c-eiiainlv be ready for all are now up to S-ood niIe and a quarter trials, the distance of the his Derby race, and it need not surprise the great turf following now taklag in the UexiaCkoB races, if one of these t hree year olds this . wts-k should work the Darby distance as last as il lias ever beta run al the llowns. Balah and Hodge seem as bald as nails while a wok or two more will put Watermelon and BeDoc right on edge. Local opinion is divided betweea Ralph and Hodge as the most daageroua of Did Kosebada Derby rivals. The opinion i- growing hat this colt and gelding will both •-•■ the Derbj ill lance in record time. Kay Speiiee is looklag around for a rulei to Pilot II. .due in tin Derby, lie would like Waller Taylor to have the mount, hut .1. N. Camden now holds first call on I lint Inns services and of course he will have the mount on the Camden entry in the big race, either Brlnghursl or Casaariaa. Mr. Camden has secured an eight moatths contract for ■rat call on Taylors services, which ..ill keep ti,js rider wilh hi-, string during the entire seasons rac lag in Kcutiici.N. Taylor has sob* admirable avail lies ;is a rider and Spent e is loud of the hoy. it seems that whenever Taylor knows that he will have the mount on i certain bone he carefully -Indies in his mind just how liest to ride that par liiular race. Speace would like to haw him on Hodge, as he thoroughly understands the brother to Little Father. Hodge is not a hard horse for anv bOJ io ride and undoubtedly will give a good .iieoimi of himself in the Derby, no matter who i iih s him that afternoon. Of course jockev .1. Henry will have the mount on llelloc Last Saturday when the son of oddfellow was worked Henry caine ovi r from l.eving ton Io ride aba in his trial for the classic. If jockey C. II. Shilling is granted a license by the Jockey luh before the date of the Derby race, he will have the mount on Balah or Watermelon, of course if Watermelon goes in the Derby Shilling will ride her. hut should Mr. Madden conclude to reserve her for the Oaks, then if Shilling is eligible to aeeapt the mounts, he will handle Balpfa in the l erby. Ralph and Shilling would he a hinl combination to beat in the Derby if that happens to he the line lip. Br mark abl i ra Ing will he tie- rule throughout the coming spring meeting .il hur-hill Downs. The average amount offered in slakes and purses by lie New Louisville Jockej Chili thi- season is ,000 a day, making a total of Sf.O.lKl in added money for the twelve days racing. On six days during the meetiag stake events will he decided, among them being the hist. rie Claik Handicap and Kentucky o-ii.s. both of which events have as long a history as the Kentucky Derby. Great preparations are being made at the Downs lo accommodate tin- racing public there Ihis spring aid give the patrons of the track the hem tit of everj comfort and convenience. Both Manager M. .1. Winn and President Charles P. Graksger are leaving no stone unturned to make the coming meetiag the banner one in the annals of the track. They have the assurame of turfmen from all sections of the country of their patronage ihis season, and the resignation for tsaarters in the leading hotels of the city indicates that the meat est crowd on record will he in hand to see the Derby run this season. Secretary I.yuian II. Davis has prepared a nest attractive program for the meetiag as a setting for the Derby. Rudolfo. the winner of the inaugural Kentucky Handicap last season, and a prominent candidate for this years renewal of that rich stake, which ■gala carries a value of 0,000 added by the Doug las Park Jockey Crab, is doing extraordinarilv well now in iiis training. lie has apparently all his old speed for in his latest work he weal live eighths in l:o:;--.. pulling up with his rider in the last half in ."lOt-.. As the Kentucky Handicap will not lie ran until the opening of the Miii le.-n da s spring meetiag at Douglas lark on Saturday, May 23, it would stem now thai there is a.i abundance of lime for trainer Brooks to get Rudolfo ready for this event, which will again Ihis spring bl worth about 5,000 gross. T.. all appearances this gnat tivi year-old is now training soundly. Neither ankles or the front leg that was affected show any sign if trouble at present. There is considerable speculation as lo h-.w Secretarv B. W. Magim will allot the weiuhis for this big handicap and to what horse he will assign top weighi. Some guess thai Rudolfo will he the top weight, while others think Cnat Britain will b.- asked to head the list. It is reported that a prominent breeder has made overtures to R. I. Carman to retire to the stud his si war old horse, Meridian, the Kentucky Derhv winner of Mil. Al least be has made a proposl-tioa to aay Mr. Carman a *-"• stud fee for service this season for each of twelve mares. Meridian ...ill. I fultil Ihis contrail and then lie trained for late summer racing. Mr. Carman has declined the tender, as he will not allow the n .ted horse to be mated with any mares iiniil be is liual! it tired to the slud. In Mr. Carmans opinion Meridian will train aad race soundly Ihis sea on mil be will therefore nol retire him until next year, when he will be seven years old. No horse in training looks better than Meridian at the present time. In fact in appearame be is literally the knag al the local tracks. He is being worked slowly at present by trainer Brewster, hut be lakes his work regularly ami il looks as if it will not be long before be will l«- lil for raeiag. Mr. Caraaaa has in mind a stud of his own in the near future He owns several I dnmrea and suae of the lilies he has in training will join tlnin when their racing careers are over. He holds the opinion that Meridian is bound to make a ■aeeessful sire and he is anxious lo eventuallv replenish |,is racing stable with sons and daughters of this noted borne out of his favorite mares. II is a sure thing that Meridian is the dirca teal horse that has won I he Kentucky Derbj i ; . in recent