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NOTABLE TRIO WORK WELL ♦ Quatrain, Lee 0. Cotner and Captain Hal Show Up Well. p • All Three Sent a Mile in the Soft Going-Bruise on Quatrains Leg Entirely Healed. ■" ■ ■ ■ LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 2S.— Tuesday was work day for Quatrain, Lee O. Cotner and Captain Hal, which three are attracting more attention in their training for the Derby than any of the other eligibles here. Tho fact that additional rain had fell the night before caused the Churchill Downs course to be quite muddy, but this did not effect the plans of the trainers of these colts, nor interfere with their schedule. The going next to the inner rail, however, was better than it looked, and quite a few horses that worked during the morning were able to run the various distances in time that was entirely satisfactory. Especially was this true of the horses mentioned above ; they all working a full mile in creditable time. Captain Hal was the first of the trio to appear and his fractions were :24% ; :49% ; 1 :17*4 ; 1 :45%. He was going well in hand the first three-quarters but in the last quarter appeared to tire somewhat. Lee O. Cot-ners mile accompanied by Bourbon Boy was accomplished in 1 :44% and was a good performance for the rather Ions striding colt over a soft track. He was timed in :24% ; :49% ; 1 :16Vfe. The two horses finished right together. Quatrain when brought out responded with an easy mile in 1 :45. Owner Frederick Johnson was rather late in bringing the handsome chestnut out and the wind had dried the track to a certain degree, making it slower. After galloping around to the stand, with the stable pony. Quatrain began at the judges stand and his action immediately stamped him as a racer of quality. Over a muddy track he ran the mile as follows : :26, :52, 1 :18. 1 :45. In the last eighth owner Johnson, who was atop one of the motion picture camera stands in the center of the field, signaled Quatrains rider to sldw down although the colt was under restraint throughout his work. At no time of the mile journey in fact, did the chestnut by any sign or manner give evidence of being straight, or that he was running other than under a stout pull. Outside of the work of these three eligibles, Elsass, Abstract and Russell Cave were out for gallops, Elsass going three-quarters of a mile in :53, 1 :22 ; Russell Cave, three-eighths in :24%, :3G% ; Abstract and Annihilator worked together and went the half in :52, where the latter dropped out. Abstract, then worked out three-quarters in 1 :22 easily. Frederick Johnson states that the bruise Quatrain suffered on one of his frogs, is entirely healed. It was caused by his stepping on a cinder, which worked up into a small pocket at the base of the frog. And it was this minor injury that caused his owner to declare him out of the rich Preakness Stakes preferring to have him ready to do his best in the Derby. His car for Baltimore, which would have transported the colt there for the Preakness, had been ordered for today. Trainer Lon Johnson has decided not to ship Klsass to Lexington. The White House . Derby colt was to start there in a race, but the indisposition of two two-year-olds in the stable caused Johnson to change his plans. Jockey W. Anderson, a veteran rider, is 1 connected with the C. C. Wright stable, which I wintered at Churchill Downs, and will ride : for that establishment here. His engagement book will be looked after by trainer C. R. i Anderson, of the same stable. i Lord Gentry, who is in charge of the J. B. Respess horses at Douglas Park, is on the i lookout for a rider, and while he has several 1 in mind, has not as yet came to a definite : decision. »
