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BELIEVE OMAR KHAYYAM HAS CHANCE. Johnson and Billings Colt Will Be Well Supported in the Kentucky Derby. By Ed roie.i New York. April 7. Jndging treat general conversation among horse nun, it will not be aarprising to see the .1 ibnson .. BilUaga colt, Omar Khayyam. well supported for the Kentaeky Deri;.. There have l 11 many Inquiries from prosptiliie backers at* the horse rem cernlng the price offered agshml him. Some of the oral layers nave quoted as law as r.-i. Mirdi of the coaversathm is brongbt about by let-te-rs from horsemen now at Hot Springs, where the Iior.se is training, while those who saw the horse- at New Orkana asatrl that his appearance ami work there were sufficiently Increased to warrant una Id eralde attention. In a few naids, he is the horse that is being renihhiMd a worthy sasssaeat of either North Star III., or the best .Jimmy Beau will send to the post from the Whitney stable. Before leaving fat Bowie, Joe Murphy expressed a decided opinion that Omar Khayyam was worth .1 wager at a fair price, and W. Chapman, who is associated with .Mr. Murphy in a speculative way. was enthusiastic about the horse. •Fd like to bet one or two hundred on the horse if I could get 10 or 11 t 1." said Chapman, "just on what his appearance and style of going justifies. If he does not grow into a gooel horse, then 1 am mistaken. I only hope Charley rail* loan, his trainer, docs not overdo him with work. I dont think he will, but he left New Orleans in such fit condition that he might be a trifle overdone by the day of the race. This is hardly probable, however, as Patterson will unquestionably be careful in that regard with a Derby probability. Question About North Star III.s Lasting. •.North Star III. must have shown to be a Rood horse, or Mr. htaeosaber woald not have paid the high figure for him. but there is the question of staving with him. while there is no question, in my mind, that Omar Khayyam will go as fat as anv bocao. Hi- showed that in the Hopeful nt Saratoga, when ho just flew past horses at the finish of the race. It looked as if he made up ten lengths 011 Campfire in the last three-eighths of the running. That %vas a pretty good indication that he will go a long route, and there is no question about his handling his weight. He has everything to recommend him, and if he is not looking the winner of the Derby in the eye. I shall lie much mistaken." A. .1. Joyner stepped into the city yesterday for a little shopping. He. as are all the other trainers at Belmont Park, is a pretty busy man. Horses are lee* inning to show some of their old-time form, and the youuger division of thoroughbreds, both domestic and imported, are beginning to look like race horses.
