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COSTLY COLT TRAINS WELL 1 Broadway Limited Works Derby Distance at Louisville. Timed in 2:10 for One Mile anil a Quarter May Live Up to Predictions Made for Him. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 28. Man o War. the super horse, may live again in high lights of the turf in his chestnut son, Broadway Limited, the 5,000 yearling, if this colt, owned by the Three Ds Stable, can win the fifty-sixth renewal of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 17. His present physical condition is all that one could ask of this son of the super horse from Star Flight, which turned in a sparkling mile and one-eighth workout at Churchill Downs Sunday morning in company with Kilkerry, another aspirant for the Derby, which paced Broadway Limited throughout and ran the distance in 1 :56. Broadway Limited went the Derby distance of one and one-quarter milea in 2:10. The fractional time for the first mile, as given out by trainer "Dick" Vestal, was :24, :49, 1:15, 1:42. Broadway Limited gives every promise of living up this season, to all the bright prospects predicted for him last year, and his trainer is pleased with the condition of his charge so far this year. Jack Spratt, Watson and McCaffreys Derby candidate, was sent six furlongs in company with Jack P. Chinns candidate for the Derby, Big Stuff, in 1:17, the first quarter being covered in :24, half in :49 and first five furlongs in 1 :02, after which the pair were cantered to the six furlongs post. GOOD WORKOUT. Roll Em Down showed trainer J. S. Ever-man six furlongs in 1 :17, going the first quarter in :25, half in :49, five furlongs in 1:03 and going under restraint to the three-quarter post. J. W. Parrishs Derby candidate. Stock Market, was worked with Rich Widow, his Oaks candidate, for a half mile in :48, the work being accomplished handily. Devlin showed a three-furlong move in :37 for trainer-owner C. N. Lewis. The track was fast, but it was chilly until after 8 oclock, when the sun finally got into action and dispelled the clouds. A late Derby work was turned in by the French Lick Stables The Senator, which had as his workmate Colonel McCart, which galloped with The Senator for the last five furlongs of his trial. Trainer Bryant Ott clicked his timepiece on The Senator in :26, :53, 1:20, 1:50 for the mile. Richard McDonald, the Derby candidate of A. E. Barrett of Chicago, who is a member of the board of trade of that city, showed a good move of one mile at Churchill Downs course, when he turned the distance, in 1 :45. The first six furlongs were covered in the fractional time of :26. :52, 1 :1S. Trainer Eddie Haywood is getting his charge into excellent racing condition and concedes him an outside chance in Betty Barrett, the Kentucky Oaks candidate in this stable, was sent a mile in 1:46. High Foot, the Valley Lake Stables Derby eligible, was sent three furlongs by trainer Partridge in :3S. Billy Champ was sent three-eighths in :42 : in preparation for a longer move on Tuesday. FAST TRACK. The track was fast and before 10 a. m. the temperature had risen to almost summer heat. The pretentious racing stable of Rogers Caldwell, Tennessee breeder and turfman, who resides in Nashville, arrived at the Downs from Cumberland Park in charge of trainer John M. Goode and were assigned stalls at the Downs. Lady Broadcast headed the string, which is made up of twelve two-year-olds, eleven being the property of Mr. Caldwell, Dark Dawn being the property of W. W. Darden. The latter has a three-year-old in this consignment named Lou Ray. The juveniles in the Caldwell string are Truxton, a colt by Hourless, which was named for the Virginia-bred horse raced by Andrew Jackson, one-time President of the United States ; Trotwood, a gelding ; Pleasure Bound, a colt ; Hillsboro, a colt ; Stone Martin, a gelding; Clover Bottom, a filly; Hot Rock, a filly; Sewing Girl, a filly; Lafille, a filly, all by Hourless, and two colts, Grasslands, by Apple Sammy, from Plumet, the dam in foal costing Mr. Caldwell ?10,000 in England, and the other an imported son of Oojah, from Jack Flight, by Black Jester, which is named Wild Child. A three-year-old, Tennesseean, owned by Mr. Caldwell, makes up his string of thirteen head. W. Curd, assistant trainer to W. W. Taylor, of the Hal Price Headiey stable, arrived at the Downs with twelve of the Lexington breeder and sportsmans horses from the Blue Grass. They are Pigeon Hole, Bossie, Hamilton, Hot Shot, Heretiz, Uncle Jamie and Preander, which are of the older horses, and the two-year-olds Jay Walker, Regal Lady, JBiege, Squabbler and Manan. The horses were assigned stalls at Churchill Downs and will be joined by Dark Entry, which won the Golden Jubilee Purse at Wheeling. C. E. Hamilton, breeder and sportsman, of Covington, and W. H. Whitehouse, of the same city, were visitors at the track, for the first time this season, to see their horses in their morning trials. W. F. Poison came over from Lexington for the day to inspect his stock that he left behind him when he shipped a number of horses to Lexington to race. Judge W. H. Shelley, his brother, Tom, and his sons, Robert and Will, spent the day in Louisville and motored back to Lexington Sunday night. Walter I. Kohn, breeder and owner, was a visitor at both Douglas Park and the Downs. A. V. Thomas is training some horses for the former member of the Kentucky State Racing Commision at Douglas Park. Cecil Howard, trainer of the John Marsch stable, returned from a trip to Lexington on Saturday. Jim Napier, Jack Shelley, E. G. Floyd, Sam Dinkelspiel and Pat Savage are learning to operate split-second watches, and are snapping the horses as they work from positions on the back stretch. Emil Denemark of Chicago was at his barn at Churchill Downs for the day, returning home Sunday night. He will bring his family to Louisville the week before the races start and remain during the entire meeting 1 at Louisville.
