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PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS Owners at Louisville Cheer Up Over Prospect of Fair Weather Only Few Workouts Kentucky Derby Day Made a Half Holi ¬ day by the City Council LOUISVILLE Ky April 21 For the first time since last Sunday the sun shone here today and the horsemen at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park eagerly took advantage of the real spring weather to give some muchneeded gallops to their charges The two tracks were in a dryingout state but sticky and holding during the early hours of the day the Downs especially especiallyAt At this course Prince Pal ftimms and Olivers Kentucky Derby hope worked threequarters of a mile in 11 from he barrier This marked the first time this year that he had faced the starting machine He seemed to still possess last years trait of iKing a slow beginner as he dwelt when the rubber was released His gallop this morning was not so good as his previous workouts as Jockey Robinson had to whip him away from the barrier and used his whip on him rather often during the threequarters threequartersThe The colt did not run kindly and when his rider began to ease him up after going threequarters lie stopped in a hurry At that his time was not bad considering track conditions and the fact that he was in the middle of the track all the way he running the quarter in 2G and half mile in 52 He could have beaten these figures considerably however hnd lie shown an inclination to run freely like he did in many of his previous gallops here hereSterling Sterling ran threequarters in 122 in easy style this morning the first half in M MTrainer Trainer Snapper Garrison had the four Moufort Jones Derby horses on the track Brookholt Black Hackle Uouleau and Ktliel Gray but they were only given brisk gallops Brookholt worked threequar ¬ ters in l2i and Ethel Gray the same distance in l22Vi The latter galloped out the mile in IM Black Hackle and Rouleau worked at a 200 pace paceStarter Starter A B Dacie was an arrival from his homo in Henderson Ky this morning and was at the Downs schooling horses He will go to Lexington Friday morning morningMANY MANY LICENSES APPLIED TOR TORJudge Judge Charles F Price will leave at the same time for that city He said that it is the purpose of the racing stewards of the Kentucky Jockey Club to assemble Friday afternoon in Lexington and pass on the license applications of trainers and jockeys so that they will be ready for the Kentucky State Racing Commission when that body convenes Sat ¬ urday morning More trainers and riders have ap ¬ plied for permits to follow their vocations in this state this year than ever before Judge Price said saidC C R Ellison was among the days arrivals from Hot Springs Ark He will await the opening of the Downs meeting before getting into action actionF F W Feuchtcr came in from Florida whore he spent a vacation following the close at Havana He sent Skiles Knob to Lexington but turned Eil Garrison out for the summer in Cuba CubaThe The Louisville city council passed a resolution last night proclaiming Derby Day May S a half holiday and it will be more generally observed this year than ever before beforeHamilton Hamilton C Applegate auditor of the Kentucky Jockey Club left for Lexington this morning to open his office there for the coming meeting meetingB B 1 Brannon will not take up St Bernard and Col Livingston for training until the Kentucky racing season is a month or s old Ioth are still turned out at Carr Pialts farm near Lex ¬ ington Flavia Foley a 2yearold filly by Hanil wl in the Brannon stable which showed much promise in her workouts is on the shelf as the result of being kicked by another horse several days ago agoMoso Moso Goldblatts horses got away from Lexington this morning in charge of Ben Walters Jorioo was left here as she has a split hoof and is tint of iommission for the time being beingTrainer Trainer Max Ilirsch will take Donnacona On Watch and Sweet Mint to Lexington tomorrow morning The Ogden stable will send a like num ¬ ber in the same car Jockeys 1 Pierce and Newton Barrett will go with the G W Ioft horses and Cliff Robinson with those of the Ogden stable stableJoe Joe Umonsetter was confined to his bed today Buffering from an abscess of the nose lie plans to ship Refugee IL Goldstone Ruby and Prom ¬ ising Torn the latter a twoyearold to Lexington tomorrow Jockey 1 Long will go along witlt the Iiorsos IiorsosR R L Baker came from Lexington today and he reports the arrival of some fine looking foals by King Gorin in the Blue Grass section
