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Churchill Downs Is Scene of Enlivened Training Operations 1 LOUISVILLE Ky May 9 9This This morning witnessed a buzz of activity about the race track not unlike that of racing days and full warning of the nearness of the season The training was under perfect con ¬ ditions the track having returned to fine condition and not a cloud flecked the sky Naturally skyNaturally the training of the intended Derby participants absorbed most attention and the large gallery of work watchers and horsemen as well saw quite a number of the leading candidates for the race in action actionTrainer Trainer C E Durnell indulged the chief eligibles of the Three Ds Stock Farm and they responded very impressively Double Heart went a mile in company with Panchio and under mild driving in 143 while Pan ¬ chio under light weight went the distance in l43Ys very easily Double Heart went the first quarter in 24 half in 49 and three quarters in 1 H Vs and Panchio was timed for the same distance in 244s 49 49s = s and 1 15 15Prince Prince Pat Royal Ford and Calf Roner went together over the same route the for ¬ mer being timed in l45 while Royal ForJ required 145 and Calf Roper 145 They went the first threequarters on even terms and in 24 49 and 119 Durnell also breezed Vermajo and La Paloma threequar ¬ ters in 120 Plumbago the chief hopeful of the R S Clark stable ran threequarters in 1 51 l handily while Herrick another of the Clark eligibles ran the same distance from the barrier in 1 1G The latter was under strong I restraint throughout throughoutTrainer Trainer Scofield opened up J J Cough 1 lins Karl Eitel for a longer trial tomorrow I by breezingVoltear sending him a halfmile in 52 breezing Voltear the scheduled starter of Charles T Fisher and Gary T Grayson went three e eighths in 36 very easily easilyE E B McLeans Mayor Walker a doubtful starter for the fixture was breezed a mile in 1 48 while his older stable companions Toro and Jock breezed one mile and an eighth each in 157 and 158 respectively r They are expected to carry the McLean colors SaturdayJohn in the Clark Handicap Saturday John Schorr trainer of the McLean Stable A who arrived yesterday from Maryland di ¬ I rected the trials Joe Notter wired that the Warm Stables The Nut positively will fill his engagement j in the Derby and asked that stalls be pre ¬ pared for three horses The Nut is coming i from Maryland MarylandThe The Valley Lake Stables crack Prince Pal colt High Foot is down with fever and has not been on the track for the past two days daysTrainer Trainer J B Partridge is confident that the illness is not of a serious nature An offer of 50000 was refused for the colt a week ago agoJ J F Patterson who has thirty horses in training at the Lexington track was a visitor during the morning
