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BUSY AT LEXINGTON 1 . , Scores of Horses Sent Through Brisk Training Moves. Waite Starting Gate Ready for Schooling Refurbishing Work Nearly Completed. i LEXINGTON. Kj. April 10. Although it j was an off day in the training schedules of all the better known Kentucky Derby eligibles on the grounds, today witnessed 1 a continued buzz of activity -which set in j with the return of good weather and track conditions yesterday. Scores of horses were J sent through brisk training moves over the fast track while many others indulged in useful gallops over the outer course and . inner sand course. Edward F. Prichards Tannery and the : Everglade Stables Dedicate, outstanding : Derby candidates among the many hundreds of horses assembled here, -were under saddle for slow gallops on the outer track. : Neither liked being restrained to slow exercise. M. J. Conleys Ashtabula and Racketeer, property of the estate of Eugene Byfield, Derby eligibles being trained by Walter Grater, figured in impressive moves when jthey worked three quarters in 1:15 handily. They ran along on even terms throughout and went the quarter in :23 and the lialf mile in :4Sl3. Silver Cord, another of the lesser lights among the nominees for the Churchill Downs fixture, and owned by the Keeneland Stud, had an easy trial over a half mile in which he was timed in :50t3. He galloped along under strong restraint and looks and acts good. TWO WAITE GATES. While training operations were in full swing, mechanics and several of starter Hamiltons assistants began assembling the two .Waite starting gates which arrived Wednesday from New Orleans. They expect to have one of the devices in readiness for use tomorrow and its availability will change the schooling from the McGinnis barrier, to that for starting of actual races during the forthcoming meeting. One of the Waite gates will be used for starts in the front Stretch and the other will be in similar service on the back stretch starting points. JJnder present plans, all starts will be from the machines. Much work toward beautifying and improving the plant has been accomplished during the week and barring a change to unfavorable weather, the track will be in complete readiness by Monday, three days before the meeting opens. W. Shelley, racing secretary, is due here Monday from his home at Louisville and his office will be opened for the registration of horses and issuance of badges. A meeting of the license committee will precede the regular meeting of the state racing commission set for Wednesday and the work of the former committee made up of Charles F. Price, Thomas C. Bradley and S. C. Kuckols, will be considered by the governing body. Mr. Bradley who visited in South Carolina following the close of the Jefferson Park meeting, and Mr. Price, who spent most of the winter in Florida, have returned to Kentucky. The former reached his home here today while Mr. Price is at Louisville. TO COURT OP EMISSARY. W. F. Knebelkamp shipped the two-year-old Jack Murphy, .owned by C. II. Knebel-Jcamp and It. Morris, to E. OConnell, trainer of the latters stable, from Louisville, Jack Murphy is a gelded son of Dunboyne and Lady Panehita and was vanned from Louisville in company with W. F. Knebel-kamps Lady Astor, -which is to go to the court of Emissary. T. L. Pierce shipped live two-year-olds, the property of the Valley Lake Stable, to John Partridge, at Churchill Downs. They are La Salle, chestnut colt, by Olambala .Golden Stairs ; Upright, chestnut colt, by Upset Lady Beverwyck ; Uncle Dick, brown colt, by Westy Hogan Dress, and chestnut colts, by Baby Grand and Transmute. Robert Smith, Cincinnati patron, was a .Visitor at the track, and inspected the three-year-olds Overboard and Undcceitful and two-year-old, Miss Mudge, which Howard "Wells is training for him. Miss Mudge is a daughter of Busy American Sue Berry. John T. Ireland, breeder and racing official, visited the local course. He expects to leave April 1C for Beulah Park, where he will serve in the stand during the coming meeting, opening on April 10. Dave Boyle purchased Pipestem from II. Hartley, at Bowie, and is shipping the daughter of Hourless to George Sloanos Whitehall Farm at Warrenton, Va., where the will be bred to Chilhowee.
