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ACABADC DISPLAYS WONDERFUL SPEED. Fa.t Three-Quarters Right After Geldings Tciby Routo Trial Causes His Stock to Soar. By C. A. r.crgin. LsaasviUe, Ky.. April _7. Veaataday was the regnlar work day for :i majority of the horses in training at the local tracks, and despite the fact I i coll win! blew across Churchill Downs in the early moraine hours, sen ral of the horses sue -ceded in exhibiting some really capital work-outs. The best of these was thai i f Corrigaa a McKia-neys Keatacky Derby eligible*, Icabado, which .lis play, d waaderful speed in a gallop at tin -quarters, the s.,,i of -superman Elegance running the first eighth in 11%, quart r in 20%, three-eighths In 35, half in 17,. sad five-eighth* in 1:01%. Jockey Gnrncr, who was on him alhtvred tha roan gelding to gallop out the three-quarter* in 1:15. This work -oat, r easing tight on the beefai of the c, Mings recent 1ri.il at on.- mil.- an I a quarter. caused hi- Derby stock to soar, and famished his trainer with additioaa I proof of his ability to run as I is. as any of the other blghlj regarded Derby aspirants. Trainer Whalea was well satisfied with the showing and gave ii is his opinion that the gelding would be able to maintain his speed over the Derbj roate of a mil- and a qanurter. It is Mr. Whalens lnt ntion to live tin son of Superman a race at Lexington to put him on edge and. if he carries out his p reseat plan-, ...aha.!,, will be shipped to the blue e.r. ss track a day in advance of the race and returned to the Downs the dry following. Ii liner Walter Jennings i, determined that the Macomber Derby eligible* shall not miss their regular nor; days aad h - ha; gotten them to that stage in their pn p. nation where it is ponsfhte to give :iuiii t.v oata at distance* greater than a mtte. v. • iterday morning all of the seven candidates were - ni it the increased distance and their aha wing was ■i- oa io afford their traiaer mack gratificatioa. They were ill given fast gallops a: one mile ami an eighth and eased up. a mile and a quarter. North i Star III. and V.::r Star, as usual, showed ap best. | this handsome pair going together and covering the | mile and oae eighth in 1:80%. They wire eased up ut the mil- and a smarter m 2:1*;. Star Master and HoUister worked the one mile and an eighth in 2:01%, and galloped ont the extra eighth in 2:17. Star tiaz.-r. La ChfTMB* and Walnut Hall also showed up will at the distance. Baaboaaet, • formidable candidate for the Kentucky Oak-, waa aeat a mile in 1:4ft. accompanied by Vet dare. Hesperus aad Bfamga covered a like distance in slightly better time. Boots and Ed Crump Work Well. The best perform lines ,,f th. -tables horses were those -f Boots aad Bd rump, which raced together bead and head a tail- in the good time of 1:44. Both of these horses are almost ready for tiie Ing nnd v ill l.e hard to beat the first time they start. Other good trials included a mile in 1:47% by Koh i -Xoor, a prominent candidate for Oak honors. a; i the fairly goad showing of the Pasthae stables pair of OaJm eligibles. Sun Flash and Bonnie Lassie, which together covered a mile in 1:00%. Yesterday marked the list of the departures of si.ibles from the local tracks bound for Lexington. C. T. Patterson with Omar Khayyam and rive •tiers of his stable, and C. T. Casey witn S. L. Parsoaa Derby celt Ticket and six of the Great Hngh Brewae string took leave of the local track in the early morning hours. ■loe Cmensetter managed to secure a car also and he loaded Braver Hughes, llillows. Rapids. fascinating, Ti appeal and Lilly Joe for the Journey to Lexiagtaa. The only ones he left behind were Old .Miss and Crestvvood Girl. Hugh Shilling, who will ride this year for rmensetter. went along with tin- hamaa, Johnny Henry took tin- Derby candidate. Qea. C. Love, and II. • f-.ur -year -old County Court. W. II. Krey paid the charges for L:ingho,-ne and two dher of ids horse;, including Dr. Moore, which he took over for H. H. Bella I.ouis Tauber sent BeamJ II. and two of the Jefferson Livingston two-.. ar-olds. One of the youngsters that .Mr. Livingston import-ai from Kngiand last summer his developed a bad leg anil will have to be thrown out of training. This one is Cibby, a tine looking colt by Llangibby. It was announced at Hie office at Churchill Downs yesterday that all of the one hundred private boxes in the grandstand and clubhouse had been sold for Derby day.
