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I I. , . - of f " 7 i j . 1 - - - - r PROSPECTIVE FIELD FOR THE DERBY / Probabilities Arc That Ten High-Class Three-Yoar-Olds h Will Start in Big Race Saturday. Louisville. Ky.. May 9. — From prespnt indications. ;. I field of ten crack three-year-olds will face the e barrier next Saturday in the forty-fourth running g of the Kent inky Derby. This will lie | good size e for a race of sii.-h imiH.rtance. A field that can lie e comfortably handled permits of truer racing and 1 invites Jess- chance for accident than one that is s too large ami miw ieldy. The lx*st horse has a licl - - ter chance to win en his merits and the chapter of f accMeata is loss likely lo provide a sensational tut u - - up which, though it mav rejoice the heart of the e backer of long shots, sisiils a race like the Derby y from Hie point of view of the stiortsm.-iu. It is the e supreme test of early in the year and it is well that t it be run under conditions which admit of its being g a true test. Following is the probable Derby lineup: Horse. wt. Jockev. -. War Cloud 117 J. Loftus s Sun Briar 117 W. Knnpp p Fscoha n7 J. Nottov , Sewll Combs 117 L. Gentry Lucky B H7 J. MeCab* J American Eagle 117 E. Sanib- e Yiva America ...... .112 W. Warrington ii .las. T. Clark 117 J. Morys * Aiirum H7 1. Connelly V W. P. Dabny 117 R. Simpson ii Thomas McDowells American Eagle, which here-1 tofore had not lieen regarded ■* a starter, will be e iniong the contestants, according to his owner, who came to this ib-.-isi.ni after tie- good race won by the , colt at Lexington Tuesday. Potli James Foster Mini I Duke of Savov. whose owners intended starting ,. them, had to lie dropped from the list after the ,. accident in which both figured in the Derby Trill. All of tiie prospective starters are now in thi-city .. awaiting In. bugle call in the big race. Most of Hum wore given their final trial yesterday morn ing and each trainer announced himself as being ; perfectly satisfied with the condition of his charge. Tiie liost trial shown was that credited to .las. T. Clark, which ran one mile and a iuarter in , 2:09~. This colt is in magnificent form ami his I ti-aiuir is optimistic regarding his chances in the . race.
