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j I j I I . [ 1 I ■ | . s . i J , f ■ s s B CHATTERTON AN ABSENTEE ♦ Not to Start in the Kentucky Derby Says His Trainer. -— ♦ Deadlock Gallops a Good Mile and an Eighth — Gentility Shows Wonderful Speed. * LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 23.— Finishin? with his usual burst of speed when partly released from restraint Deadlock, Bob Shannons Kentucky Derby hope, showed his best work-out of the spring training season to date when he worked a mile in 1 :41"5 and galloped out an additional eighth in 1 iSo at Churchill Downs this morning. Jockey E. Martin had him under restraint for the first seven-eighths and when he allowed him to increase his speed the Sir Wilfred colt ran the next eighth in 12%. He took him up again sharply at the end of the mile. More than 1,000 local racing enthusiasts journeyed to the Downs to witness the Shannon colts performance and he made a decidedly favorable impression with them by the resolute manner in which he finished. Despite the fact that he had a fairly strenuous time of it during the past week from a training standpoint Deadlock went about his work with eagerness and manifested a desire to run faster than his rider elected at all times. Starting from In front of the grandstand ha was timed the first quarter in 2." , half mile in 50, three-quarters in 1 :16% and seven-eighths in 1 :29. When pulled up Deadlock showed no effects of his fast work and he cooled out as quickly as usual. Veteran horsemen, such as "Canada Jack" Adkins, John C. Ferriss, Tex Forman, James Gass, J. C. Calm and numerous others stated that his work-out was one of the best that they had ever witnessed under the conditions. All ventured the opinion that he could have run several seconds faster had he been allowed. Chatterton. F. J. Kelleys sole entry in the Derby, will be an absentee from the big race, according to an announcement made today by C. C. Van Meter, his trainer. The colt is training splendidly, but Van Meter will reserve him until later in the spring before sending him over such a route of ground as the Derby calls for. "I had never definitely decided that Chatterton would be a starter in the Derby," said Van Meter, "and his training to date has been more in the nature of an experiment with me in an effort to ascertain his real ability, as he has never raced. He has done everything that I asked of him and thoroughly convinced me that he has abundant speed, but I do not think that I would be justified in continuing to train him to run over the distance of one and a quarter miles so early in the year. The colt is eligible to numerous other stake races In Kentucky and will have ample opportunity to demonstrate his real worth later in the season." GREAT SrEED TEST SPOILED. What was intended as a speed feast for the large Sabbath crowd on the part of Gen- tility and Centimeter, the two fastest liorses in the G. L. Blackford stable, was ruined when the latter joined in as pacemaker at the five-eighths post and bothered his companion to such an extent that she finally bolted almost to the outside on the turn off the backstretch. The Eight Brigade filly showed phenomenal speed until she was ham-; percd by Centimeter, as she ran the rirrt eighth in 11, quarter in 22, three-eighths in SI.-M; and half mile in 462b. When former jockey F. Stevens on Centimeter picked her up he started his mount in advance of her and the next eighth of a mile found her in close quarters. Even under this handicap sb, s was timed the five-eighths in 5J";, but at this juncture she began to show a dislike for the perilous position in which she was running and refused to fully extend herself. Stevens I took Centimeter away from her when near-j ing the three-quarters post and, when Gen- tility got clear she tore for tae outside. She ovored the three-quarters in 1:13%, seven-r eighth* in 1 :2S and mile in 1:43%. There was more than the usual amount of activity at the Downs this morning, de- spite the unseasonably cold weather which followed a heavy frost in the early hours. The sun soon remedied this condition and an ideal day for training resulted. The t.vo-» year-olds again were in their element and a large number of them started from the bar-. rter in the mile chute. Dolores, one of the J. H. Ttosseters fillies, which wintered at Churchill Downs under j the care of trainer Will McDaniel, will be sent to Lexington Tuesday to be mated with Friar Rock. She will go over in the car with the James B. Smith horses under trainer T. Griffins care. Pat Knebelkamp is spending a brief vaca- CoatinueU ou eolith puje. CHATTERTON AN ABSENTEE I * Continued from first page. tion at his home in Fort Thomas, Ky. He J will send a division of his stable to Lexington " this week. Flying Prince, a three-year-old colt ownrc" by N. F. Dortch, which wintered at Nash-. ville, Tenn., arrived here this morning and j was taken in charge by trainer James Ever-man. The horse appeared as though he has s undergone some training this spring. J. S. Hawkins will not send any horses S to Lexington. Jockey Bert Kennedy, who 0 is under engagement to him, plans to ride a there. He will ply his vocation as a free e lance during that meeting.