years and bis blood lines are all that could he desired. lie is by Broomstick, a horse of the Ronnie Scotland line of blood through those two great horses, lien Brash and I.ramhle. Frank Rector and George Reed are recent additions lo the training i olony at the local tracks, though neither brought an thing wilh Iheui here to race this spring. Rector lias a hacker who is on the lookout for some promising racing material and in.iv secure a good horse or two by purchase soon after the local racing season opens. He is not mack on buying yearlings, rather fancying pay ing a belter price for fullj developed hoi so . Two giH.il keiituck.v Derl. trials were scored at Churchill Downs Saturday. Before the hard showers . came up .1. k. Maddens tiiiy. Watermelon, weal a mile in 1 :•!::, going the lirsi quarter in 24%, three-eighths in 30%, the half in 4!». live eighths in 1 i:o j1.. thiee qua iters in 1:15%, and sevea-elghtbs in If28%. Her owior was pre seal and was well | pleased with the way she is training for lur engagements in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Mr. Madden spent all of Saturday morning at the Downs and breezed the big siring he has in training here, which consists chiefly of two yea r obis by Migraine and ankii and some maiden three year-obis. During the early pari ol the ■ routing uiouili he will ship a hand of these boraaa ! to Belmont 1ark in charge of trainer "Chuck" Waller The slalls they now occiipv at the Downs * will he tilled by other horses owned by Mr. Madden, which he has arranged to he trained and raced ill Keatacky this spring and summer by the l.e Ington horseman. Will .1. Youag. William Walker, former jockev of Ten Kroeck note, has beta granted | [ a trainers license by the Kentucky State Racing ■ Commission, ami Mr. Madden will put Water melon in the hands of Walker, who will attend to her j final preparation lor her stake engagements at the Downs. Mr. Madden will be here for the Derby . and Oaks races and in fact will see much of his horses in their racing on the Kentucky tracks this j ! Mason, as lie does nit expect to race his eastern 1 string much until the month of May is well over and June well advanced. .lames Mae.Manns let Belloe, bis chief Kentucky Derhv candidate, go a mile in l:4A*A,. and he was pulled up a mile and an eighth in 1:89%. When he worked it was in a pouring rain and the track was both slushy and slippery, which made him tire [ * a hit. He went off at a fas! clip going the first eighth in li. the quarter in 24%, three-eighths in 1 ::i;-.. the half in «h%, five eighths in 1 :IKI. three quarters in 1:16%, and seven-eighths in 1:30. Kel-locs stable companion, Robinetta, did three eighths in 3916 and the only other Derby horse to sln.w any sp«-ed was Ralph, which went three eighths in 1 38%. Trainer K. c. Crockett has arrived at Douglas Park from Nashville with a string of twelve horse* * owned by the Tennessee turfman, .lames |. Gaffney. I! | embrace a number of maiden three-year-olds * and the hitler known performers Sureget, Little * Raker. Squire BUI, Transportation and Grace V.. a Kentucky oaks candidate. Sureget Litlle Raker r and Transportation have been taken to Lexington 1 to race, but the remainder of the string will re main here until the local lining season opens at t Churchill Dow lis. May !».. Another arrival al Douglas Dark is J. C. Calm, who brought here form St. I.uis bis well known i horse Mocklcr. and the two and four year old-. . Speaker Clark and Fled Drew. the latter i- a r brother to that great raci horse. Ja k Alkin. None + of Ihe Calm siring will race until the local season begtna. The fiw J ear old mare. Clothes F.rush. owned by F. .1. Pons, has arrived here from Norfolk, and has s joined thai turfmans string at Douglas 1ark iu l charge ..f William R. Bailee. There are now bur teen horses in the Rons stable here. He bought t Clothes Brush for a broodmare and will race her f lor a month or so this year, though she will be i mated iu a day or two wilh his young horse. Judge B Wright. Bariy in July she will go to the Rons * stud iu Tennessee. W. o. Scullv has what may prove a likely Ally j in the two year old by Rryn Mawr Jins and 1 Needles, which bears a marked resemblance in size B and action to thai R I little horse. Iish Hook. The latter was raced successfully by this veteran 1 horseman, but unfortunately met an early death. ■ Scully has nol dOM much wilh Ihis Illy, but what 1 little she has done lias been impressive. John H:m iiineister. manager of the Douglas Park Jockey Club and Latonia Jockev rluh. has tke track l k. otlice open al Douglas 1ark and will he here until ihe thirteen days i ting at that place, which be gins on Saturday. May 2.:. is ended. His assistant. Frank Bruen, is also here and Secretary F. W. Maglan will he on the scene earlier than usual ; 1 this spring. Manager llachnieister thinks the com ing Douglas Park meeting w ill he one of the greatest li.ld in America Ihis year. The well known performer. John Furlong, is look ing good and training extremely well for William R. Sallee this spring, and he expects the wteran gelding to do some good racing in Kentucky this J season. When be left Charleston, the son of Wadsworth was In tine condition. Trainer Sallee did ii.. I race him much there last winter, as the South Carolina course was not just to his liking * and upon the advice of his owner, F. J. Poaa, be £ Weill easy with him there. John Furlong has a * record of many brilliant winning races and has " at one time and another defeated most of the cracks of Ihe lurf he has met. A. G. Dualap, who now has his string at I. eying ton. will male lean Qaeen and Maud McKce. if 1 be can make such arrangements with Thomas Collins . Bourbon Beaa, which is now- doing service near th«t city. Mr. Danlap purposes to race Ocean [ Queen and Maud McKee during tin spring and ■ summer campaign in Kentucky ami then retire them. Mr. Collins has rented a small place near 1 Lexington, where he has located Bourbon Beaa in n Ihe slud.
