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LOUISVILLE TRACKS MUDDY ♦ Rain of Thursday Night Leaves Courses Sea of Mud. « Roycrofter in an Impressive Move — Man- Ionian to Slnrt at Lexington Monday — Latest Turf Gossip. ♦ KOFISVIFKF. Ky.. April 23.— Horsemen at the local courses found the tracks veritable seas of mud to conduct their training operations over, due to the hard rain of last night. There was a hard bottom to the Churchill Downs track, however, as some of the workouts of thoroughbreds eligible to the Derby attested. The most ambitious move of the day was made by Roycrofter, the G. Frank Croissant representative, which negotiated a mile in 1:48%. The colt worked alone and went the distance handily in the fractional time of :2S%. :38%. :53%. 1:20%. 1:34% for the first seven-eighths. Trainer L. A. Connor was on hand to work the colt, after a short visit to Chicago, and he put the stable rider, Jimmy Burke, up on Roycrofter to get the best results possible over the sloppy track. E. R. McLeans Prince of Wales, accompanied by The Engineer, turned in the fastest gallop of the morning, although it was only at a sprinting distance. Trainer Schorr sent the pair a half mile in the time of :2Zrz, :38 and :49. Mr. Archibald saw his Derby colt. Man-tonian. sift through the mud for a half mile in :50*f, after turning the quarter in :25 and first three-eighths in :37%. lew Bloom sent Botanic for an opener of a quarter mile in :24%. Nocturnal, Recollection. Champ De Mars and other Derby candidates that are preparing for the big race at the Downs were given slow gallops. EL Teller Archibald and jockey Steve ODonnell leave for Lexington tonight, where the stable rider will have the leg up on Candy Queen, a two-year-old in the stable, [ trained by George Walker. Mantonian will Ik? sent to Lexington to- morrow to start in the Preparation Purse I Monday, a mile race for three-year-olds. J. T. Mooney, who is now in the employ of Jefferson Livingston, visited his old employer. J. F. Schorr, at the Downs. He brought the good horse. Actuary, to Er-i langer to enter the stud at the Highlands j Farm of J. B. Respess. The horse shipped in good condition from Belmont Park and was taken to the farm without any mishap. W. C. Weant. owner of Oakdale Stock Farm, near this city, reports the foaling of a dark brown filly by his mare, Eulah F. ! The foal was sired by Prince Pal and he now has two colts and two fillies by this ! sire. Willie Garner and his uncle Mack Garner left after exercising the horses in the stable of their contract employer. Pete Coyne, for Lexingion where both will accept mounts during the coming meeting. Not many of the trainers here will allow I . Continued on sixteenth pace LOUISVILLE TRACKS MUDDY Continued from first page their stable riders to go to the Blue Grass track to ride as they need their services here in helrting to get their charges ready for the U,»vns meeting. There are applications in for stall room at present, which number 390 more than can be accommodated. Track Superintendent Tom Young returned last night from Chicago where he has been for the past few days directing the work on the new track at Lincoln Fields, in Will County. Illinois. Dr. G. E. Mcintosh fired McGood in the J. B. Respess barn for a ring-bone. This horse is the property of John Hackmeister. who was general manager of Douglas Park and Batonia for the number of years that racing was conducted over them when the Cella-Adler syndicate owned the tracks. The plans for the extension of the grandstand, under way at the northern end of the Churchill Downs track, which will extend to almost the point where the start will be made in the Derby, call for a long terrace space in front of it. and a roof garden on top of it. where the public can get an excellent view of the races. There will be no boxes in this stand and it will be first come, first served as to seats, which are for the general admission patrons without extra charges. It Is current rumor here that Carlaris is not improving as rapidly as his trainer anticipated and his training has been curtailed considerably in the past few days by F. R. Kraft, his conditioner. Mr. Anderson, the colts owner, wired from Oakland. Cal.. to trainer Kraft to do what was best in his judgment with the colt and that if he thought the colt should be thrown off training to do so. Mr. Kraft will come to a decision in the next few days, it is said.
