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GENTILITYS FAST WORKOUT f , i Shows Remarkable Speed in a Training Galiop at a Mile. 4 t Rockminister Works Soundly — J St. Henry Given an Easy Mile ! — Surf Rider to Race Early. i » » ■ * LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 13.— farther evi- dance that all traces of his injured heel have ; disappeared was given this morning by Rock- 1 minister, Montfort Jones Kentucky Derby i colt, when he galloped an easy mile In l:18i i at Douglas Park. Trainer Kay Bpence in- ; dulled Hie son of Friar Rock in a leiaurely work-oat, with speed the lea.it of his i thoughts, and the colt was under stout re- 1 Straint throughout. Rockminister was the only probable starter in the big stake in this ■ectidn to show his wares today, with the ex- i ception cf Chatterton, which was given a i brisk gallop of a half mile in 50 in prepara- tion for a work-out tomorrow. Billy Star, . another member of the Jones stable, accompanied the Derby candidate for seven-eighths oi a mile and when he pulled up Rockminister proceeded to do likewise. This colt will , r.ut work alone, but lie shows an inclination | to put forth his best efforts when paced by another horse. The fractional time was : i Quarter in 25%, half in 51% and three-quar- , ter.s in 1:18%. . The real sensation of the morning was a ] mile in 1 :41% by Gentility, G. L. Blackfords I eligible for the Ashland, Kentucky and La- 1 tenia Oaks, and incidentally a candidate for the Derby. Not to be outdone by Miss Joy and Fair Phantom, Which displayed unusually high speed at Douglas Park today. Gentility "turned on" in a manner that fairly dazzled the wrork watchers. Trainer Dick Vestal instructed jockey Albert Wilson to hold her to the rate of a mile in about 1 :43, but the lad said that he was afraid to increase his pressure on her for fear that lie would take her off her stride. LNll BRIGADE FAST FILLT. The Light Brigade filly ran the first eighth in 11%. quarter in 22%, three-eighths in 21 %, half in 47, five-eighths in 59%, three-quarters in 1:13 and seven-eighths in 1:27%. She was abating in speed at the end, as the time would indicate, but her rider was taking her under restraint. When she came back she was not even broke out in perspiration and horsemen who witnessed the trial pronounced her a phenomenal filly. Many of them who have been training horr.es for a quarter of a century or longer said that they have never seen a thoroughbred go about its task in such an easy manner a iid so fast. John E. Madden came from Lexington to give St. Henry, which he is preparing for the Preakacae at Pimlico for Montfort Jones, another work-out and the colt turned in an easy mile in 1:45% and then galloped another eighth in 1 :59. The two tracks were at their best today and with spring weather on the job the trainers were busy throughout the forenoon. Quite a few sharp moves were noted with two-year-olds figuring in them. Many of the youngsters have run three-eighths of a mile In better than 36 within the past week and the outlook for more good horses in this division than for some years past is most promising. Surf P.ider, one of the most highly fancied ] terby prospects hereabouts, will engage in actual competition before he goes to the post in the Derby, as trainer Kay Bpence will take him and twenty-two others to Lexington on next Tuesday. MISS JOY TO LEXINGTON. Miss Joy and Fair Phantom will also be in the shipment, while most of the remainder will be composed of two-year-olds. Practically every horse that Spence will ship there has stake engagements to fill. Surf Rider will make his debut in the Blue G;:tss Stakes, which is regarded as the Kentucky Derby preliminary. Raffing secretary William H. Shelley returned last Bight from Cincinnati, where he went to attend the funeral of Edward Jasper. He will open his office at Lexington on next Monday. Trainer C C. Van Meter came back from Bowling Grata, Ky. He buried his mother there Wednesday morning. It is doubtful if there is a case in medical history among horses to parallel that of Whits Boots, one of Murphys two-year-old colts, by Boots and Saddle — Pearl G.. which had to be kept in his stall in a swing for twenty-two days as the result of lockjaw and then recovered. The youngster is standing hard training now and will be ready for racing this spring. A two-year-old colt by Superman — Ponderous, owned by James B. Smith, sustained a fractured frontal bone when kicked in the face by one of his stablemates at the Downs track yesterday morning. The bone was 1 mashed to such an extent as to effect the colts breathing and Dr. C. It. Richards was forced to remove several pieces of it immediately. Jockey C. Buel departed for Havre de Grace. He is under contract to H. C. Bud Fishers stable and spent the winter here. George Moore, veteran Nashville turfman, has a trio of two-year-olds of his own breeding at the Downs that he will race in the : interest and name of Mannion and Moore. All [ were sired by Hanbridge. One is a chestnut • colt, dam Helma S. ; another is a brown colt, dam Grandess, while the third is a , chestnut colt, dam Fair Margaret. Helma . S. and Grandess are Ccsarion mares, while Fair Margaret is a daughter of Fair Play. C. 11. Ellison was an arrival from Hot ; Springs, Ark., where he enjoyed a vacation i since the close of the New Orleans meeting. John E. Madden has set April 20 as the I date of departure for the main division of ! his stable, in charge of trainer "Chuck" Walker, which wintered at Churchill Downs. , This band will be sent to Belmont Park. St. . Henry, which will represent Montfort Jones i in the Preakness at Pimlico, will be included I in it.
