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DONNACOiNA AND ON WATC1 Loft Derby Horses Gallop Well Wellat at Churchill Downs 1 1The The Porter Leochares and Mates Matesof of the McLean Stable Reach ReachLouisville Louisville in Safety LOriSVILLi Ky April 22 Tpon receipt of Tvord from Ijxiiigton this morning that the track there was in wretched condition as the result of recent heavy rains trainer Max Hirsch postponed shipping Donnacona and On Watch for a day or two He gave them both workouts this morning at Churchill Downs over a course that had thoroughly dried out although by no means fast Donnacoua ran threequarters in 117 while On Wat eh worked i mile and a quarter in 217 Doiinacona ran with Uppity Witeiicl and at a good pace for fiveeighths when his jockey let him ease up bit He ran the qnnrter in 1M threeeighths in Wl half mile in IllTi ami fiveeights in l024 l024On On Watch again wore blinkers and ran well only in spots He started far in advance of Sweet Mint and for a quarter of a mile it seemed he was foing to put forth his best efforts for a change After covering this distance in 21 he began to 1 if and ran the threeeighths in tSVr half in 52 f fiveeighths in 1117 three quarters in 11 sevcn i ighths in 1 mile in 150 mile and an eighth in 2o5 He took a notion to run in the final quar ¬ ter and was going fairly fast at the end endThe The only other Derby eligible seen in action was Simpleton which ran threequarters in 122 122When When Hiisoii nncelei his tripwith the G W I Inft nft horses Miller Henderson and Joe rmonsottcr who had also planned to ship to Lexington today did likewise All expect to go within n day or so however howeverThe The weather here today was like slimmer and Iwith the Downs and Douglas Park tracks dried out rap ¬ idly under the hot sun However there were not many horses out at either course as the thorough ¬ bred colony is U a low ebb because of the big shipments to Lexington recently recentlyJohn John F Schorr trainer of the F P McLean sta ¬ ble arrived last night and the horses under his rare were not long behind him Tin McLean con ¬ signment includes The Porter Leochares Flying AVclshmau Pou lour Japhet Siren Maid Kapid Day Mint Cat and eleven twoyearolds All stood ihe trip from Itcnning here in excellent health Jockeys W 1 OPrien and Xicholas Huff came with trainer Schorr anil will do the riding throughout the Kentucky circuit for the McLean establishment establishmentWESTWOODS WESTWOODS OWNER PLEASED WITH HIM HIMW W 1C Harrington of St louis owner of the Florisant Stable was an arrival today He was miicli pleased with tin appearane of Westwood his Kentucky Derby candidate It is not the in ¬ tention of Harrington to race any horses at the Ixx ingtou meeting but jockey Mack Earner his stable rider will go there thereTrainer Trainer George Odom plans to take a few of the Jefferson Livingston horses to Lexington not over four Jockey T Kowan whose contract Mr Liv ¬ ingston purchased recently from J L Donovan will go along Kowan is now exercising the Livingston horses at Douglas Park and is in fine condition for tin coming racing season Odom said that King Plaudit his lone thoroughbred possession will re ¬ main turned out for the present presentP P J Jtranmm took advantage of an opportunity to ship to Lexington this morning ami sent eight horses there thereRacing Racing manager Charles K Grainger of Churchill Downs was yesterday appointed a member of the State Athletic Poard of Control by Covernor K P Morrow This body will have control of boxing in the State of Kentucky in accordance with the re ¬ cently enacted Itrysou boxing law which will be ¬ come operative in June JuneMr Mr Crainger Col Andrew Veunie and general manager Matt J Winn of the Kentucky Jockey flub will motor to Lexington tomorrow to be on hand for the opening of the meeting Saturday SaturdayIf If the present plans of Jailer John H Itarr do not miscarry several hundred visitors for the DTby and throughout the racing season will be cared for in the Jefferson County jail on a hotel scale Mr Itarr says that there is an overabundance of room in tin jail now the prisoners being few and it is his intention to set aside a couple of floors for paid guests Fvery convenience will be furnished them hi says ami he will charge them only SI per day Thus far he has found no legal obstacles to prevent his turning tin jail into a tem ¬ porary hotel for the racing season and he is con ¬ ferring with attorneys to determine just how far he nn go with his plans plansWilliam William Shelley Jr sou of Kaeiug Secretary William S Shelley got in from Havana today He remained there for the automobile races at Oriental Park
