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, | | : : I j ! ; ; j I I j J , 1 1 1 i CAPTAIN HALS FINE WORK » Louisville -Owned Derby Candidate in Impressive Gallop. ♦ Quatrain Convinces His Owner That All Is Well— Bridesmaid Goes Mile In 1:42. ♦ LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 16.— Encompassing his task with ease Captain Hall, locally owned Kentucky Derby candidate, showed his most impressive work of the spring season when, at Churchill Downs this morning, he galloped a mile in the good time of 1 :42ai. and finished out the mile and one-eighth -n 1 :56%. This latest work of the son of Black Toney and Wavering, proves that he is steadily advancing in his training, and that, barring mishaps, will be in perfect racing condition on the afternoon of the big race. The colt is going along in a most satisfactory manner. He is being given a most careful preparation by trainer Walter Hopkins, who is not rushing the colt in his work. The colt was given his first trial at one mile on April 1, which he covered easily in 1 :43%. Six days later the colt went the mile just as easily in exactly the same time. April 12 he was given a try-out on a slow track and went a creditable mile in 1 :45. Trainer Hopkins then waited four days before giving the colt his latest gallop. Jockey J. Heupel was astride him in Thursdays fine exhibition. He rated the colt nicely and never once let him have his head. With a well-modulated stride Captain Hall turned the first quarter in :24% ; the half in :49% ; three-quarters in 1 :15%, and was merely cantering the final quarter to finish the mile in l:42™h. The colt was so eager* to run that many of the work watchers expressed the opinion that he could have traversed the mile in 1 :38. Heupel was so busily engaged trying to pull the colt up in the final three-sixteenths that he lost one of his stirrups. While the trial of Captain Hal engrossed the attention of the work watchers, the works of a number of the other eligibles did not I pass unnoticed. The most impressive of these was witnessed when Frederick Johnsons Quatrain ran the fastest mile since his arrival at the local course. He went the distance easily in l:45Vs. the trial supplementing his work of two days ago when he was al-I lowed to go a similar distance in 1 :46%. In his latest work Quatrain wore blinkers and was sent out with Princess Adele. The lat-[ ter might just as well have been left in the barn for as a pacemaker she offered no contention to her more illustrious stable companion. The latter with jockey E. Le-gere up, led the Oaks filly all the way, never being called upon for any special effort. Jockey J. Sigholz, astride of Princess Adele, had been instructed to keep his mount well up with the Derby colt, as owner Johnson wanted the latter to have some competition in his trial. But Sigholz, try as hard as he could, could never get his mount within hail- J Continued on sixteenth page. CAPTAIN HALS FINE WORK Continued from first page. ing distance of the Derby favorite. The latter went along in his usual methodical manner, being hard held all the way. The fractions were: :13, :25%, :38, :51%, 1:05, 1 :17%, 1 :31 and 1 A5%. Princess Adele was timed in 1:46%. Prior to the trial of Quatrain, owner Johnson was apprehensive that the colt might have developed soreness in one of his front feet, due probably to the fact that he had picked up a cinder on the roadway near the stable. As a precaution, the colts front feet were bound up all around and he was thus equipped on his way from the stable to the track, where the bandages were removed. After the trial they were replaced for the return trip to the barn. Johnsons fears for the colt proved to be groundless, for he came out of his work without exhibiting any lameness, and if he was sore it was only of a trifling nature. Bridesmaid, one of H. P. Whitneys Derby eligibles, and an intended starter in the Ashland Oaks at Lexington, turned the fastest trial at one mile when she rattled off the . distance in 1 :42. The filly was paced by Corinth for the first three-quarters. She ran at a steady gait, going the half in *$% and three quarters in 1 :15%. James Corrigans Derby eligible Kitcat n. went out for a strong gallop at three-quarters, being accompanied by Rambler, a sta-blemate. The pair raced on even terms, reeling off the quarter in :25, the half in :50 and the three-quarters in 1 :16%. Lee O. Cotner, accompanied by Bourbon Boy, was sent a half in :52. Rag Time went five-eighths in 1 :03% and Pyroot, the S. N. Hol-man Derby eligible, went a similar distance in 1 :05. Russell Cave galloped a quarter in :24 and Cup Bearer three-eighths in :37. Boon Companion was indulged in a slow half in :53%. Mark Master supplied the outstanding work at Douglas Park. Trainer George Walker called upon the son of Luke Mc-Luke for the first ambitious move since his arrival from Tijuana and the colt performed his task in a satisfactory manner. With Walter Lilley in the saddle, he went the quarter in :25%, half in :52%, three-quarters in 1 :19% and the mile in 1 :47%. He galloped out the extra eighth in 2 :02%. •
