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. WAR CLOUD ARRIVES AT LOUISVILLE I A. K. Macombers Crack Derby Candidate Appears in Pink of Condition— Sun Briar Works Fast Mile. Louisville. Ky.. May 2. — Looking the picture of health A. K. Macombers Kentucky Derby eligible War Cloud, arrived at Churchill Downs late yesterday afternoon, accompanied by a stable companion. after an uneventful trip from Belmont Park. Walter Jennings, who will saddle the crack son of Polymelus and Dreamy in his Derby engagement, accompanied him on the journey, as did also jockey John Loftus. who will be astride the colt in the big 1 race. War Clouds coming had lx-en heralded among the racing folk at lioth hn-al tracks and a large delegation was on hand to catch a first glimpse as he was lieing taken off the express car. The appearance of the colt justified all the good things that I-.ad been said about him. it being the unanimous opinion that he had grown into one of the finest looking three-year-olds ever seen in Keutncky. Trainer Jennings re|M»rted that the colt had lieen given a stiff work-out at a mile just prior to being placed aboard the cars and that he was rendy now for an extended gallop at a mile and a quarter. This try-out will take place tomorrow. In discussing the colts chances in the Derby trainer Jennings expressed the opinion that War Cloud had shown in his training that he was a better colt than Star Hawk, the foreign-bred that came within an ace of winning the Derby for Mr. Mucomlier two years ago. He also said that the colt was well advanced in his training and that he would demonstrate this when he is given some ambitious work at the Downs. Trainer Jennings was naturally anxious to learn how Sun Briar and Escoba were going along in their training, and. while he did not attempt to belittle the ability of cither of these brilliant colts, he did express the opinion that he thought his colt bad the edge 011 his adversaries. SUN BRIAR SHOWS MORE DASH. The Derby stock of Sun Briar took a big jump yesterday morning after he was given his first work-out since returning from Lexington. Henry McDaniel sent the colt a mile, and with Knapp in the saddle hi ran the first quarter iu 23. the half in 4S%. thn-e -quarters in 1:15 and eased up iu the final quarter, covering the mile in 1:44%. Exterminator, the colt that Mr. Kilmer purchased at Lexington, accompanied Sun Briar in his work and seemed to have a stimulating effect on the crack colt, for he worked with more vim and dash than in any of his more recent work-outs. Owner Kilmer had come over from Lexington especially to witness the colts work and was immensely pleased with the manner in which he showed up. Trainer McDaniel would not comment on the colts improved work, but it could be seen that he also was pleased. Just before leaving for Lexington, where he went to ride T. C. McDowells Plum in the Ashland Oaks, jockey Knapp declared that Sun Briar appeared to lie a different horse as compared to the day he was Mates in the mud at Lexington. "I believe Mr. Kilmer made a wise move when he brought Sun Briar back to Churchill Downs." lie said, "for he seems to train better there than any other track. Iu his work just now he fairly flew over the ground and iu the last quarter it was all 1 could do to keep him under restraint. The fact that he had a fast pacemaker may have had something to do in making him recover his sliced." •
