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DERBY HOPES IN DEMAND Substantial Offers Being Made for Likely Prospects for Kentuckys Most Coveted Race. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March IS. Owners of Derby eligibles located at Louisville are still besieged by persons who would buy their Derby candidates. C. Bruce Head, who was offered 0,000 for Altawcod last fall, has been approached to sell that colt for a larger amount. Peter Coyne has refused repeatedly to take 0,000 for King Gorin II. Arthur B9ard, who owns Bourbon Boy, trained by Coyne, refused an offer of ,500 for the son of North Star III. last Sunday. This colt is another Derby eligible which is training favorably. While no sensational work was recorded, all the stable of Cartoonist Bud Fisher was given plenty of exercise at Douglas Park Monday. The track was a bit rough and partly frozen. Mr. Mutt ran the fastest cf any of tin; Fisher string.- He was worked three-quarters in 1:29, the first quarter in 27 and the half in 51. This colt is progressing toward condition in grand style. Tim Mosier, a veteran oi the turf who has not raced in America for several years, has two three-year-olds lie is getting ready at Douglas Park for the races. They are Statler, chestnut gelding, by Frizzle Inclination, and Max Brick, chestnut colt, by Sir Martin Contentious. While the two have not been entered in any stakes, they have shown Mosier enough to warrant that they will "win their oats." Mosier is assisted in training these racers by Ted Sheain, another old-timer.
