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I ! | j | ; 1 1 | i j | ! j : j | ! I ! ; ! j I I j | : ■ WM. ZEIGLER DERBY HOPES ♦ Reach Churchill Downs After Long Journey From Pinehurst, N. C. * Our General. Formerly Star Lore, Attracts Much Attention — Twelve Horses in Shipment. I.OlISVILLE, Ky., April 13.— After being on the cars for over forty hours Our General, Needle Gun, Borderland and nine other horses belonging to William Zeigler, Jr., and under the care of W. J. Spiers, reached Churchill Downs Monday morning from their winter training quarters at Pinehurst, N. C, apparently none the worse for the long and j tedious journey. The long trip was oc- j casioned by routing the car by way of At- lanta. The horses were unloaded without | incident and are now safely quartered in the I stalls assigned them in the new section of j the tracks stable enclosure. Trainer Spiers, j accompanied by his son, had preceded the horses here, having made the trip by auto- j mobile. Clyde Ponce, the stables rider, who has been galloping the horses since February 1, arrived Monday morning by train. Our General, Borderland and Needle Gun are Mr. Zeiglers candidates for the Kentucky Derby and according to their trainer they are well advanced in their training, having been galloped all winter at the Pinehurst Fair Grounds track, a course of about five and one-half furlongs. Weather con- ditions for training at that place, according to Mr. Spiers, were ideal, for only two days all winter it was impossible to have the horses out on the track. The trio before leaving Pinehurst were galloped a mile in [1:4ft, The Derby aspirants are now ready to be let down for speedy trials. Our General, which last year raced under I the name of Star Lore, commanded much attention and was closely scrutinized by horse-i men upon his arrival on the Derby battle I field. His coming had been heralded and I a good sized crowd was on hand at the L and N. siding to greet him. W. E. Smith, prominent official of the Louisville Standard I Oil office and a personal friend of owner Zeigler, was conspicuous among the crowd that welcomed trainer Spiers to Churchill j Downs after an absence of over six years. Our General comes here with a splendid record as a two-year-old and is regarded as ! one of the most formidable of the Derby 1 aspirants. He is an upstanding chestnut colt, by Sir Martin — Astrology, and was bred ] by J. E. Madden, who also bred Borderland and named them both. Owner Zeigler recently changed the name of Star Lore to Our General out of compliment to his father-in-law. the late General Watson. As a two-year-old Our General took part in eleven races, of which he won one, was second in three and third on two other occasions. He was beaten by a neck by Stimulus in the Belmont Futurity and. in the opinion of many who watched the race, should have i won. Needle Gun is by Under Fire— Stitch in Time, and was beaten off in his only two starts last year. Borderland is by St. Rock I — Continent. C. D. Healy, well-known sportsman of Cin-I cinnati, came over to look over the various j Derby candidates.
