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AT LOUISVILLE TRACKS » . . Old Man Winter Pays Unexpected Visit Tuesday Morning. « Snow and Cold Retard Training Operations — Glide and Sanola Loom Up Prominently. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 1.— The unusual spectacle of a snowfall at this time of year was witnessed at both local tracks Tuesday morning when the horses were given their exercise gallops with the snowflakes falling ahout tlicni. The snow melted on the courses as soon as it fell and had little or no effect upon the tracks, both of which were in fine condition. The protracted cold weather, however, had the effect of deterring trainers from sending tlvir charges along at a fast pace. Accordingly the work in the main was restricted to long, slow gallops. At Churchill Downs. Glide and Sanola. two crack fillies that Lon Johnson is handling, were the only Kentucky Derby candidates to be given anything like pretentious trials. Trainer Johnson sent the pair for a gallop at three-quarters, the greatest distance they have been sent this year. The pair began at the head of the homestretch and, with Glide in advance all the way. they ran well in hand and finished the distance wihout much effort. The fractional time was: 24. 27%, H%, 1 :0."i. 1 : 1 0 -"s . Johnson was well satisfied with the work. He gave it as his opinion that they will be fit and ready to start in the I erby and, regardless of how they finish in that race, they will be sent after the Kentucky daks, to which stake both are potential eligible a The stable is going to pin its hopes on Glide in both the I »erby and Oaks and. while it is not believed that this fine daughter of Manager Waile and Gossip will prove to be tin- superior of the colts that engage in the Derbjr, there is a growing conviction that she will prove her worth in the Oaks. B1IBI IMPRESSKS ALL. Horsemen who have in mind Glides record as a two-year-olds and who have seen her work this year are not slow to express the opinion that she will prove the star three-y.ar-old filly of the year. The filly has grown considerably since last fall and is without douht the finest looking one of her age in local training. J. O. Keepe, manager of the new Baceland track, came over from I xington to inspect the horses at »hurchill Downs that his brother. :. 11. Keene, is training in their j tart interest. Mr. Kecne was immensely 1 leased with the fine appearance of the animals and their advanced training. He had just come from the Kecne Farm, where he re|»orted the first foal of the year had arrived a few aaya ago. The voungster is a bay lilly from Iurple Cross, by Atheling II. Three or four other mares at the farm. 1 red to Luke McLuke, are expected to ftal shortly. Bob Shannon is preparing four horses at Churchill Downs for a campaign on the Xiw York Hacks this spring, and has the quartette in advanced condition of training. Tin- stable includes the three-year-olds Skirmish- r. Passport atid Sophy, and a two-year-old colt by Yon Tromp Electro, a half-brother to the Lalonia Derby winner Tlubo-daux. W. COYINOTOVS STRING. W. Covington is .handling at Churchill Downs a small stable of horses for various owners.. The chief ones are Granite Ware, the property of olonel W. 10. Applegate. and Lady Fox. which is owned by AY. . YVeant. There is also a fine-looking two-year-old by st. Rock Faustina that has beea named St. Faust. Thai youngster will run in Mr.] Covingtons otora. n w. hi, trainer of Hack Gold, is again] confined to his home near Churchill Downs witli an attack of lonsilitis. Jockey August ferret, who recently arrived from Havana, left Tuesday to visit his parents in Detroit. Jockey W. Fronk, under contract to Harried I.r«.s. A Jones, another lite arrival f:om the "iil au capital, lias gSSM to Lexington for a abort Hit. F. Kneliclkamp, who is at present in Tijuana, Where his hoi s s are being raced in the care of YY. 1!. Finnegan. has notified I i friends here that he intends leiving a number of boraei an the coast until next fall. Those int- aded fee racing la Kentucky will have shortly from the Lower California track for Churchill Downs. The stal.le of Qeetge H. Hendrie. the Canadian sp. rtsm.in. which wintered at Gall.i-tin. Tenn . in charge of trainer John Walt- is, is due to reach the Downs Wednesday mi ruing. Five horses belonging to the Green tree stable are expected to be unloaded about the tuinie time.
