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GOSSIP AND COMMENT FROM KENTUCKY. Louisville, Ky.. May 27.— By aiaaiag at Dean-Is Park, Tuesday, a mile ami a sixteeath in 1 14%, John cum! sgaia raaae latn the limellgbl as :i i.aionia Derbv candidate of more than averaae class. Behind him w.i - two other Latonia Derbj .anilidal.s in |i,„|.,| Saiinn I and Brick ley. .1 C11111I his .1 good turn of speed and in all his i.ues tin sprint; has shown an ability to stay. IL- lim-li.ii fourth p. iihi Rosebud, Hodge ami Kroasewlng in the recent reaord-bneaking Kentuckj Derby race ami be was second to Broaxewing in lie KIne Grass Blake* al Lexington. He Is a beau tifiillj bred horse and from a family on liis dams side thai nut] be expected at any time lo produce a gnat hois.. His weight in Hit- coming Derby 1 1. e w ill b - 12J pounds. Trainer lir Hammon is sending right along 1". It. Bradleys royally-bred, 4,000-colt. Beach • ml., r. in an effort t .-t him ready for the mile and a half I.aionia Derby. He will gel in that race with a maiden allowance of seven pound . provided he docs not previously win a race al Douglas Park. His impost will be liri pounds. Another .supposedly good maiden which will get in tip race with tbe same weight is E. C. Arnolds h.i colt, Teller, in .lam.s F -i mans string. c. W. I. Rlsseils good three-year-old lilly, Dainty Mini, has p. p.- wrong in training and her owner has shipped her to Lexington to inter Hie stad. She will be mated in a few .lays with Rapid Water, which noted sire is now in the stud of al J. K. Maddens Hamburg Place. Peter Clark, who compiles Hie form charts al Denver, Butte, Anaconda, Vancouver, Jnarea ami other western tracka, has gone west to arrange the details oi his summers work. He has had quite an enjoyable time taking in tin- high class racing • ii the local track- this season ami regretted - coeilingly liis inability 10 stay over for the running ol Hie I.aionia Derby on June Id. •I. 1;. Reapess started in the third race at Douglas Park, on Tuesday, a colt named Timepiece that may develop into a high class racer. In bis race, Tuesday, Is* was ;1 distant trailer throughout after breaking slowly, but be is a smoothly turned youngster with an extra good way of going and jiisi tin sat that constantly improves with rac lag. lie is a half-brother to Dick Roller, sidercd by many the bet I wo year old Dick Welles ever sired, bill which uafortunateiy died at an early age. Timepiece is eligible to the Spring Trial .stakes al Douglas Park on tin- closing day of tin- meeting, Saturday, June B, ami wi:i gel in thai race with a lea p. d allowance aale-n he wins in the meantime. He is also entered lor the Harold and Valuation Slakes at Labium, as well a- the rich Cincinnati Trophy.
