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HALT LOUISVILLE TRAINING Night Rains Change Track Conditions — Donges and Bo McMillan Only Candidates Out. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 13.— Changed weather conditions brought a halt in the training: of the Derby candidates at both Louisville tracks today and but few trainer." asked their charges to run in the muddy going brought about by heavy overnight rains. John S. Ward s°nt his Derby cok Dcnge-for three-eighths of a mile in company with Colonel Whalen merely as an "opener*" for a longer gallop tomorrow. The son of Celt is in the best of condition and galloped the distance in 36 2-5, the first quarter being caught in 24. Bo McMillan was another Derby eligible asked to work. The big Ballot colt was anxious to run when trainer Lou Cahn told Stanley Veal to let him go a mile in about 1:48. He went the quarter in 25 3-3. hah" in 52, three-quarters in 1:18 and galloped out the mile in 1:17. Bo McMillan looks tit. He has been slowly trained all the winter and spring; and is ready to give his Test when called upon. That he is a good colt every expert and work watcher who has seen him in training will testify. Inited Verde, stable companion of Whisk-away, was galloped three-quarters of a mile this morning in 1:17 1-5. This horse is about one of the best racers in the country over a muddy track. He is in fine condition and has trained soundly. Great things are expected of the son of Golden Maxim this spring. He will be started in all the fixtures in which he is entered, especially if the track should be heavy the day the stakes are decided. All the Derby candidates at Douglas Park again got a day of rest, due to the condition of the course. Cartoonist and Hyperion, the "Bud" Fisher Derby colts, were given long, slow gallops. They probably will be "blowed" out tomorrow, be given a fast work Sunday and put on the train Sunday night or Monday headed for Jamaica. Long: Island. The Meadowbrook Stable, owned by Me-Keon and Siets. Californians, is one of the latest to arrive at the Downs. In this stable is Prince Tit Tii. a Derby candidate; Bon Homme and Sir Leonid, also four promising two-year-olds, the get of the young California sire War Shot. Their names are: First Shot. h. f. by War Shot -Monaco Maid. Over Shot. br. f, by War Shot— Nuns Veiling. Battle Shot. br. f. by War Shot— Countess Joan. Double Shot, a eolt. by War Shot. The first three fillies have been nominated for the Debutante Stakes, to be decided during- the Churchill Downs meeting. The stable is in charge of trainer Early Wright. It has engaged P. Long, an Oklahoma youth, to do the riding. Long rode with success at Tijuana, where lie won forty-seven races during the meeting there.
