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RICKETY WILL RUN IN THE DERBY. Tumbler Has Been Shipped to Pimlico for the Rich Preakness Handicap. Ry Ed Cole. New York. May 9. — It has been decided that James Rowe will start Harry P. Whitneys Rickety in the Kentucky Derby. Tumbler having been shipped to Pimlico to run in the Preakness Handicap on Saturday. Joe Notter arrived with Tumbler at Pimlico yesterday and gave out the information that J. Williams will have the mount on the colt in this stake. Harry Payne Whitney and James Rowe are now at Churchill Downs awaiting the arrival of Rickety and the other Whitney eligibles. In speaking of Omar Khayyam. Fred Johnson is pleased with his recent private trials. "He is such a slow beginner." said Mr. Johnson, "I am almost afraid of him. He will have so much work to do in vital parts of the race. He may get shut off if he attempts to get through next to the rail. and to take the outside course he will lose ground. so you see the obstacles be will have to overcome unless be is lucky. He might have henten Cnnapfln in the Bepefnl at Saratoga bad he not been forced wide, and he did not get into his stride as early as he might have done. "The Derby being a mile anil a quarter will suit him. Of that I feel reasonably certain. 1 am not going to bet on him. as there is honor enough if he can win the Derby. I rarely bet on my stake horses, for the pleasure of winning is sufficient satisfaction. If they can win stakes, they are paying their expenses. It is different with selling platers. One has to wager a little something on them, as few earn sufficient to keep their expenses down to a minimum and to pay the bills of those that do not win. If Omar Khayyam goes to the i ost as fit as I have seen him. he will run a good race. He may not win, but it will take a pretty good horse to beat him. Frederick Johnson Fears Skeptic. "The horse I am most afraid of is Skeptic. His effort in the Futurity was commendable, and he is one of those colts which has improved with age. He bad little racing as a two year-old. and his work for the Derby indicates he is much better this year than he was last. If I am not much mistaken, he is going to be a good horse this year." While Jack GoblslM.rough has a feeling that Ticket will be a factor in the Derby, be is inclined to believe that North Star III. will prove the winner. Two weeks ago he wrote here that he was not particularly impressed with North Star III., but since that time the Maconibcr rait has done something that has made Cohlshorough change his opinion somewhat. Again, some good judges have written to MeBah in this city that Star Master is most fancied of the Maceasknr entries, and that Lottos will ride him. If Lottus does ride, it will he significant that Star Master is the choice of the stable. Miking deductions from these arguments, if Star Master is the pick if the stable and such an expert as Col lsborough believes North Star III. the best— then Star Master ran be looked upon as the probable winner, presuming that Walter Jennings has had sufficient evidence to warrant Loftus being scheduled to ride him. There is no denying that Star Masters work last Saturday was faster than that of North Star HI. It might not have been a superior performance, much depending upon how it was none and the weights they carried. These things, of course, are stable secrets. Not until the final trials of the candidates are recorded next Thursd; y. can any definite prediction be made as to the outcome of the race. It is an exceedingly Open race, with, at leant, six horses to be considered. Should the track become heavy, it will make it even more perplexing, and Basse rank outside.- might upset all calculations. It is one of those races in which the horse enthusi-ust says: i "The spectacle of seeing such a race is good i nough tor me without being financially csneernen.**
