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EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR DERBY DAY. Tomorrow the Day of All Days in Kentucky So Far as Turfdom Is Concerned — Final Work-outs. £ Louisville. Ky.. May 7.- Tomorrow is the day of all da- in Kent inky, so far as raiing is con cerned. sine- tin- Kentucky Derby has beeoaae as iinportani in America as its famous prototype is • •ii th* British inn Everything is in readiness at • hiirchill Downa for the eiiorni-ius crowd whi.-h is i in.- tn visit that course toaaarrow when old Kuve had, Hodge. Surprising. John Omul. ..iisiant. Broaaewfatg, old Ben, Belioe and Watermelon face starter Harrv Morrisaey for the fortieth running ..f this claastc event, with an adatod value of 0.-jkm this season. li now aeeaaa a certafaity that these nine three-rear-eMa will go t-. the poal and with the prospect t.t favorable weather and a lightning fast track. the outcome is likely tn he the must sensational rage In the long history . f the Derby. All of the star named aliove are now Mattered at the Downs and m. far as In-allh and superb condition are concerned, none of the lot will have anv excuse. Hodge, ill the opinion of good lodges, is the in. si thoroughly trained of all the Derby cracks. Be had earlier racing than old Boaebad and has been seen in public more frequently as a three-year-old than tin- favorite. Since he last raced at Jaarea, he baa been training wonderfully well under the aapervhdoa ott his owner, Kay Seme. No three year old catered tor the Derby can be more lit to run the mile and a quarter that Bodge. Trainer F. D. Weir seems to be perfectly satisti.-d with the condition of Old Rosebud and Ik-H.-ms thai he is as rcadv to go the Derby route a-II dge or any other of the probable starters. The same applies to trainer Jack Baker with his two eiitries, Coastanl and John Goad. B. V. Carman thinks Sin prising K ready. Trainer William Walker would have liked to have had a race iu Watermelon ami so would James MaeManus. the owner of Bel-loc. but both of these three-year olds are in promts ing condition as ii is. Kay Speace, the owner of I lodge, thinks thai Watermelon and BeUoc will finish in front of all except Bodge and old Bosebad. There has never been a Derby which his aroused the Interest that Ceatera in the race this season and the winner will undoubtedly turn out to 1 ne of the greatest tbree-year-olda that has carried cetera in the forty years history of this great slake. Derby wrks today were: Old Ben. mile and a quarter in 2:11%. Fractional-: 12-"-.-.. 25%, 37%, •".! %, 1:04%, l:17f.. 1:31%, 1:35%, 1:58%. lb- is now said to be a sure starter, with .1. Keiieris up. living Feet went the lirst mile with Old Ben. Broancewiag. mile in 1:40. Fractlonals: 12%, -t1-,. 37%, 30%, 1:01 --. 1:18, 1 ::M .-,. Paeeil by Sir Cateaby. Bra.llevs Choice, mile and a quarter in 2:13%. Fiaetiomiis: 12--.. 25. 38%, 50%, 18%, 1:19%, 1:39, 1:45. 1:58%. Caaae mil nf tin- work with a slightly ImiwciI tendon in the left foreleg. .This Blled considerably ami trainer llaiumon aimoini. d hi- withdrawal from the Derby. old Bow had Milt and a quarter in 2:0s-,-. Fractional-: 13. 25%, :;s--.. 51-.-.. 1*4%, 1:18. 1:31%, 1:44%, l:5r,--,. He ran the last eighth iu 1 1%. U. F. Carman thinks that in The Turk he owns on.- of the grandest looking young aires in the coamtry. He has him located in the stud near Le lligton this seas.ui and has mated lo him his mar. s Paradise Qoeen, Achieve, Dariima and will later oa with Hnfizoii. The latter marc he expects shortly to foal to the great Ballot. Paradise Queea baa already foaled a handsome chestnut filly by that noled herse. Mr. Carman hopes some day in the near fatare to own a breeding farm in Kentucky and besides The Turk, he will hare in the stud I he great Meridian. Ki-ntiukv Perhj winm-r of 1911, He probably will retire tin- latter horse to I he stud at the close of the present season. Meridian is training in grand form now and bids fair to add notably to his already briliaut racing record before tUa year i- aver. Captain W. II. Penehler, treasurer of the Jockey Club Juarez, has arrived to lake ill the Derby and most ol" tin- other raring during the spring season of twenty live daya at the local tracks. His brother, Fred Fenehler. one of 1 he most prominent turf men iu Mexico, is at French Lick Springs, but will come hen- 10 see 1 In- Derby run tomorrow. Ltk Captain Fenehler. he will spend much of the spring in Keiitinky this year. Captain PeacMer sayi there is no war can- of any moment around Juarez and thai aoperlatc adent Keegaa has well under way the maiiv improvements planned by Manager M. .1. Winn at that plant, before he left there last winter. W. W. Darden. breeder of Hodge and owner of hla sire. Ivan the Terrible, and his dam. Nannie Hodge, has arrived from Nashville for the spring racing naaon The Darden string of heraea has been at the Downs for a Week or more. Mr. Darden ioM Hodge out of a selling race in Canada last slimmer. The gelding was entered to be sold for SI. 200 and when tbe race was over 11.1 less than seven claims were put in for hiin. and Kay Spen.-e w.i- the lucky man in tin- drawing of I.. Is. Mr. Darden Ihinks limine will win the Derby even if then- is no exti.-nn pan- in the early part of the race. He is of tie- opinion that at some part of the first mile Bodge can get to Old Bosebud and In- says that the -on of Ivan the Terrible has beaten every horse he ev.-r hooked up with in the stretch. Be thinks Ol.l Boaebad is peraana a qaicher breaker at the peat than Bodge, but he is of the opinion that after an eighth of a mile has been covered Bodge can tea as fast as any heme, ar in other words whenever he gets well settled in his stride. I. K. Bogan. agent f..r the California turfman. Charles W. Clark, who has horses iu two stables here, aoaae being in charge of John Lowe and tin-others in George Strales suing at the Downs, has arrived for the local racing season. Mr. Bogaa went ovi-i to Lexington for a day or two to se.-the Clark broodmares which are quartered near Lexington and ar.- Ix-ing looked after there by Miss I lizabelh Daingci field. Mary Aileeti. the dam nf LI Paloinar. has already foaled a colt by Cell and Vateerease is expected shortly to foal to the same sire. Cluney slipped a foal by Voter. All tln-e mares are to be mated this spring with some of the famous horses now own.-d by Price M. -Kinney, ami it is the intention to arrange for lie peraaaaeni location of these mares in Kc.itinky so that their foaht will have the benefit of being raised in the blue grass region. Mr. Bogan said I hut when he left California it was Mr. Clarks Intention to visit Kentucky this spring ami to spend part of the spring and summer racing acaaoa lure. He hoped that he would be able lo reach here in time for the running of the Kentucky Derby.
