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ZEVS FINAL PREPARATION Rancocas Champion Gallops Mile and a Quarter in Fine Style. Trainer S. C. Hlldreth Confident That the Colt Will Triumph Over In Memoriam Saturday. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 14. Zev, Americas greatest money winner, conqueror of the Epsom Derby winner Papyrus in the International race at Belmont Park, was shipped today to Churchill Downs, Louisville, to meet Carl Wiedemanns champion of the West, In Memoriam, which defeated him in the Latonia Championship Stakes, in the match race next Saturday, when the three-year-old championship of the American turf will be decided. Trainer S. C. Hildreth again gave the Rancocas Stables star his final preparation for his engagement before shipping. Yesterday at Pimlico the son of The Finn Miss Kearney was brought on the track shortly after 2 oclock and was sent the full mile and a quarter, the distance of the match race, in 2:13 2-5. A large gallery of admirers of the Rancocas Stable colt remainded at the Hill Top track to see him in his workout and were greatly impressed by the manner in which he galloped the distance. The start was made from the upper turn, with the two-year-old Bracadale acting as pacemaker. However, before the first eighth was covered in 12 2-5, L. Fator, astride of Zev, was having difficulty in keeping him back of the youngster. Going to the grandstand the first time the quarter was timed in 24 3-5, with Zev continually fighting for a loose rein. The three-eighths was reached in 37, half in 49 3-5, five-eighths in 1:03 3-5. Here Bracadale displayed signs of distress and eased up, despite the effort of M. Fator, and Zev had to cover the next eighth alone, reaching the three-quarter in 1:18 2-5. Rounding the turn he was joined by another, of the Rancocas horses and ran the seven-eighths in 1 :32 4-5, mile in 1 :45 2-5, mile and an eighth in 1:59 2-5 and the mile and a quarter in 2:13 2-5. Trainer Hildreth was much pleased with the tryout and stated before Zev trotted back before the grandstand: "Despite the general opinion prevailing that I would rather have raced In Memoriam at one mile and an eighth, the extra eighth demanded by Bob Gilmore for the race suits me perfectly. I dont mean to give you the impression I have any excuses to offer for the defeat suffered in his race against In Memoriam, but know he did not run the race he is capable of, and Saturday he will reverse the decision of that, Im quite certain." After Zevs trial, Mad Play, a son of Fair Play, was given a mile workout in 1:40 2-5 and will accompany the three-year-old and Stanwix to Louisville. The youngsters will carry the Rancocas stables silks in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes to be run on the same day their stable companion measures strides with In Memoriam.
