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LOUISVILLE TRACK MUDDY Training- of Derby Candidates Continues Despite Conditions. All Upset and Playtime in Sparkling Workout Over Half Mile Sydney in Impressive More. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2. The training of Derby candidates at Churchill Downs continued today, although the track had a top of soft mud, dv.e to tli2 rain fall of Tuesday afternoon and the greater part of the night. The course had a hard bottom underneath the loose mud and good time was made considering conditions. All Upset and Playtime, the Derby candidates of the Southland Stable, showed a sparkling move for trainer Eddie Kaiser, who started the pair at the head of the stretch and timed them the first eighth in zllYs, -three furlongs In :354,s, half in :51, being eased up to a walk in the final furlong. This pair will be turned over to their regular trainer F. P. Letellier by Mr. Kaiser when he arrives from New Orleans, the horses from his establishment being due to reach Louisville Thursday. Billy Champ was galloped a half by trainer Tommy Taylor, who returned with Mrs. Taylor from French Lick last night in the new Ford that Victorian was the means of purchasing for Mrs. Taylor, when he won the Agua Caliente Handicap. Billy Champ worked alone, going a half in the fractional time of :23, :37, :51. Roy Slomer, who will ship his charges to Lexington Thursday, galloped Tea Cracker, his most formidable Derby prospect, six furlongs in 1 :25. His half was in :53. BEST OF CAMDEX LOT. Sydney showed trainer Danny Stewart the best move of the Camden-owned Derby candidates when he went a mile in 1 :56 very easily. The half was run in :55, six furlongs in 1:22 and seven-eighths in 1:37. Trainer Willie Crump worked Stock Market, the J. W. rarrish eligible for the Derby, six furlongs in :13, :2C, :3D, :53, 1:08, 1:23. and eased up seven furlongs in 1:38. Ladrone and AVinslow were brought out on the track after Sydney worked and covered three-quarters in 1 :23. Bryant Ott sent The Senator, in company with Col. McCart, a half in :55. This Derby representative of the French Lick Stable, showed improvement over his previous trial. Other Derby candidates quartered at the Downs were given long canters and gallops. Trainer Danny Stewart galloped a pair of two-year-olds from the Camden outfit, five-eighths in 1:04, the pair racing like a team all the way. J. Graham Brown was at the Downs to inspect the three horses Tom Hanford raced for him at the Florida tracks and brought in to Louisville Tuesday afternoon. They are Old Cally, a winner during the winter, Mr. Max and Kitten Foot. Mr. Brown has a number of horses in charge of S. S. Combs at Lexington. His crack two-year-old filly Ma Yerkes, is turned out and will probably be bred this spring. She was badly treated in a race at . Chicago last season in which she suffered severe injuries. Trainer Sanford brought Pagan Laddie and the two two-year-olds belonging to Mrs. II. B. Kessin of Covington, to the Downs with the horses of Mr. Brown. Sona, a chestnut filly, by Bunting Sapphire Tea, and Marlin K., a bay gelding, by Donnacona Broken Blossom, are the names of the juveniles of Mrs. Kessin. A bay filly, by Selim Chapet, was foaled at the Bashford Manor Farm of Mrs. George J. Long Tuesday. R. T. Watts, trainer of the Denemark horses, will visit the Military Stock Farm at Lexington Thursday to look over the mares of his employer at tins breeding establishment.
