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SPINACH IN GOOD WORKOUT 4 Ziegler Derby Candidate Goes One Mile Easily in 1:45. . Weather Conditions at New York Results in Slackening of Training Schedule Track Fast. NEW YORK. N. Y., April 12. A cold disagreeable morning faced trainers at Belmont Park this morning and as a result there "was a general let-down in outside work. The track was fast and what few moves were recorded were satisfactory to trainers. The outstanding work of the morning was the trial of W. J. Zieglers Spinach, a candidate for the Derby. He galloped one mile in 1 :45 but at the finish was under restraint. He was timed the first half-mile in :49, three-quarters in 1:15 and was eased up slightly in the final eighth. Trainer Speirs expressed himself well pleased with the work, but was noncommittal as to the immediate plans for the son of Sir Martin. Gone Away, another member of the Ziegler string, also attracted attention during the morning. He worked three-quarters in 1:1G. The first half of the journey was negotiated in :49. He was also under restraint throughout. Quarter Deck, the Derby and Preakness candidate which Max Hirsch is training for Morton L. Schwartz, was another candidate which attracted considerable attention. Brought out on the main track in one of the early sets by Hirsch, he was jogged around before being called upon for his trial. Ridden by an exercise boy, he got away fast, beginning at the seven furlongs post on the back stretch. The first quarter was timed in :25 flat and the next quarter was a slight quickening of the pace. He was caught at the half mile in :49 and the six furlongs in 1:15. In the final furlong he was under restraint and was eased up seven furlongs in 1:30. The move was satisfactory to his trainer. Hirsch, earlier in the morning, completed arrangements to ship a division of his stable Continued on sixteenth page. SPINACH IN GOOD WORKOUT Continued from first page. to Havre de Grace for that meeting, which opens Monday. "The horses I am shipping are mostly two-year-olds, with Mad Hattie heading the older horses. I decided at the last minute to keep Sortie and Quarter Deck here. They train over this track nicely and both of them are now moving along the way I want them to. Anyway, to ship them to Maryland is but a matter of a few hours and they might be shipped later." Hirsch chopped short his remarks, as he issued instructions to one of his foremen about handling the two-year-olds for the remainder of the day. Jockey "Pete" Walls, who will do the riding at Havre de Grace, left later in the day for Maryland. Henry McDaniel, with the G. A. Cochran stable, had The Beasel and Polygamous out in one set. They went a half mile in M7. McDaniel limited his work to slow, steady gallops, due to the sudden change in temperature. Up on the hill there was less activity than usual. George Odom brought out several of his older horses for long gallops but hurried them back to the stable following the jogs. His two-year-olds were kept under cover. McAtee, who will do the bulk of the riding for the stable, is down to riding weight. He has several offers of mounts in the Kentucky Derby, but up to date has not given a definite answer to any of them. McAtee has ridden two winners of the Derby, Whiskery for H. P. Whitney, and Clyde Van Dusen for H. P. Gardner, the New York sportsman. McAtee is biding his time about his selection of a mount and, as he expressed it himself, would like to ride three winners of that fixture. John Lowe had the Rancocas Stable band out for light exercise. His horses are well advanced, due to the early workouts at the farm before being shipped here. Laverne Fator, the first string rider of the stable, is down to riding weight.
