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Derby Co -Favorite at Louisville 0 HIGH FOOT AT DOWNS Chestnut Son of Prince Pal in Splendid Health. Valley Lake Stable Horses Stand Journey From New Orleans in Excellent Fashion. LOUISVILLE, K, April 4. High Foot, one of the favorites for the fifty-sixth renewal of. the Kentucky Derby, and fourteen of his stable companions arrived at Churchill Downs this morning from New Orleans. The chestnut son of Prince Pal Belle Fair looked the picture of health and stood the long journey well. R. J. Nash, Tom Nash and J. B. Partridge, owners of the Valley Lake Stable, were at the barn when the horses arrived. Messrs. Nash, whose homes are in Chicago, will remain in Louisville over Sunday. Trainer Partridge brought in, besides High Foot, the following horses from the Crescent City: Buddy Basil, Feu Folette, Heren-deen, John R. Montjoy, Fort Dearborn. Christie Flanagan, Ruane and the two-year-olds, Little Pan, Fair Lawn, "Wise Lee and Cyruben. Five two-year-olds, which T. L. Pierce trained at Lexington for the Valley Lake Stable, will join their stable companions at the Downs shortly. They are Uncle Dick, LaSalle, Over Turn, Upright and Downpour. TRAIXEll COXFIDEXT. Trainer Partridge has every confidence in the ability of High Foot being able to vanquish his rivals and will put the finishing touches to the colts training at the Louisville track. Bellsmith will not be a starter in the Derby, as he developed an osselet, which caused him to pull up lame in his work at the Downs this morning and owner-trainer J. T. Weaver decided to announce his withdrawal from the race. H. Smith, foreman for the F. P. Letellier and Southland stables, unloaded the following horses at the L. and N. chute this morning and put them away in the stable assigned them at the Downs. They were Black Dancer, Bobby Powers, The Southerner, Big Sandy, Southland Belle, Southland Pal, Princess Virginia, My Hobby and Southland Prince, being the older members of the band from the Crescent City, while Caddy Boy, Jimmy L., Mince Pie, Wild Laurel and Eye White comprised the juveniles in the lot that went to the Downs. Twelve head from this establishment were sent to Douglas Park. The most ambitious move made by Derby candidates at the Downs were those of J. N. Camdens Ladrone and Winslow. which showed trainer Danny Stewart seven-eighths in 1 :34. The pair traversed the first three-quarters in the fractional time of :52, 1:05, 1:19 over a track that was fast but in spots showed traces of being a bit greasy. Trainer C. N. Lewis sent Dinwiddie, Lamp-tons Derby candidate, Sam Wooldridge, three-eighths in :24. :37 and sent his own representative Devlin a like distance in :42. Trainer C. Reil Howard of the John Marsch stable worked Prince Atheling and Play. Ball together a quarter in :25 in preparation for a longer move Saturday. CHICAGO VISITORS. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Grabner of Chicago paid a visit to their racing stable in charge of Jake Lowenstein at Churchill Downs. They will remain until after Sunday. Their horses and the thoroughbreds of the Royal Stable and Jake Lowenstein are in new quarters now, it being necessary to transfer them from the McLean barn to another stable to make room for the horses of the Washington turfman, which will get in about April 20 from Maryland. Boris, in the Harned Brothers Stable, is still suffering from a high fever, his temperature registering 104 this morning, according to Dr. Henry Harthill, who has been attending the gelding since he arrived from St. Johns Park. Billy Champ, the Warm Stables Derby candidate, was galloped at the head of a set composed of Victorian, The Nut and French Leave, by trainer J. T. Taylor. Among the recent arrivals from New Orleans was jockey Raymond Huff, whose home is in Louisville.
