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IN DERBY LIMELIGHT • Heavily-Backed In Memoriam Again Works Impressively. ♦ Cartoonist Looks Fit — Bo McMillan Far Advanced in Training — Prince K. in Favor. LOUISVILLE. Ky., April 18.— In Memoriam, Carl Weidemanns Derby candidate, in a workout at Dougla3 Park this morning, caused backers of that colt to take renewed hope when the son of McGee set a new mark for .a mile among the Derby eligibles training there. He ran the first quarter in 25, half in 49%. three-quarters in 1 :16, and a mile in 1 :43%. It was not so much the time in which In Memorian worked the mile, which was so impressive among the work watchers, but the ease in which he did it. The big colt pulled up at the end of the mile journey scarcely blowing a long breath. This probably is one of the heaviest backed colts ot the western eligibles. Trainer Alex Gordon gave Cartoonist and Hyperion a creditable three-quarters of a mile. Cartoonist was in the lead, merely cantering all the way. The timers caught the first quai ter in 25, half in 50% and thiee-quarters in 1 :17. Cartoonist looks fit. These colts will be shipped to New York in a few days with the Fisher stable. Another old favorite in the Fisher stable is Muskallonge. This sprinter is sure to give a good account of himself in his early races. He was never in betttr condition. Great Jaz, another Derby eligible in the Weidemann stable, was given a slow mile in 1:50%. Calcutta, the Colin colt which finished second in the Louisiana Derby, was galloped three-eighths in 41%. Fitzrue, known as a "dark horse" for the Derby, training at Douglas Park, worked three-eighths in 3D4*;. This colt is a big, upstanding chestnut and may prove to be a horse of some quality. Trainer Lou Cahn sent Bo McMillan a fast mile this mcrning at Churchill Downs. He went the first quarter in 24%, half in 50%, three-quarters in 1 :17% and mile in 1 :45. Bo McMillan looks ready to go the Derby route tomorrow. Prince K.. Derby candidate in the Marshall stable, which showed a sensational trial at Churchill Downs Tuesday, has caused that colts backers to press their commission on him, so that today the top price quoted against Prince K. in local books is only 25 to 1. Chatterton and Skeezix were given a "blow out" this morning. Both galloped three-eighths in 37 at even pace. Joe Hawkins, who developed Firebrand and who recently bought Startle, the Kentucky Oaks winner of last year from the H. II. Hewitt estate, has notified superintendent Young that he will bring his stable of nine horses, including Startle, to Churchill Downs next Friday. Mr. Hawkins has been at Hot Springs most all the winter recovering from illness. His horses will not be ready for the Lexington, meeting . *
