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DODGSON QUALIFIES « Everglade Stables Colt Displays Speed at Lexington. * Easily Outruns Band of Three-Year-Olds Over Futurity Course — Marguerite Willett Wins. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 27.— The most promising Kentucky Derby candidate shown to date under silks in these parts performed this afternoon at the Kentucky Association course in the shape of Dodgson, owned by Burton Z Ward, racing under the nom do course of the Everglade Stable. He was opposed by six other three-year-olds in a race over the futurity course and triumphed in a fashion that left no doubt as to his superiority over the band starting, and he also left an impression that he measured up *d Derby caliber, particularly over a slow or muddy track. The futurity course is by no means a Kentucky Derby distance, but Dodgson indicated by his performance that sprinting is not exactly his forte. He was far in the wake of the leaders in the early stages, partly due to his tardiness in beginning, but he gained quickly after he had attained full stride. When called on in the stretch he raced straight and true and wore down the leaders in workmanlike style, and was going away fast and gamely at the finish, with every indication that he would carry on over a longer distance. Dodgson returned to the scales seemingly as fresh as when he started out for the race, and his attendants had difficulty holding him on the ground when leading him to his stable. FEATURE JtYCE. The race, which was for three-year-olds, was the headliner on the card and J. N. Camdens Canberra, the most alert at the barrier, was quickly in a good lead, attended by Round Trip and Capt. Lawton. Dodgson began looming up prominently on the lower turn and shortly after displaced Capt. Law-ton and Round Trip and when approaching the stretch he was in close pursuit of Canberra. Fully straightened out in the stretch, he moved fast and drawing level with Canberra an eighth out, had little difficulty drawing away thereafter. Unsettled and cold weather held the attendance down to a minimum and intermittent rains kept the track in a slow, almost heavy condition. The temperature was the lowest of the meeting and there was a return to winter wraps, with patrons seeking most protected points about the grounds for the afternoon. Outsiders played an important part in the sport, yet favorites maintained a good winning average and a number of close finishes developed. The success of No Quarter in the sixth race was one of the outstanding surprises, the Darden and Everyman three-year-old upsetting calculations extensively when she led Belle, Lady Stone and four other platers first to the finish. C. Landolt had the winner in advance for the entire mile and seventy yards and after disposing of Belle inside the stretch turn, drew away to win over the Milam representative. Lady Stone outfinished Valence for third place and Straw Bonnet, which had some early speed and confident backing, was still further back. OUTSIDER WINS. Dontados, from the C. B. Dailey stable and a rank outsider, accounted for the first race over the futurity course. He came from far back to outfinish Miss Torch by a head, while Galloping Dawn, which ran a winning race under poor riding, was third. Galloping Dawn raced from last place in the final three-sixteenths. Manuelita. Kitty Cat and Nine Dollars, the early leaders, quit badly after reaching the stretch. Three-year-olds had the call for tha second race, the winner turning up in H. A. Masseys strongly backed Chatson. He won easily from Al Garnet, with Hilda Hannibal in third place. Chatson took command on the stretch turn and, racinf in good form under the hustling tactics of A. Abel, kept well out of danger of Al Garnet in the final three-sixteenths. See Sag. which attracted some support, gave way fast after exhibiting a brief flash of speed. Queen of Sheba, owned by Mrs. J. Diebold. proved best in the third race. The winner was accorded a well-judged ride by W. Garner, who sent her clear of the others after having kept her under restraint while closest to Freyas pace. The latter, which suffered some from poor riding, held on well enough to be second in front of Nani-Hawaii. The poor start found M., Eva in close quarters and the interference that she suffered prevented her from ever being a factor. W. S. Dudley furnished his first winner of the meeting when Marguerite Willet accounted for the fourth race. This affair brought out nine maiden two-year-old fillies, under selling conditions, and the winners margin was a neck in advance of Celerity. Continued on twentieth page. ! e n ■ j . r n 3 . f L. - e e [- e it d d DODGSON QUALIFIES Continued from first page. with Odd Bet in third place. Celerity dis-■_ played the most speed from the start, but Garner kept the winner in close pursuit and her response in the stretch brought the desired result. Celerity saved ground all the way. Odd Bet outstayed Mary Gay. The latter bore out badly on the turn. Pride added to the score of the outsiders when she cantered to victory in the final race. Racing from far out of it with a rush around the last turn, the winner took command in the stretch and drew out to lead A. B. Ben-singer by two lengths at the end. The latter raced close up throughout, as did Rocky Cliff, which saved third money. The condition of trainer J. D. Stevens, who is ill with pneumonia, was reported much improved today. Jockey K. Scobie was called to his home in Cincinnati because of the illness of his mother. A fractured collar-bone was the principal injury received by apprentice R. Mclllvain, whose mount Turn On, fell Thursday. He rested well at a local hospital last night, E. E. Watson, owner of Firth of Tay, Time Exposure and other horses, is a visitor. His stable has been shipped to Fairmount Park.
