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; . j | I t s f J * ! ■ - t r n t ;- 0 e 1 to o 0 v t 1 or , J ,t J j j, e •• .. Z a B ,, v "v : , J WHITNEY H0BSES AT CHUBCHILL DOWNS. J Thunderer, Dominant, Bromo and Chicle for the Derby and Hansa for the Oaks. j Louisville. Ky., May 9. — While there have been a number of instances of one turfman having as many as five entries in the Kentucky Derby, until this spring there hsis never been an instance in C which the five entries of any stable were all being pointed for the race, as is the case with the string of H. P. Whitney, now quartered at Churchill Downs. There is no doubt that trainer Rowe now has the live — Dominant, Thunderer. Bromo, Chicle and Hansa — sufficiently far advanced in condition to send any one of the number or all of them to the post. ] It is presumed that he has thus fortified the t Whitney stable this spring so that the blue and v brown colors of the New York turfman will have „ a great representation in the big race, no matter i a what happening in training might occur to any v one of them between now and the date of the j running of the race. ■ The fact that jockey Joe Notter is always up s on Dominant and Bromo in their work seems to j indicate that this pair will be the Whitney s standard bearers in the great race this spring. c With Borrow, tiie winner of the Kentucky j Handic.-p last year and again a probable starter i in that nice this year, it is safe to say that no six I horses in one stable ever landed at the Downs that outlooked the Whitney aggregation here in i charge of trainer Rowe. The five Derby candi- j dates, with Borrow as the sixth horse, present a track appenrssnee in parade th:;t might be equalled, i but would lie hard to lioat. The only one of the number thsit showed on their first track appear- s ance here, any sign of being troubled with leg or foot ailment was the Futurity winner of last year. ] the unbeaten Thunderer, which, iu pulling up. seemed to go a bit sore behind. i The arrival here of this great string seems to establish the already frequent claim that the Derby field will beat all records in brilliancy this year and the lucky victor will unquestionably be j hailed the three -year-old king of the turf. At j least he will so reign until his colors are trailed in the dust by some new champion. j Trainer Rowe found it not possible to bring the | great filly Regret to the local course with his . string this spring. He reports that she has grown and spread out greatly since last year and. on ac- • count of this, as well as the fact that she was ailing slightly e irly this spring, he regarded it as not possible to get her ready to race before ] midsummer. She will unquestionably race again for the Whitney stable before she is finally retired to the stud. She now holds an unbeaten record and had she been skipped west this spring would undoubtedly have been the favorite for the Clark and Kentucky handicaps, no matter what weight wsis assigned her. Howe was kept busy yesterday in shaking hands with his many friends among the horsemen here, all of whom congratulated him on the good appearances of the horses he has in charge, and, at the same time, extended feelingly the hand of friendship to jockey J. Notter. who lately passed through his first real great bereavement in the death of Lis only child with spinal meningitis, this occurring about- a week before he and trainer Rowe left the east for Kentucky. A. H. Macombers two Kentucky Derby candidates Star Hawk and The Cock were sent the full course of one mile and si quarter at Churchill Downs today in the presence of their owner and his invited Derby guests Samuel Morse and Csirlton F. Burke, of Los Angeles, Dr. John S. Tanner and Kobert G. Neustadt of Pasadena. For seven-eighths furlongs The Cock, running on the inside of the track led Star Hawk by si bare msirgin. Then the latter moved past his stsible companion and drawing away with every stride was pulled up the mile and a quarter in the fast time of 2:05% P. Lowder was up on Star Hawk and L. Mink had the mount on The Cock. The fractional time of the trial was 12, 23%. 35%, 47%, 1:00%, 1:13%, 1:27%. 1:40%. 1:53%. The last quarter was run in 25%, and the last eighth in 12%. The work created no end of comment for in spite of the fast time Star Hawk wsis by no mesins what trainers call "all out" at any stage of the journey. Expert observers were greatly impressed by it. He is apparently one Derby candidsite that will go well every inch of the mile and a quarter route. The other Derby candidates I in training were all worked slowly this morning. Lena Misha was the only one timed by the dockers. He cantered a ijuarter in 26%. Close to five hundred people were at the Downs I this morning to see the Derby candidates work and 1 parade. Notter will hav to get down sharply to reducing in the next few days to resich the Derby weight, but he can easily do it. as he rode Regret in the ! [ Derby last year at 114 pounds without carrying any overweight. Chicle one of the English -bred Derby candidates of Mr. Whitneys, which, however, is out of the American-bred mare Lady Hamburg II., is a son J of the great Spearmint, one of the few horses that J nave to the credit the Epsom Derby and the Grand 1 Prix de Paris. Since the last report some good work has been i done at the Downs by horses other than Derby f candidates in training there. The best of these are: Fsinuer Kelley — Half mile in 49; qusirter mile in i Belgian Trooper — Mile in 1:41%; fractions, 23%, , 35%. 48. 1:00%. 1:13%, 1:27%. Dreadnought — Half mile in 49%; first three - eighths in 36%. Bigtodo — Three-quarters in 1:15%; half mile in a 4S%. Prince Hermis — Three-quarters in 1:19; half mile e :n 51. Elizabeth McNaughton — Half mile iu 49%; first t one-quarter in 23%. Scvlla — Five-eighths in 1:03%; fractions, 23%, 35%. 49%. King Belle— Five-eighths in 1:03%; half mile in 49... Chieftain — Five-eighths, pulling up, in 1:04%: half mile in 4s..-.. The best work sit Douglas Park in the last few days has been done by two-year-olds iu Joe Ked- moils stable. Jack Salmon, and a couple of others in this string working a half mile in 49%. Ked- men lias some exceedingly good two-year-old pros- pacts this year. W. H. Sallee has arrived here with his recent Lexington winner Surpassing, which is the only horse this trainer has in charge at present. Sallee took stabling quarters at Douglas Park. The big nicing string of Oeorge M. Hendrie has haaaj shipped by trainer John Walters from Douglas Park to the Windsor track in Canada. He had fourteen horses to ship to Canada for Mr. Hendrie. Seversil of the number are im| ortutions made from England last year by this Canadian turfman.
