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LUCULLITE MAY NOT START ♦-— August Belmonts Star Will Not Be Ready for the Preakness. ♦ Trainer Hildreth Taking Things Easy with Colt — Papp Certain Starter in the Big Race. .# • New York. April 10. — According to information fr »m Belmont Park it is not likely that Lucullite will be a starter in the Preakness. Tlie roiiort is 4m t » the work trainer Sam Hildretli is giving him. Hildretli is going slowly with tin* Belmont horses, now of which may lie sent out until the o| eniiiK day :il Belmont Park, unless one or two. are sufficiently forward to win races at Jamaica. lucullite is out with the Stromlroli set every day. and these two invariably work together. Ou Saturday they galloped a mile in 1 :5*1. with Moth eased up at the finish. Neither lias yet been put to a siiecd test. The Preakness is five weeks off. however, and it may lie that Lucullite will round to more rapidly titan is expected. Iast year he was one of the first two year -olds to lie shown from the stable at Jamaica, indicating that he is an early horse, llil-drcths methods of preparation are different from otlnr trainers and the work he is giving Lucullite ln:iy lie just the sort that will suit him. But one tliiug is certain, and that is that Mr. Belmonts Preakness eligible is not as forward, in the opinion «if horsemen, as other entries, like Papp. Lanius. Arrali ■ On and War Cloud. Horn-loss is going along well, but has been given no hard work. He gallops miles in 1:53 or there -alNiuts. Outside of Papp there is no horse at Belmont Park that com-iares with him or attracts more attention. Papp is a veritable giant among his slablcmati - .mil Max Hirscii is certain to send him to the posi for ftie 11-eakUess. It is also probable that Arrali lis tin will be his runningmate. The most advanced horses at Belmont Park are those in charge of Tom Welsh and belonging to Joseph K. Wideier. They are eager to run and will -uretj- be fit when the season opens. He has some three-year-olds in tiie stable, including Tmmpe la Morte. which might lie a bidder for the Preakness. though few believe he is "good enough to figure prominently with such horses as War Cloud. Papp. Lauius and other probable starters. NUTCRACKER WINTERED WELL. Nutcracker, from the C«e staid*, and in the hands « f trainer J. Carroll, has wintered well. He can work a half mile in 50 and will probably lie taken to Iimlico along with the Coe Jumpers, i.i.lil Bond. Town Hall. Bet and Jim Hocy. Trainer Carroll l.ii the steeplechasers in his stable in forward eoinljtiou and expects to have every one ready for Pimlico. In the Macouilier string Stargaaer and Star Master are going along well, especially the former. It looks as if trainer Jennings will have thrce fast sprinters in Motor Cop. Paddy and Star Master. All the Jennings horses are in good condition bodily, and it will Ik- no fault of his if they do not race to their looks. The best tliey have done so far has liecn three-quarters in .-bout 1:21, which is good enough, considering the time that will elapse lieforc the season opens. Mr. Coe has two good-looking youngsters in Star Ucnliu. by Star Shoot — Continental, and a filly by 1ucic. which were worked together on the back stretch of the main track on Saturday. They turned the three-eighths mark ill 3*i seconds. This is tin-fast part of the track, but the work was considered impressive by horsemen. One of Mars Cassidys assistants, who has been on hand every morning to school youngsters, de-elares there is a fine baud of two-year-olds on hand for this year-, racing. The schooling barrier has lieen pla-ed at the half-mile post in the chute, consequently it does not interfere with the training of oth.-r horses. Juite a number of horses would have been shipped from Belmont Park to Havre de Grace had trans-|M rtatioll and stable room been normal, but the stables an filling up rapidly and applications are so nuinerou- that accommodations are at a premium.
