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PRINCE PAL PLEASING TRACK CRITICS Cobweb and Escovar in Training Hodge Appears as Good as When Younger LOUISVILLE Ky March 27 The stables of John Lowe C T Worthiiigton and M Riescr aiHvcd from New Orleans Thursday and are quartered at Douglas Park Included in the Lowe establishment are some of the Edward Cebrian horses among them the fast sprinter American Ace All of the thoroughbreds in these shipments stood the long trip in excellent health healthMax Max llirsch trainer for G W Loft left for Lexington yesterday to pay a visit to John E Madden at Hamburg Place llirsch lias purchased several twoyearolds firm Madden this spring am will in all probability acquire a few more Before leaving llirsch had the entire I ft string out for gallops at Churchill Downs Donriacona and On AYatch his two Kentucky Derby hopes again came in for much attention attentionTrainer Trainer Will Wallace sent Prince Pal three eighths of a mile in 37 as a preliminary to a longer workout in a day or so The westerner have centered on this colt as their Kentucky Derby hope and thus far he has justUicd the con ¬ fidence that they are placing in him himDave Dave Vititoe trainer for M Rieser came in fniii the Crescent City ahead of his horses He reports that many owners will head this way within the next few days as quit a few will resort to shipping by freight due to the shortage of express horse cars carsTrainer Trainer George V Barnes has taken up Cobweb and Escovar for training This pair was fired last autumn and turned out for the winter Cobweb was an exceedingly fast sprinter last year until he went amiss Barnes has hopes of his regaining his best form in the immediate future as he is going along well hi his work Music Man in the stable of Williams Bros unseated his exercise boy at Douglas Park ami made a few circles of the track riderless Neither the boy nor tin horse was injured injuredGOLDBLATT GOLDBLATT MUCH PLEASED WITH DAMASIC DAMASICMose Mose Gohlldatt returned from a visit to his home in Cincinnati Every lime that I see Damask on the track I like his chances in the Kentucky Derby better said Goldblatt anil he is doing as well as any horse that I ever trained trainedR R J Farris came from Havana by way of Lexington where he stopped cff for a brief visit His horses came direct here from the Cuban track He said that a big shipment of thoroughbreds will leave Oriental Park next week with Louisville and Lexington as their destination destinationDr Dr Talbott wellknown veterinarian who has been practicing his profession on race tracks for more lljan a quarter of a century is back from New Orleans He came in yesterday yesterdayJockeys Jockeys Hugh and Rufus Shilling brothers of Carroll Shilling former civek rider and now assistant trainer for Commander J K L Ross are crnneetcd with the J W McClelland stable at Churchill Downs which is trained by Will Wallace The Shilling boys wintered here with the McClelland establishment establishmentAlthough Although now in his ninth year Hodge Kay Spcnces old standby looks as good as he ever did in his life His excellent appearance has been the source of much favorable comment on the part of horsemen who had not seen him since last autumn Hodge is the only horse that Spciice retained for himself when he took over the AV V Thraves racing establishment It was sentiment that prompted him to do this Every morning finds the old son of Ivan the Terrible Nannie Hodge out for his regular exercise and when Spence returns here next week from Cuba he will discover him pretty far advanced in liis training trainingThe The general health of the horses at both Church ¬ ill Downs and Douglas Park is excellent and those which wintered here seem to have stood the unusu ¬ ally cold weather in fine style Thus far no sick ¬ ness hus been reported among any of the thorough ¬ breds which were shipped here from New Orleans and Havana They hail a lucky break in this respect as they ran into weather just as good as in the sections they left
