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W FISHEITS HOPES Mr. Mutt Gallops a Fast Three-Quarters Sunday Morning. Nellie Morse and Comic Artist, from Same Stable, Also Show Up Impressively. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 30. Trainer Alex Gordon, who is handling the stable of H. C "Bud" Fisher at Douglas Park, let the stables Kentuclcy Derby and Oaks candidates down for their most pretentious sal-lops of the spring training season when he sent Mr. Mutt, Comic Artist and Nellie Morse three-quarters mile in the fastest time reeled of by any horse at either of the local tracks this year. Mr. Mutt went the distance in 1:15 3-5, while Nellie Morse was caught in a fifth of a second slower time. Comic Artist worked the distance in 1:18. The three horses were sent out separately and all carried approximately 130 pounds. The showing of the trio was most favorably commented upon by the few spectators at the track Sunday morning and the performances were all the more creditable in view of the fact that the track still bore evi-denco of Fridays heavy downpour. The going was lumpy and dead and far from being fast, besides the horses were handicapped by a stiff wind that they faced while running down the backstretch. Comic Artist was the first to be brought out and with Harry Goffe, a heavy exercise boy. in the saddle the son of Omar Khayyam began from the three-quarters mile post and, running with an even stride, went the quarter in 24 4-5, three-eighths in 47 1-5, half in 50 1-5 and five-eighths in 1:04, finishing the three-quarters in 1 :18. Nellie Morse, with another heavyweight boy up, was then given her turn and she showed to much better advantage and displayed keen speed by going the quarter in 21 3-3, three-eighths in 35 4-5, half in 48 and tbree-quarters in 1:15 4-5. The filly showed the best half mile of the training season and finished the three-quarters mile in clever fashion. 3IK. MUTTS SHOWING BEJiT. The showing of Mr. Mutt was the best of the three and, . although it took him 49 seconds to cover the half mile, one second slower than to the credit of Nellie Morse, he finished the gallop more resolutely than the filly and covered the full three-quarters mile in 1 :15 3-5. He went the quarter in 23 4-5, three-eighth in 30 and half in 40, and, whereas it took Nellie Morse twenty-seven and four-fifths seconds to cover the final quarter, the son of Ballot and Eden Hall negotiated the distance in twenty-six and three-fifths seconds. Trainer Gordon had desired the horses to travel three-quarters in around 1 :17 and he was surprised when Nellie Morse and Mr. Mutt galloped the distance in much better time. Irately the horses have been worked slow miles and trainer Gordon had concluded it was time to let them go on and run on their own courage. This they did in a manner that convinced their trainer that they still have their speed and that they will be ready when the time comes for them to make their threc-yeaf-old debut. The cold sharp wind that blew across Churchill Downs Sunday morning made matters very disagreeable for the large crowd that flocked to the course in the hope of witnessing some of the Derby candidates in Sliced trials and they were doomed to disappointment for trainers decided the weather was too cold and blustery for fast work and contented themselves with allowing their charges to gallop around the course or by walking them around the shed.
