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PEBBLES WORKS MILE IN 144 Louisville Ky April 11 Of chief interest to the railbirds yesterday was the trial of Pebble at Churchill Downs The ISutler crack was worked a mile with Kilkenny Ioy in 141 and the way lie ran caused many of the onlookers to ejaculate thorns the Derby winner Pebbles is a longstriding animal and covers ground rapidly with apparently little effort Some have questioned the ability of the sou of lien Irush to stay the Derby route but his work yesterday scorned to liclio the assertion as he was lianl held and wanted to g on Kilkenny Hoys work was also impressive and if a muddy track should prevail May S he is sure to be heavily backed as specialtyOther muddy going is his specialty Other Derby candidates worked at the Downs were Little String of the CrulKr stable which went a mile eased up in 1 47Vf and Sam Mc Meekin the Madden colt which was rated the same distance in 14V Cardigan another Derby eligible was on the track for a gallop Ho has reduced much in flesh during the past two weeks weeksAside Aside from the development of several prospective crack youngsters Dan Lehan the widelyknown local trainer is chieliy ooneoned in the preparation of Itroiizewing which won the Kentucky Oaks last voar In one of the greatest races ever run by a lillv at Churchill Downs The daughter of Stalwart and Miss Dolly fell lame in tin Ia louia Derby two w oks after the running of the Oaks and was in retirement during the remainder of the season Lehan has talon up the tilly and she is training in grand style Lehan declares she looks better than ever and he expects to see her xive a good account of herself at the local meet ¬ ings She appears a certain starter in the riclj Kentucky Handicap at Douglas Park May ili Io lian will leave today or tomorrow for Lexingtoti with two linelooking twoyearolds belonging to Middleton it Jones and one of John Churchills ChurchillsAnother Another filly which has rounded into good condi ¬ tion is Kobiuetta owned by James MacMainis Sin was a big disappointment to her owner last season She was given a stiff workout yesterday prepara ¬ tory to being shipped to Lexington and is counted upon to win a race or two at the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation track
