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GEORGE SMITH GROWING IN DERBY FAVOR. MiconiLcr Trio Abo Picking Up a Following — Only a Few Derby Gallops Yesterday. Louisville. Ky.. April W. tHciJ day that passes makes new friends for at least lour of the Derby candidates in training at Churchill Downs. Two or more of these are sure to be contenders in the race. The four alluded to are John Sanfords George Smith and A. K. M.icmibors trio of imported colts. Star Hawk. The Cock and Hesperus. Which ever one of the three latter is regarded as the b"st bv trainer Walter Jennings is sure to have a good fellowing when saddled for the Derby next Saturday two weeks. As to George Smith, he looms ap more and more as a probable winner of the big race. His work impresses the average goad judge of Derby candidates of bis greatness as a three-year-old and. that the stable has the utmost confidence jn his Derby chances, is best proven by the fact that he will go to fir lift— to run in the Camden Handicap against older horses, which is set to be decided on Batnrdaj . May •.. a areck before the Derby-date. While he will thus, by running in the Cani-dea Handicap, have the advantage of having a race before the Derby is decided it is not likely that his skillful trainer would even start him in such a race unless he thought his winning chance there was of the best. The Colt gets ill the Camden Handicap at 100 pounds and the winning of that race will not p"iialize him !n "his Derby engagement. The distance of the Camden is one mile and a smarter, the same as the Derby route. George Smith, apparently, has a phenomenal turn of speed and there never was a horse with the aaperh action that he poaaeaaes which could not stay a Derby route. The idea of his being a non-stayer comes from the fact that he is a brother to "the sjK-eily sprinter Theresa GUI. which mare could not race over thff e-quartcrs in winning style. It must 1« borne in mind, however, that Theresa Mil was diminutive in size and had she been of the same mould as her great brother she would probably have gone any distance creditably. One thing is sure none of the cligibles to the big race are training to suit good judges better than this von of Om of Reich and. if he meets with no mishap bom now on in his Derby preparation, it will take a mighty tliree-ye.u -ol to lower his colors. Not a morning now does president Charles F. Grainger miss in coming to the Downs to sec the work of the Derby horses Quartered then-. He has lately taken a great fancy to Star Hawk and this is :,u exceedingly good recommendation lor this English bred colt, as Mr. Grainger is a particularly pood lodge of a high-Haas horse. With some horse-in. 11 Hesperus of the M.- iher string is the best liked, ami he certainly is a fine colt with art ahuml-: a ■ of siz ■ and quality. All the Macoinber horses, in fact, look exceedingly good and the big band Of two year-olds trainer Jennings has in his charge bear all the earmarks ..f good racing prospects, witli the chance of sever: 1 that will shine grvatly in the big kindergarten races during the present racing season, leanings is going slow with all his two -year -olds, but from now on he will probably send several of the band rapidly along and cut into racing with I htm before the meeting at the Downs comes f. .1 Close. lie baa three of the number entered in tie Hunts stakes at Lexington, which will lie run in Tuesday, May 2. they being the fillies Pleiades, Sunbonm t and Kick In. Tue latter is appropriately named, ::s her dam is the man1 Money Down. The same also applies to the other two which are entered in this --take, as tiny are ImiHi by the Epsom Derby winner flaaatsf This trio are all eligible also to the Debutante stake. Mond.i; May 15. Another entry tiiis turfman has in the Debutante Stake* is Lore story, a daughter of Sua-: ir and Sweet Story. Only two Kentucky Derby candidates worked today at 1" Iter than a two-minute rate at Churchill Downs. The-o were: Lena Mis. a Mile and an eighth in 2:03".-,. under strong restraint all the way; fractions: 13. 2ti... S8%, .".2. 1:0C. -. !:!•%, 1:33.-.. 1:19. K. Dugin was up. St. Isidore, with jockey L. Mini; up — Three-quarters 1:1 i:i . handily; fractions: 12-.. 21-,. Ms, !•». -,. 1:02.-.. Dig Smoke was sues again on the track this morning and. in a -low gallop of a mile, showed comparatively little soreness. There aou appears apftttrenUy to be * • chance that he will yet get to the races this spring. S. M. Henderson has bought of the Texas turf-111 a. I. K. Clark, tie- lour ear-old l.ukemac. This now leaves trainer R. Vestal with only Itnnk in his chargi . which harae be has now at Lexington. W. C. Vanke has arrived here ami will go to Lexington for the meeting there. The California turfman, who. at one time hail a big string of horses racing in his colors, is now without a representative mi the turf. Tin latest good work; at the Downs, aside from D.-rby boraaa, fmbrsn the matewhag: Obl Kociiig-Three quarters jn 1:1s",; fractions, 12%, 2.v . 18, U%, l:0."i; worked with blinkers on and lablic Dugan in the saddle. Money Maker Quarter mil- in 28%. Prince I lerin is -Half mile in 51; is rapidly rounding to. Ghetto Girl— Three-quarters in 1:19; half mile in 52. Sir Ch.irleote — Half mile in St%. Lady Always — Mile in 1:41% worked Sunday before being ahapped to Lexington : is dangerous in the Ashland Oaks to lie run there on May 1. The three horses — Kgninnt. Red Cloud and Joe Blair— which were raced last winter at the Juarez track by ex -jockey Phil Musgrave, have been ordered removed from the Churchill Downs track or any other Kentucky track, as Musgrave is under indefinite suspension by the Jockey Club Juarez. The Kl laso turfman. Roy Martin, was on the eve of buying the three, but lias held up his deal for the horses until he can ascertain whether if he was to purchase them, they would be allowed to race on the Kentucky tracks. It has generally been customary when 11 person is under suspension, to permit him to dispose of his horses at either bona-fide private or public sale, but this is discretionary with the officials as is illustrated in the case of H. G. Bedwell. some years ago. when that turfman was not allowed to dispose of his horses for racing purposes.
