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TANNERY STOCK IS SOARING Enhances Consideration for Derby Derbyby by Beating Bradley Pair Pairat at Lexington The last weekends racing results did not have a material effect on the Kentucky Derby speculation except probably to advance the interests of Tannery E F Prichards Ballot colt which although he ceased rac ¬ ing last year earlier than all other prominent Derby eligibles is now further advanced in his preparation for the big race than any other western candidate unless it be High Foot The latter is to make his first start since his New Orleans campaign Saturday SaturdayTannerys Tannerys Saturday conquest his second on successive Saturdays was over a very lim ¬ ited field but it was impressive in that it was achieved at the expense of two candi ¬ dates of Col E R Bradley Breezing Thru and Buckeye Poet Both of these especially Buckeye Poet had assumed a new impor ¬ tance in the public eye as a result of recent racing and although he had been a longshot in the future book to begin with there is said to have been some demand for him both eastern and western At any rate his price had been cut two or three times and was down to 20 to 1 after opening at 100 to 1 Tannery defeated Breezing Thru by a length and a half after having to go wide entering the stretch Buckeye Poets per ¬ formance was disappointing in the extreme He seemed to sulk when his rider asked him for his best with the result that he was beaten ten lengths by his lightly regarded stablemate They were all in at equal weights 115 pounds Tannerys mile was run in 138 and he finished out the mile and sixteenth in 144 144Jamaica Jamaica had no Derby candidates in action and Pimlico was more concerned with a few fillies that are eligible for the earlier Preak ¬ ness Stakes and were contesting the Pimlico Oaks The winner of this Flimsy carrying the H P Whitney colors is not eligible for the Preakness but she beat several that have been given some attention including Her Grace Snowflake and Alcibiades
