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BEGINNING TO SHOW SPEED ■ — Rockminister Works a Mile Like a Real Derby Horse. • Cbattcrton Shows a Fast Half Mile — Gentility as Speedy as Last Year. • l.OCISVIl.I.I. Ky . M;inti Jl All -l«-v nt li hour deetsioa "ii the p:iit i.r Jeffersoa Livfaagetea to afford Fin-brand, his recent Slo.ouo acpiisit ion. :ni ii| |m i lunily for filling his i af agi nil Mill m fcB8.MU north of stakes on the Kentucky nttai circuit haa resulted in John s. Ward becoming 1 1 t — trainer for the lini" being. Ward sen! KiMN Goose. Ins ;i" data in thoroughbred affairs, to fa llatlaai this morning to bring the horse l :ick to Chuichill Downs. and In- will join his si ;i1 l«- tomorrow Owner Livingston called Wnnl mcr the lony ilis-tunco I • 1 1 1 1 1 m i h ■ from iiKinii.it i last 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 unit requested that he take over the son of lIcGee — Subdue anil campaign him throughout the Kentucky r;n -ins fanon. Firebrand is without a solitary stake engagement in the Kast anil Livingston said thai he changed his plans about sending him Hi New York when he thought over how limileil his earning capacity wouhi be there compared to Kentucky. An eastein invasion is in store for him following the close of the Kluo ;rass stake racing. There was more activity at Churchill Ilowns and Douglas Park than on any other day since last autumn. A continuation of balmy spring weather and two fast tracks were the con 1 1 Uniting factor* in bringing the thoroughbreds out in large numbers and many of them were sent along at a fast clip. Chatterton. 1. J. Kellers Derby candidate, was indulged in a oil; -out of three quarters of ■ milt-in 1:10 and covered the first half in IS... tk-adloek. owned by Hob Shannon, was given a work-out of three-quarters in 1:17";, and was not extended. One of the fastest moves of any of the Derby eligibles was that of yesterday at Douglas Tail; by Uockministlei-, from the Mont fort Jones stable, which ran a mile in 1:17-., with all ease. Cap Rock BCetd as pacemaker for him for the first five-eighths. The half mile was covered in ."il r. and the three-quarters iu 1:18".-,. DELAY SEEN IN A. WILSONS CASE. Put Kriebelkamp lias received information from liis brother I7d. who is in Detroit, to the effect that jockey Albert WiNon has prepared papers and affidavits for the nited States government seokiug admission to this country again. They have been forwarded to Ottawa for approval by the Canadian authorities. They will in turn be sent to Washington to be acted upon, but unless the aaaerseea haaahaja in the meantime, the lad will be forced to remain at his home in Windsor until the entire case is cleared up. C. K. Ami, -r.-on arrived from Mobile tins morning with Stevenson. P. i Anderson his brother, took La Kross t,, Betrle real the ahmaha city. I!. War field was an arrival today. ID- fair I" take up ih,. Portuguese Bad Viva Cuba, which spent Hie cold months at his farm near Mlaaht fhtowa. Ivy., an. I will --hip them to Howie to join his other horses, which ware sent there from Mobile. Trainer K. N. :"Dick" Vestal will send Centimeter and Uesrtillly to » ilaajaa la rate in WTcral slakes Gentility demonstrated this morning thai she lias all of her las; years speed when hc galloped a i|aarter af a aaile in u:j-, and ararked out a hair Mile in M%. Jockey It. Shaipe. who was hi the service of trainer J. IV Keherr for several years, has joined the John E. Madden forces here. J. Simpson was the latest arrival from Mobile Willi the veteran racer Captain Iturns. At the rate applications for jockeys and trainers licenses are pouring in a new record for both professions in Kentucky will be established this year. Those who fail to file their papers with the Ken-lucky Mate Kacmg Commission before April 1 will be forced to pay an additional SIS for their licenses. a
