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ANALYSIS OF DERBY HOPES Thirty-Two Candidates at Louisville in Four Divisions. • tc to Honges, Cartoonist and Bo McMillan Mosl Favored — In Memoriam and Prince h K. Not 0»erlooked. fc for LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 13.— The thirty- T two Derby candidates quartered at Churchill hBDowns and Douglas Park might be classified into four divisions at the present lime, more K. g than a month before the day the Kentucky q Derby is to be decided. The first division includes eligibles which have shown best dur- ,-ing the training period up to April 10. In g. this group there are seven, including Donges, Cartoonist, Bj McMillan, In Memoriam, Prince K., Skeezix and Lord Granite. *- The second division includes Alice Blue ? Gown. Chittagong. Calcutta, Actuary, Park Hill, Pravus. Red Arrow, Flintstone, Sandy Hatch, Valador and Hyperion. B The third division is composed of entries of ■ doubtful class, which have done but little C to date to Justify their owners starting them in the big race. These are Blue Stone, Dozer, s Mac Lir, Flowers of Ix-ve, Great Jaz, Vanish- a ing Boy and Donegal. a The fourth division has been named, but is not being trained fcr the Derby at pres- n ent. They arc Palruba. Metric, Red Mulligan, t. Tip Toe Inn, litzrue, Mon Pere and Vanish-ing Boy. f In the first division Donges is given the preference on his last years form and on account of his careful preparation for the big race. While be has never shown as fast gallops as several others in the select list, ho has done all that has been required of him by his owner, John S. Ward, and his trainer. Roscoe Goose. The fastest work Donges lias done is three-quarters around 1 :M and the mile around 1 :43. While Donges ; does not seem to have grown in stature he ; a a is th- type of the thoroughbred described by the experts as "all horse." This colt is deep through the fere quarters and is game as a ■ j pebble. He is said to resemble the conforma- • i tion of his paternal grandfather, Melton, one I 2 of the best of English racers, as well as the . sire of many winners. ; CARTOONIST FOR PREAKNESS. Cartoonist should be considered next, both 1 j on looks and his showing as a two-year-old. • This son of Celt has been in constant training f | | J since early is February and while he has 3 not been rushed by trainer Gordon he is 3 practically ready for racing. He has never •worked faster than three-quarters in 1:15 and a mile better than 1 :4.r , but he is ready J to go at full speed when necessity requires. Critics hold that Cartoonist will not be equal j j to the distance of one mile and a quar- " . ter, but trainer Gordon avers that he can run i all day. Cartoonist will be shipped Fast in 1 a few days with the "Bud" Fisher stable. He probably will start at Havre de Grace and, barring mishaps, is intended for the 2 Preakness Stakes at Fimlico. That Cartoonist will be right on edge for that race and 1 1 probably ss fit. or more so. than many of the e • eastern candidates is the belief of many , experts who have watched the Fisher colt • in training. Cartoonist will be brought back ; to run in the Kentucky Derby. This is vouched for by trainer Gordon, whether he ■ wins the Preakness or not. Bo McMillan is another colt well meant t ; for the 1 erby and he is about ready for r | lacing. The son of Ballot has had I I probably the most careful preparation of any „ colt that was ever trained for the Derby. Trainer Cahn had Bo McMillan at New Orleans nearly all the winter and spring, and d • on arriving at the Downs he looked in the e pink of condition. Shrewd horsemen are e unanimous in the opinion that he will be a a hard colt to beat over a long route of ground. • It also is argued that the Ballots, when they V are really good ones, always improve in n their three-year-old year. IN MEMORIAM NEAR READY. In Memoriam will be ready to give his s best shortly. He has been conditioned perfectly . by a master hand— George Land. The e sen of llcGee has a large following other r than his stable connections, which have bet t on him in the future books to win a kings s ransom. Carl Weidemann, his owner, it is ,s said, stands a chance to win more than a a quarter of a million should In Memoriam n come down in front of the Derby lield May y 19. Ford Granite has shown the fastest work i. of any of the Derby candidates to date. His iS three-quarters in 1 :14%, the first five-eighths IS in 1 :##%, was a sparkling performance. He e is also in good hands, but many trainers of experience say that trainer Ownbey is going S a bit too fast with the son of Granit". Bx-perience :" lias taught the training colonw that it many a good Derby colt has left his race ■e on the track" before the day of the Derby, ■ l.y being asked to do his best in gallops. « "Slim" Ownbey. however, is no come-on at It the sport of racing and probably knows the ie capability of his charge. Prince K. is the tip among the railbirds Is and hangerrv-on around the Downs for Derby iy honors. If looks or a willingness to run in fast have anything to do with making Derby iy winners Irince K. is certainly entitled to a a look-in. This colt is a wonderful piece of i f horseflesh. He was raced twenty-nine times :s last year and many of those times unfit, t, but he came out of it all to grow stouter and faster. His suspicious underpinning is is no more. His legs now are as hard as bells Is of brass and he has worked a mile faster jr than any of the Derby candidates trained Ml at either of the Louisville tracks this spring ■ — 1:4:1. He seems to be training on for ar great doings if Louis Marshall keeps him in the condition he is at present. Skeezix. Frank .1. Kelleys Derby candidate, has been at Churchill Downs but ten days, s, having been trained at the old Tanforan IB traek near San Francisco all spring. He Ie appears Bt in his work and near racing condition. n- This colt must have some sort it of a chance else trainer Van Meter would Id not be pointing him for the big race. His is best work is three-quarters around 1 :lt». Those in the second division worth mentioning n- are Flintstone, which is said to be be the best of the four "Chuck" Walker is is training for John E. Madden for the Derby. Trainer Walker has never asked any of of the Madden quartet to go fast. A mile in in 1 :47 is the fastest Flintstone has gone, according c- to the dockers records. Alice Blue Gown, Chittagong and Flowers rs of Love, nominated by J. O. and G. H. Keene, ie, have all had consistent and useful work. It It at It ie Is iy in iy a a of i f :s t, is is Is jr Ml for ar s, IB He Ie n- it Id His is n- be be is is of of in in c- rs ie, It It is no secret that Chittagong is the one ne that the Keene establishment intends for or the Derby. At least, their money has been placed in the future books on this colt and nd the two fillies. Alice Blue Gown and Flowers ,rs of Love, have been let severely alone. Tliese two crack fillies are intended for the Oaks, vS according to persons "in the know." Actuary and Park Hill, trained by Feter er Coyne, are goin-j; along well and are prober ,b- able starters should they continue to train jn on, but the knowing ones say they arc hardly . • of Derby class. Pi a* US, sold recently by John E. BlaMea to a local sportsman. Ml ■s a good colt, but just how good is a quan-lg n- clary. He, however, is being prepared for the he Derby by Dr. E. It. Richards, a local veter-m ;r_ inarian. Calcutta has a good record and is in con-e, ,n" dittos to run at short notice. This colt wa.s as second to Arnold in the Louisiana Derby. Red Arrow is for sale, but at a steep ep figure. He belongs to Al Kirhy, trainer for or , Jefferson Livingston, and is a colt of much Bpeed and may go a route. W. L. Martins Yulador. it is claimed, will " not start in the Derby, but he is a good colt. although he never won a race after several ral attempts aa a two-year-old. He probably ,;v will be shipped East with the Martin stable ,i"c before the meeting at Churchill Downs be-y. je" gins. la the third division there may be a "dark k horse," but if there is he has been kept "under cover." Is the fourth division none have shown . anything worthy of COUStde ration and it is not likely that any of these will be seen cn with colors up in the Derby May 19.
