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TRAVELS FULL DERBY ROUTE r Playtime Shows Fitness, Speed, Though Watches Disagree. fcetellicr Clocks Ills Candidate in 2:10 but Clockcrs Time Him in 2:11 High Toot in Brisk Short Motc r LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 25. There was "one standout in the Derby workouts at Churchill Downs this morning, that being the move of the Southland stables Playtime, the bay son of My Play Nell Wilder, .which went the full Derby distance in 2 :11, according to the wafches of the dockers, but 2:107s was the mark his trainer, F. P. Letellier, gave the colt. Eddie Coats was thrown into the saddle "on Playtime and he had as his pacemaker for the first six furlongs. All Upset, another Derby candidate from the Southland stable. The first six furlongs were covered in :25, :5iys. 1:16, where All Upset pulled up in 1:17 and My Hobby took up the running for the last half with Playtime, turning the half in :52. Trainer Letellier timed Playtime his mile in 1:42, mile and one-eighth in 1:55, ;while the dockers caught his mile in 1:42 and mile and one-eighth in 1:56, after which he was galloping to the mile and one-quarter pole. Playtime is going along fine in his training for the Derby and will be a sure starter. This trial gave All Upset a good, strong tightening up, as he was sent a half mile on "Wednesday in :48. The track was in excellent condition for work this morning and while there was a tinge of cold in the air, the weather overhead was fine. Trainer Partridge took the Valley Lake stables Derby candidate, High Foot out for a sharp brush at three-eighths, the handsome chestnut negotiating the distance in :35. This was in the nature of an opening up breeze for the Derby favorite for a more ambitious move Saturday. Trainer C. N. Lewis hooked his Derby candidate Devlin up with the older horse Suitor from the barn of E. J. Lesman and the pair worked a mile in 1:47. Billy Champ, the Warm stables representative in the classic was sent three furlongs in the set composed of himself, Cady Hill and The Nut, in :38, by trainer J. T. Taylor. Maudlin, the Lemar stables Derby colt, was breezed three-eighths in :38, in company with Reyburn and C. H. McKenna, by trainer Mose Lowenstein. Dick Watts sent Mrs. E. Denemarks Kentucky Oaks candidate Tishy-bo a half in :51, with Carl Meyer in the saddle. Windy City, which won the American Derby last year in the colors of F. M. Grabner, is taking daily exercise at the Downs since being brought up from the farm of Thomas Piatt, of Lexington, recently. He is being pointed for Chicago feature races. John Heed, trainer of the Harned Brothers horses, returned from his home in Kansas City, Mo., after a short -visit.
