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UNDER FIRE MAKING GOOD Defeats Good Older Horses and Qualifies as a Derby Hope Eternal Runs a Fast Mile in a aKentucky Kentucky Derby Workout and andStarts Starts North Sunday HOT SPRINGS Ark April 11 Put Dunnes Kentucky Derby eligible Under Fire again showed a capital performance by accounting for the mile and seventy yards handicap in which lie met some good ones of mature age und to which he was con ¬ ceding weight by the scale He was forced to his utmost however to outstay Diversion which might have won lind Cassity not suffered her to drop back on the lower turn when jockeying for a bet ter position The earlier running was dominated by St Isidore on which G Warren had the mount and that racer was allowed to race himself almost into exhaustion in the first threequarters and it left him an easy victim to Under Fire and Diver ¬ sions eighthSummer rush In the last eighth Summer weather prevailed again and it contributed toward bringing out a big attendance The racing was interesting with many of the finishes close Surprises themThe came with the running of several of them The opener furnished a particular case by the poor showing of Kager Kate a pronounced favorite which followed the others hopelessly in the rear The purse was won by FoHi which carried W F McGees timeAnnette colors to victory for tiie first time Annette Teller was backed with a confidence that almost caused a panic in the ring but she also landed a follower the race being won easily by Miss Parnell with LadjJJatauiUand ClaudeWalker following Jack K and Words o Wisdom staged a hard duel in the third race witn Connellys superior skill prevailing and accounting for Jack Ks suc ¬ cess cessRobert Robert Lee an outsider led the dozen non ¬ descripts home that made the contest in the fifth race Sureget outstaying High Note an intended good thing for second place Wand in this was the favorite one but this queen of the jungle was never a prominent factor factorThe The filial race went to Nominee with Baby Cal and Philistine following Pat Dunnes Rookerv was given considerable attention in this but any chance she had went glimmering through interfer ¬ ence she met metNominee Nominee was claimed for 1100 by T Shullman whose Byrne carried his colors in the race W D Bernhardt also had a claim in for Nominee but was beaten in the draw drawETERNALS ETERNALS WORK IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIVEIty Ity far the best work of any of the Kentucky Derby candidates to date this snring was that of Eternal this morning at Oaklawn Park J W MClellands crack threeyearold coverinjr a mile In 139 The Sweep colt was ridden by the ninetypound exercise boy who has been galloping him all winter and the boy had a snug hold of him at all times He pulled up in good condition and cooled out well His fractions were 4 4JVf 114 Tin workout was witnessed by a large crowd of horsemen and tourists and it was not the tiiiio that made such a favorable impression with them but the easy manner in which he ran so fast Eter nal The Wanderer and the others in the J W McClelland stable will be shipped to Churchill Downs next Sunday and two cars will bo necessary to transfer the horses horsesTomorrow Tomorrow Henry McDaniel will ship the horses here owned by W S Kilmer to Churchill Downs Exterminator will be the main hope of the stable to carry off the ricli Kentucky Handican and Clark Stakes StakesThe The horses of H Perkins which includes tho recently acquired Honeywood youngster that cost 12r nightThe 00 were shipped to Lexington last night The horses in charge of L Calm owned by T J Pendergasr went at the same time timeSmith Smith Farrars horses and those of F Ilcrolil were GraceT shipped this morning to Havre de Grace T J Shaw felt indisposed during the afternoon and was absent from the layers ranks ranksW W R Norvell is still confined to his room with a bad cold During his absence Julius Keeder is serving as clerk of tiie scales scalesThe The judges did not like the betting angles in the third race and they cautioned jockey Carroll astride Words o Wisdom that his action during the race would be sharply scrutinized by them Carroll heeded the injunction and put up a vigorous ride for the entire way
