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LARGE CROWD AT DOWNS Despite Threatening Weather Many Out to See Horses Work. Seventeen Kentucky Derby Candidates Already in Training Black Gold Is Expected Today. -4 LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 23. Despite tlireatening skies and the fact that the heavy going at Churchill Downs precluded any possibility of speedy trials, the largest crowd of the spring season was out at the track Sunday morning to watch the horses at work and, if possible, obtain some line on their capabilities. Naturally enough the Kentucky Derby candidates in training at the course monopolized the attention of the visitors and such ones as Wise Counsellor, Worthmore King Gorin II., Bourbon Boy and Altawood were subjected to close scrutiny as they jogged around the course. There was also considerable curiosity to obtain a view of the three colts that J. E. Madden has named for the Derby, Gypsy King, Check and Polo Ground, and which are receiving their preparation at the hands of "Chuck" Walker, who is also handling the band of thirty-six two-year-olds for Mr. Madden. The other three-year-olds that are being prepared for the Derby at Churchill Downs are the Audley Farm Stables Frankman and Jefferson Livingstons Quivero, both recent arrivals from New Orleans; J. C. Brights Phidias, being trained by Peter Coyne, who is also in charge of King Gorin II. and Bourbon Boy ; Harned Brothers and Jones Glide and Sanola ; the Hopeful Stables Inver, and Ho-Hick, which Jim McKinney is training for R. P. Marshall, the Pittsburgh lawyer. At Douglas Park the only Derby eligibles in training arc the "Bud" Fisher pair, Mr. Mutt and Comic Artist. HOUSES IX FINE HEALTn. Between the two local tracks there are a total of seventeen Kentucky Derby candidates in training and all of which, witli the exception of Frankman and Quivero, have been in their present quarters all winter. Fortunately there has been no sickness during the winter months and every trainer reports his charges as having come through the cold season period splendidly. Bough coats are beginning to show that lustre incident to perfect condition and if no setbacks are encountered there will be an" abundance of horses for racing from the. opening of the sport this spring. The Kentucky Derby candidates in local training are doing famously and this applies more particularly to Wise Counsellor, Continued on eighth page. LARGE CROWD. AT DOWNS Continued from first page. and King Gorin II., which are undergoing a course of painstaking and methodical training. Glide and Sanola, the pair of fillies that are intended as Derby starters in the colors of ITarned Bros. and Jones, are also being put through a systematic and thorough training by Lon Jones, a pastmaster in the art of conditioning a horse. Both fillies have been named for the Kentucky Oaks and it is possible that they will be started in that stake after their engagements in the Derby. Glide has developed somewhat better than her stable companion and has filled out, although she has not grown much since last fall. This daughter of Manager Waite and Gossip made an enviable record as a two-year-old. In nineteen starts she won seven races, was second in three others and third on four other occasions. She finished five times out of the money and earned a total of 4,028. not a bad showing for a filly that cost he owner a few hundred dollars as a yearling. Among her winning races was a victory in the Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs. Harned Bros. and Jones have a third Derby eligible in Firetoma, a son of Under Fire and Watoma, which has been campaigned at Havana all winter by W. L. Drake. This colt will shortly arrive here to rejoin the stable, but trainer Jones does not think he is of Derby calibre and will not prepare him for tho big race. Much curiosity is being evidenced by local horsemen to see Sirs. R. M. Hoots speedy colt Black Gold, which is due to reach Churchill Downs Monday morning. The colt is reported to have left New Orleans several days ago, being shipped in a freight car, as trainer Webb was unable to secure an express car. This colts three victories in as many starts at Jefferson Park, including his .winning of the Louisiana Derby, have brought him much favorable attention and in local turf circles it is believed he will be a strong contender for Derby honors. The winter books on the Derby are receiving quite a play on the son of Black Toney and Useeit at twenty to one and if the backing keeps up his price will shortly be cut to fifteen to one. Jack Chinn has in training at Churchill Downs five good looking two-year-olds belonging to T. E. Mueller, the Louisville owner, which are regarded as being among the best looking band of youngsters at that course. They include Mighty, chestnut colt by Master Robert Ruth; Rose Girl, bay filly, by Bulse Racy; Smudge, black filly, by Sir John Johnson iko ; Rocky, chestnut colt, by Magneto Last Leaf, and Fusileer, a bay colt, by Spanish Frincc II. Rocky, the only one bred by Mr. Mueller, at his farm near Louisville, is the most highly regarded one of the band. Inver, tho Kentucky Derby candidate that William Martin is training, along with other horses at Churchill Downs, is the property of Mr. Archibald Barklie, well-known sportsman of Philadelphia. Martin, also has charge of some horses for Admiral Cary T. Grayson and Mrs. Grayson, and Mrs. Archibald Bark-lie, Mrs. Grayson and Mrs. Barklie are joint owners of a couple of two-year-olds and a three-year-old fdly. The two-year-olds are Toot Sweet, black filly, by Wrack Toots, and Our Hope, bay colt, by Negofol Majestic. Admiral Graysons representation in the stable is the four-year-old Scoop. Martin also has in his keeping the three-year-old Dear Maria, tho property of Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield. In addition to these Martin has a number of horses of his own, these including Valador, Bees, Brice, Blue and Red, Wrackhorn, Inver Maid and Miss Belle. Mr. Martin will be without the services of jockey John Callahan, who rode" for his stable, for many years. Callahan is now under contract to the stable of W. R. Coe. Mr. Martin will again campaign his stable on tho eastern tracks and expects to ship the horses to Maryland about the middle of April. The stables of Joe TJmensetter and Lon Johnson arrived Sunday from New Orleans. Umensetter brought Ruby, Sam Frcedman. Ben Valet, Rolling Wavo and a couple of two-year-olds, while Johnson unloaded Queen Charming, Mason Towle and Longboat. Jockey H. Kaiser, who rode for T. F. Devereaux at New Orleans, 13 a recent arrival at his tome in Louisville. He will leave Monday for Lexington to rejoin the Devereaux stable. Jockey W. Fronk, who has been riding at Havana, is due to reach here Wednesday, when he will report to the stable of Harned Bros and Jones, his contract employers. 0
