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PRINCE K. IN HIGH FAVOR — — — ♦ His Recent Fast Mile Gains Him Many More Admirers. ♦ ■ Derby Situation Pnzzling — Large Field Predicted — Training Reports East and West Satisfactory. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 22— When Prince K. galloped a mile in 1 :42 at Churchill Downs a few days ago he not only s?t the railbirds and workwatchers tongues wagging, but caused merriment among the many backers of the colt who have "tickets in their jeans calling for odds against Prince K. anywhere from 100 to 1 down to .10 to 1. A few more gallops like that one will make the son of Mont dOr a local favorite for the Derby. Prince K. was a good colt last year. He could carry his weight and when in condition could run as fast as any of the Western oungsters and "rings around" most of them. Although he was one of the busiest two-year-olds of the Western division, starting twenty-nine times and winning ten of his races, he was one of the few two-year-olds in the country that had to his credit a mile in better than 1 :40. There are too many smart turfmen watching the preparation of the many Derby candidates around the Louisville tracks to be | fooled these days, and Prince K.s gallop has been tabbed by them as extra good. Of course, it was a sensational work to the uninitiated. It was a good performance in that the track was not altogether fast, but lumpy and still a bit heavy from recent rain. It stood out in sparkling contrast with the gallops of Donges. 1 :4r.V5 : Park Hill. 1:41; Actuary, 1 :44% : Lord Granite, 1 :44% ; Pra-vus, 1 :4r % ; Chittagong. 1 :45%. and MacLir and Sandy Hatch, 1 :47%. Being at least two seconds faster than any cf these aroD* intended Derby candidates, this gallop of Prince K.s must stand out until it is bettered. raw Bicnrora ix field. A new Richmond is in the Derby field. This star is a bay colt named Great Man. He is being trained by former jockey Fred Taral at Belmont Park for the Riviera Stable. Great Man. early last year, was considered at the top of the list of twe-year-olds. In four starts at Jamaica and Aqueduct he won three races, in his last defeating Tall Timber, Amor Patriae and ethers, five-eighths of a mile in 59 over the Aqueduct course. Then a mshap came and Great Man was retired for the year. He evidently has developed into a crack, else Fred Taral would not have written the track superintendent at Churchill Downs to reserve room for Great Man and several others, including High Chief, another Derby eligible, which he now plans to run as an entry in the Derby. Great Man is by Great Britain from Metzie. by Alloway. On hs sires side he is bred on the lines of the great English Derby winner Orby. Hih Chief is by Von Tromp from Bala Shot, by Sain. The latter won his last ::tart in ten. which removed him from the maiden class. Day by day the Derby grows more puzi-zling. Indications now are that the fielu may number as high as twenty-five, possibly as many as thirty. It seems as if the prize is coveted by nearly every owner of a racing stable in the country. With the training season late it looks as if many cf the eligibles will be reserved to get their fust racing in the classic. Reports from the Baat are that all the best colts and fillies of j hist year are training satisfactorily for the big race and none of them has been declared np to date. Strange to say, the makeis cf future books in the Fast have accepted commissions on nearly all the eastern eligibles | and from sources which point to the intention of their owners starting them.
