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RAIN HALTS TRAINING PLAN Both Churchill Downs and Douglas Park Tracks Deep in Mud Donnacona Gains in Popular Fa ¬ vor On Watch Likes Soft Go ¬ ing Clancy Horses Go East LOUISVILLE Ky April 1 Kain played havoc with tin plans of the trainers it Imtli Churchill Downs and Douglas Park today us both courses were deep in niiiil iinil what few horses were out could only be given limbering up gallops It will In ill probability be Sunday before the tracks get fiist again even though no more rain falls but when they do Ory out they will bo bettor than at any tlino this spring as the water will serve to park the soil on them themThe The schooling of th twoyearolds which was scheduled to begin today hail to be postponed be ¬ cause of the muddy track There were more juveniles on the track than older horses and some of them showed themselves pretty apt at running in the mud mudTrainer Trainer Mas Ilirsch had figured on giving Donna cona and On Watch a fairly brisk workout today bin when track conditions changed at the Downs lit had to be content with sending them a half nillo in iil They ran together anil this was an excellent move under the circumstances On Watch seemed to go much better in the mud than he has been showing on a fast track as far as being will ¬ ing to run was concerned and his rider had to hold him in cheek insteadof urgjng him as in some of his worKffuts on n fast tra ckT Donnacona seems Willing to do his best at all times and he is not only the selection of his trainer for Kentucky Derby honors but also of many horsemen and racing enthusiasts here who have K en him in ac ¬ tion The G W Loft pair will be sent over a longer distance of ground as soon as the track dries out outNone None of the other Derby candidates around here did anything other than gallop this morning but they will be a busy lot when the course is again fast The excellent weather which has prevailed with fev exceptions for two weeks pist has en ¬ abled the trainers to get enough work into their horses so that the loss of one day or so is not seriously felt now nowADDITIONS ADDITIONS TO McCLELLAND STABLE STABLEThe The 3 W McClelland stable here was reen ¬ forced by three horses today two threeyearolds and a twoyearold none of which has ever raced They were sent in from one of the stock farms in the Kltte Grass section to trainer Will Wallace and he turned them over to Walter Hopkins who will look after them for the present One is a bay colt three years old by Marathon Olena and therefore a half brother to Hilly Kelly Another is a twoyearold black filly which is a daugh ¬ ter of Fint Hock Lady Amelia while the third is a Frenchbred miss three years of ajje Wallace said that no training had ever been done with these horses and one of them had never been broken lie did not know their names namesSeveral Several wellknown members f the racing fra ¬ ternity who spent the winter in Havana among them Mike Juinn Lucicn Hoffman Tom Shelley and Jiihn Molier arrived this morning Kay Spenee and jotkey Tommy Murray are due Saturday morn ¬ ing ingW W 0 Clancys horses thirteen in number passed through this city at an early hour yesterday morn ¬ ing en route to Maryland They were standing the long ride from New Orleans in excellent style vhen they arrived here hereAl Al Luzader brought two horses from the Crescent City I izy Lou anil Ponderosa He innchased f izy Lou at private sale after the close of the lefferson Kirk meeting meetingJohnny Johnny Pml ton jockey Kert Kennedy to Lex ¬ ington today Several owners are endeavoring to obtain the services of this lad ladInstead Instead of one man operating each par mutuel machine as formerly at Churchill Downs two will be used this year A test has proved that the dicker system is the fastest fastestKildare Kildare ISiiy which has been at Churchill Downs nil winter mending from an injured leg is taking exercise regularly now and will be ready for the opening of the local season He is still in the stable of V F Knebelkamp owner of the Iouis ville baseball club
