Training Gallops Scarce: Mud and Cold Keep Horses in Their Stalls at Louisville.; Brookholt, Black Hackle, Donnacona and On Watch Among the Few Exercised Yesterday., Daily Racing Form, 1920-04-14

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TRAINING GALLOPS SCARCE Mud and Cold Keep Horses in Their Stalls at Louisville Brookliolt Black Hackle Donna Donnacona cona and On Watch Among the theFew Few Exercised Yesterday ToriSVlLIK Ky April 13 With the tempera ¬ ture below the freezing marl and muddy going prevailing both the Churchill Downs and Douglas Park tracks presented a deserted appearance this morning compared with other days recently Only tliosc horses which absolutely needed workouts w re seen in action Most of tin trainers waited ihtil the morning was fairly well advanced before bringing their charges out outDonnacona Donnacona and On Watch were the only promi ¬ nent Kentucky Derby candidates out and they were icli sent a half mile The former ran in iVr and the latter in 2Y 2YTrainer Trainer Snapper Garrison had Brookholt and Black Hackle two of the Moufort lones Derby ligiblos out ami they were given easy gallops of svonoightlis of a mile each eachSimpleton Simpleton ran threeeighths in 311 as a preliminary to a hard workout tomorrow At Douglas Park Patches was given a workout of one mile in 1 and galloped out an additional eighth in 20 20The The Harry 1ayne Whitney racers including Dmask got away on schedule time for Lexington this morning Mose Goldblatt their trainer and jockey i Ambrose left soon afterward by motor ri11 Walters will ship Goldblfitts own horses to J exington Thursday ThursdayII II Xensteter was an arrival this morning from New Orleans His five horses were sent direct to Lexington nd he will go there in a day or so soW W II Schaefer sot in from Tijuana where he raced a fair sized stalde all winter lie brought back only one horse Col Uockinghorse UockinghorseTrainer Trainer I ouis Tauber today received a dispatch from 1 W Schorr instructing him to reserve two stalls for S A Clopton as that owner has de iiled to send Inllet Proof here to run in the Kentucky Derby Derbylockev lockev Newton Barrett who is exercising horses for the G W Loft stable will be taken east by trainer Max Ilirsch this spring Ill will give tiie Loft establishment two riders jockey 1 Pierce In ing the other otherCOE COE AND FRIENDS TO SEE THE DERBY DERBYClubhouse Clubhouse reservations were made today by W It Ioe in a communication to Matt 1 Winn for Derby Day Mr Coo stated that he will bring a party of friends to witness tin race and he hopes to have representation in it itFor For the first time in a little more than a year Uecre 1 Long missed visiting Churchill Downs this morning lie was called to New York on a business trip and left last night Despite ill health and slight feebleness Mr Long braved the coldest Hid most severe days during the winter months to o to the Downs eat breakfast in the stable kitchen and watch his horses go through their daily cxor losering dam of Ivister Flower Dan Iohans shland Kentucky and Latonia Oaks candidate candidatewas was i ed with BoavorkUl yesterday while lois loisleress leress dam of some fast horses including Daddy Holbcrt and Pelle of Klizabethtown was bred to Dodge today This was Beavorkills first stud service and Miller Henderson said that he will srrvo only a few mares Poth he and Dodge are in training at Churchill Downs DownsThe The outlaw railroad strike has not bothered this section of the country thus far and the horsemen are experiencing no trouble in shipping their thor onghbreds to Lexington Some relief has been af ¬ forded from the horse car shortage also as most of the express cars used by the owners shipping from the winter track are now being pressed into service between here and Lexington None of the railroads will accept any race horse shipments for points bevond Cincinnati however howeverAssistant Assistant starter Will Hamilton returned last night from Hot Springs Ark where he was called bv the illness of bis wife and resumed schooling the twovearolds at Douglas Park this morning This task was conducted at both tracks under try ¬ ing conditions due to the mud and cold weather bill as two days this week had been lost further postponement was deemed inadvisable


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