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DERBY HORSES IN ACTION AT LOUISVILLE. Gallant Boy Records the Fastest Work of Thursday — Jockey Wingfields Promise. By c. A. BeraJa. Louisville. K.v.. April 5. — Warm weath r and a good track this ajerafaal allorded trainers at both local tracks in this city, every opportunity to send their charges aleaej am! hasten the work of preparing them for the spring season of racing. Kentucky Derby candidates were prominent in the mornings activities, with several of their number distinguishing themselves in soni" fairly fast gallops. At CharchUJ Downs the greatest activity prevailed and practically every one of the Derby colts there was given some kind of work, to fit him for a more arduous trial. All of the Wiek-liffe stables eligibles were out and were sent dis t.iiees ranging from a half mile to three -quarters. Vague went a solendid half in .Ml. while cabado w lit a similar distance in tine- two seconds slow er. Conduit and Assume raced together five -eighths in 1:11. while Swan Son;; was scut for a good three -ojaartera. .1. K. Madd.ns pair, Defease ami Miikm.iii. worked three -quarters j,, l ;•_■", botk fighting for their heads. Sol Cilsey. which will run in the Derby in the colors of a Cincinnati business ana, was scni a mile in 1:52, Gea. -I. Loags raadidate Keaward, a large, sturdy, level- beaded colt, reeled off three-qaarten in 1:2», while Pearce A: Bearya Geo. c. Love work .1 three-quarters in 1 :L ::.-.. Tilt best perforaurare ; the wlag, however. was that ot GaUaai Lad, owned by Middletoa A Jones i t :i i- rfty. With jockey D. Connolly on his back, the colt was neat time quarters, he running the distance in 1:18%, the best bowing of any Derby rati at the Downs this oeaaoa. Be revered the first quarter in 29% and the half in St, and was swinging his bead all the way. Speedy Filly Kathleen Works Fast. Other good moves at t!i Downs included the following: Kathleen, half mile in 53%; Lena kliaha and All Aglow, three-eighths in W; Alberta True, five-eighth- in 1 : ;•: PWicMad and Passing Kamy. half mile in : Z: Old Koenig and Dreadnaught. three-qaartera in 1:23--.: County Court, three-quarters in 1:l!l: Dr. Moore, five eighths in 1:10: GJIUoh, three-qaarten in i :iri -. Carrier, half mile in 51. Kathleen .;ml |,| Koenig arc in iiphadti trim ami are not far from being op to a race. The forai r. wiiiili won list rears Oaks, promises to be a greater favorite this rear than ever artth Kentucky racing enthusiasts. James Kverman. the Lataaia horseman. has reached Douglas Park from Havana, bringing with liini but ■! ;■. niua.it of the string he raced at tie Cuban track last winter. All he brought to Ken tacky were Ionu-rsade. owned by J. W. Koiuer. liiim.n .,.. oar ecd b. . Daadas; Royal Age, the property of . ii. Bwacaa aad W. I". Schaltes six-ye.ir old Baver Bey. Bvenaaa was on- of the i.-.,ii ing traiaera at Havana, baraca naadhd by him .,.■ eoaatlaa for eighteea race-. He also held the eon tract on Uob.rt Wiagfleld, who led tie- Mm of winning jockey. ;,t ;;„. meeting. Witigfieli ;r-rived bete wilh Kverman. but left shortly afterward to visit his mother in C; vington. Those Wh« have seea the lad ride declare he has the making of a finished rider, and that he may develop into one of this countrys greatest jockeys. Although he was a comparative novice when be went to Havana last fall, the boy won at that meting fifty-seven races and led the other bays. Jockey Wingfield Native of Covington. Wingfield is a native of Covington and is sixteen years of age. lie is a younger brother of "Baddy" Wingfield. who was in the saddle a few years ago. Kor three years he galloped horses around L-itonia. and whin not thus engaged he gained much knowledge regarding jockey. hip by keen abaervatiaa of haw good riders did tlieir work in the raddle. lie rode a couple of races for Kverman at Katonia last fall ami rode his first winner who! Ill after getting to Havana. At the c.miusio-i of the me t ing there, judge Cbria J. Kitz Gerald, actlag for a wealthy New York owner, tried to secure tin- lads contract, but did not suceecl. 1*1111 IBB iias the contract for tin yens, dating fiom October 1st of last year, and declares that he is not anxious to part with it. The boy c.,a make eighty -eight paaada and will ride on the Kentucky tracks this spring. Jockeys Claude and Thomas Hunt have arrived here from Tijuana. The former will remain for the opening :,t Lexington, where he will ride for Kay Speiice. The other brother, after visiting his parents here, left for ihdmont Park, to report to Mr. Wide-BCr*a stable at that track. Krom his savings of the past year. Claude Hunt, the elder of the boys, has purchased a home in this city for his parents. The place is dose to Churchill Downs and adjoins the home that jockey Koscoe Gaaae had built several years ago. tieorge Arvin has purchased at private terms from W. H. Baker, the paaariefcwj two-year-old Breezy. She is a bay filly by Dick Welles-Lady Basal and has worked fast in her early trials.
