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REIGH COUNTS BEST WORK « Derby Favorite Covers Mile in 1:43 Vo at Churchill Downs. ♦- _ Reign Olga Likewise Shows t*p Impressively — D. F. Kelly to Be J. J. toughlins Reliance in the Derby. » LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 20— Reigh Count, favorite for the Kentucky Derby, showed his best performance of the present training season, when at Churchill Downs this morning he galloped a mile in the good time of 1 :43Vb. His best previous time for the mile was 1:44, which he reeled off exactly one week ago. Reigh Count, with jockey Chick Lang astride, went out with Reigh Olga, his regular workmate and accomplished his task in a most impressive manner. The pair began at the stand, with Reigh Olga having the advantage of four lengths at the start. After the first quarter. Reigh Count got on even terms with his stablemate and, taking an inside position, sped along under good restraint and could easily have outdistanced the other colt. Coming down the home stretch, Reigh Count was stil! running easily and in the final sixteenth he drew into a slight lead and finished half a length to the good. Reight Count was caught in the following fractions: :24%, :50%, 1:16% and 1:43%. Aftfr completing the mile, the Derby favorite galloped out an extra eighth, his time for the mile and an eighth being 1 :o7v-;. Reigh Olga was timed the mile in 1 :43%. The showing of both colts was mighty-pleasing to trainer Michell. Otto Lehman, owner of Reigh Olga, was an interested spectator of the colts work, having come from his home in Chicago to view Reigh Olga in action. Mr. Lehman was accompanied by William Pinch, another resident of Chicago. H. Xeusteters Nick Cullop, also displayed a sparkling performance when he ran the mile in 1 :45, which was easily the best work of the son of Paul Weidel this season. The colt, with jockey Leo Feeney in the saddle, had more than his Derby weight up. He displayed good speed throughout, going the quarter in :2?.4-, ; half in :484s; five-eighths in 1 :02 and three-quarters in 1 :15%. Geo. Barnes Whiskarm created a most favorable impression when he rattled off three-quarters in 1 :17-"r,. going the quarter in :24 ; half in :49a.-. and five-eighths in 1 :02%. The •olt wore blinkers for the first time la his training gallops. Braybant went an easy mile in 1 :4G, going the half in :50 and the three-quarters in 1:17%. Keith went out with Rhinock and Continued on fourteenth page. REIGH COUNTS BEST WORK ;i Continued from first page. covered three-nuarters in 1:18. in what was one of the bent gallops of the Parkview Stables colt. Flat Iron, a candidate for the Clark Handicap, showed pood speed when in the company of Mino, reeling off three-quarters in 1 :1G. J. J. Cougtilin arrived at Douglas Park from Chicago in time to see his Derby eligible D. P. Kelly turn in one of his best trials of the season. The colt, with Jake Heupel up, went a mile in 1 :45% and pulled up sound. The track was fully a second slow. D. F. Kelly was rated well all the way and ran along at an even gait. His fractions were :26, :51V5. 1:04 %. 1:17%, 1:31%. In the final eighth Heupel took a firmer hold of the colt and he finished strong. Mr. Coughlin expressed satisfaction over the work and indicated that the colt would likely be his chief standardbearer in the Derby. Jake Lowenstein gave Rurik a rather stiff trial when he sent the colt three-quarters in 1 :18. Jockey R. Yelton had the leg up and he rated the son of Stefan the Great to perfection. The fractions were :21%, :37°s, :49%, 1:03%. 1:18. J. Lowenstein sent Blessefield five-eighths. the colt running the distance in 1 :03. Alex Cordons Reproduce was galloped a half mile in :53. Ten horses belonging to the Three Ds Stable of W. T. Waggoner, and in charge of trainer C. B. Durnell, arrived this morning from their owners farm at Arlington, Texas, and were put away in the barn just outside the limits of Churchill Downs, which was constructed especially for the stable. Mr. Durnell announced that ten other horses belonging to the stable would arrive Saturday morning. Todays shipment was headed by the stables Derby candidates Sandrine and the imported Stamford. Both colts are well advanced in their training,- having been given Intensive work on the Waggoner farm. Another one in the band was Handy Mandy. winner of the Tijuana Cup. The others in the shipment comprised seven highly bred and costly two-year-olds, chief of which is War Time, a bay colt, by Man o War — Penrose. The stables three jockeys. Iiee Hardy, Charlie "Cowboy" Yates and Stanley Cooper, arrived with Mr. Durnell. The stable of Ed Trotter arrived at Douglas Park from New Orleans. The shipment comprised eleven horses and was headed by the Viking Stables Derby candidate Dawley, which is reported t have worked fast at the Fair Grounds track. Dawley arrived in splendid condition and is ready to race.
