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JIAlPENINGS AT LOUISVILLE KENNETH D. ALEXANDER REFUSES OFFER OF ,L00 rOX TWO-YEAR-OLD ESCOEA. Harry Kelly Sprints Tiireo-Eirjhthc in Remarkable Time of :31 1 — Oanigaa and, McKinnoy Will Send Ten IIcrrXT tc the Lexington Meeting. |Bj «■ A. f --«.:- i r: . l.oni ville K.v.. Mail 19. .1. W. I.-iitMi of Mi.!-way, Ky.. owner of . good stable, being trained by W. -I. Zhang ;ii HomHa- Park, yesterday morning made ■■ offer of .5M8 for Hacobn, :i two year old by Bruouastirk Tiristmaa Stir. but it was rejected by tlc rolta owner Kenneth D. Alexander ol Lea iugton. Ill- colt, which is alaa :i member of Yoauga training establishment, bad worked fast in hi early spring triabi and, -n several occasions, bad covered a quarter of ■ mile in 23. In fact, be bad shown np better tkaa any two-year-old :ii tin track. In declining tin- offer for the purchase f the colt, Mr. Alexander made it known thai be ii ! not v. : : n I in pari with him. lie is of tin opinion thai the ana of Broomatick is paaaeaaed of nil the qualities that go !• aiaki up ■ great racer, and is anxioaa to have him start in the Alexander colors. In preparation for .i more ntri nnona work :t one Mil.-. .1. V. Brhorra Derby eligible Ilarry Kelly, waa yeaterday morning given :i try-ont at three-eighths, tin crack m ii of Ultimus racing tin- tis-tance in 34%, tin- beat time made by any locally trained horse tiii- spring. John Moeney, who baa tin- mount on the coll in all hia worka, waa ap and allowed tin- cilt his head for the lit-t quarter, bat had aha hard held in tin Inst eighth of tin- gal baa. He declared afterward tint it was .ill he coald do t. bold tin It in check. It is trainer George Landa inteatioa to give tin- call ■ trial at on. mile and i quarter ;t an early date. This work will I" watched with nnasaal Interest, as it . ill tend to prove whether tin- coll is a stayer or not. Ue will hare hia tnl! Derby weight nil and will be accompanied by Pentad, a stable fianpunhui Venter-day waa an "oat day" f r work, and little I ambitious IlPrerM" wrl attt ncpted by the Untune .-it either track. The beat nunc at Doaglaa Park, :• -• i l ■ from that of Barry Kelly, was Ifidwaya threc-quartera in 1:18. The son of Ballot covered the ground in .in eaay manner ami without any apparent great .-Port. Beeeatly trainer Young found it necessary to give tin- call .- "La. I." and aince then in- baa a hewn marked Improvement la Lis work. Oil Roseuu.l Takes a Gr.llop. For the first tini" since liis arrival at the Downs from Hoi Springs, Oh! Bosebad waa yesterday morn-iug broaghl onl on the track for work. i! weal tbree-eightha in ".». ami was not drawing a king breath at the finish. His capital appearance broaghl forth many words of fimat ml itlon Th ■• Kentucky Derb Kinaer of 1814 is right on edge, ami is one oi" the improving sort. Until the nr rival of trainer Prank Weir, who has keen da talned in Hot Springs by the illness of Mrs. Weir, it will not !..■ decided whether ta semi the gelding to Lexington for a race or two. It is alto gether pn babac thai liis firsl public appearance in Kentucky since 1 » I — "come bock," will be at the Churchill Downs meet lug. roUoWing are sie.l. of tile lies move- S. .ids! yeaterda] morning: Billows -Three quarters in 1:15%. Billy Joe Three quarters in 1 :!." . ■Fascinating Three quarters in 1:17.. Callant Lad Mile in I :48 . Oea ». Low Bevea-elghths in 1:32. tlrover Hashes Three quartera in 1:1*. lay lo:ti:ne Mile in 1:48%. PVaaanl Dreams Three-quarten in 1:18. s.d Oilaey Mile in 1:48. Trainer John Whaln lias decided to send tea of the Col I Igaa at McKinncy stables boraea to part ieipaie in the Lexington meeting. These are: Mnl.1. .Mio. l.aml League, Beetle Bag and Ifetiora, all three year-olds, ami the following two-year-oMa: Ioor ••"■• Oompadre, Felicitation. Noontime ami iliniln Dress. Tin- shiaaaeul will ga forward next Monday in charge of aaaiataal trainer Alf Holberg. Jockey Benny Kleeger will •:.. along to lo tin- riding. Acabada ami Vague, the ttabiea main Derby rligibiea, will also lie ghrea a rare or two at Lexington, but they will not lie shipped until the way previous to tl ne they are to be raced. Al Bailer, par! owner and trainer of So! Ciley. n Derby eligible, is well satisfied with the manner in which the sou of Plaudit is training for the big race. Ho lias worked a mile in 1 : If., ami eaail easily have gone lh- distance in time three aee-owda better. The rait last fall was poor in fkeah, but lias wintered in fine condition, ami is rounding t.» ill the lust po-sil.l- maun. r. Although re-garaed as being in the aecaaal fUghl of eligiblea for tin- Derby. Mr. Batter thtaka that. Sol Gilsey stands a goad chance oi bananas his own with the aaata formidable candhlatea Car the race. Edith L. an Extremely Fast Filly. Mr. l.ail.-r regards the two -year old filly named Edith L. highly that he has in his burn at Ill-Dow ns. This youngster is liy Transvaal Bcrnent- aria. ami sivos nromlae of awvalanins; lata a filly of c.Mid d:iss, if her preliminary work can lie taken as a criterion. She has worked quarters as gaaal as "4, on days when other horses were hard pressed to make similar distance in S. The filly has not been named in any of the Kentucky two year-old stakes, but she will 1»- seen in a number of overnight races throughout the season. Joa Inieiisettcr received word yesterday that his marc Lady lanchita had dropped her first foal at T. M. Murphys farm, near this city. The marc was only retired to the braeaVnaj farm last year and was mated with iolden Maxim. Nellie Welles and Kiva, two other mares belonging to Mr. Irncn-settcr, are both in foal to the same sire. Mr. Murphy has been extraordinarily successful in his breeding operations this year. Out of the sixteen mares he has at his farm, that are being bred to i iolden Maxim or Hoots and Saddles, all have dropped foals except two. This is an extremely high average. The schooling of the two-year-olds to the barrier started In earnest at Churchill Downs yesterday, yvhen Hugh Cilmore. one of starter Harry Morris-soys assistants, aaaanfai the school for the instruction of the youngsters. The starting gate has ben set up at the five and one-half furlongs post. R. L. Rogers has arrived with Star of I ive, a mare that won six races last winter at the Tijuana meeting.
