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KENTUCKY DERBY NEXT Americas Famous Classic to Be Run Next Sat ¬ urday Gallant Fox Hot Favorite Michigan Boy and Woodcraft Out Latest Gossip and Probable Field 4 Now for the Kentucky Derby The fiftysixth running of Americas most famous race will be decided at Churchill Downs next Saturday With the Preak ¬ ness a matter of history the attention of the turf world turns to the blue grass state of Kentucky the thoroughbred nursery of the country The result of the Preakness does not greatly alter the probable field for the Churchill Downs classic Only two withdrawals of note have been made because of that contest Woodcraft was injured and will not be able to race until late in the summer Michigan Boy will be shipped to Chicago and given a well deserved rest his owner being of the opinion that the Louisiana Derby winner has had too much racing Gallant Fox the winner of the Preakness and Crack Brigade which finished second leave Maryland Sunday for Louisville and are reported sure starters in the Derby At this time there are seventeeii prospective contestants for the coveted race and the next few days will determine whether or not there will be any further additions or withdrawals The probable field follows Iforse IforseGallant Wt KMer Owner Gallant Fox 126 E Sandc Belair Stud Crack Brigade 126 G Ellis T 31 Cassidy Gallant Knight 126 H Schutte Andley Farm Breezing Thru ThruBuckeye 126 7 Smith E R Bradley Buckeye Poet 126 E Legere E R Bradley Sydney 126 J Jf Canulen ert 0 126 C Quattlehaum G IV Foreman Tannery 126 W Garner E F Pricliard Playtime 126 F Coltiletti Southland Stable StableThree Kilkerry 126 P Walls Three Ds Stock Farm Broadway Limited LimitedHigh 126 T May Three Ds Stock Farm High Foot 126 C Meyers Valley Lake Stable Gone Away 126 M Garner IV J Ziegler Jr Billy Champ 126 Warm Stable Uncle Lutlier 126 L Pichon L Stivers fBnsy 126 C UEcCrossen J B IJespcss fDick IJespessfDick OJIara 126 L Jones P H Joyce fDoubtful JoycefDoubtful starters LOUISVILLE Ky May 10 Aside from William Zeiglers Gone Away which is scheduled to leave Jamaica next Wednesday all of the intended acceptances for next Saturdays renewal of the coveted Kentucky Derby will be in quarters at Churchill Downs within the next fortyeight hours hoursTomorrow Tomorrow morning Breezing Thru and Buckeye Poet the hopefuls of Col E R Bradley master of Idle Hour Farm are due from that palatial horse farm and twenty four hours later Gallant Fox William Wood ¬ wards favorite for the classic together with Dr T M Cassidys Crack Brigade G W Foremans Ned O and J L Pontius Michigan Boy will be unloaded from Mary ¬ land landGallant Gallant Fox which may be accompanied by such reserve cligibles for the fixture as Peto and Flying Gal the latter a likely starter in the Kentucky Oaks on the closing day of the meeting will find fine quarters awaiting him in the stable of J N Camden while Breezing Thru Buckeye Poet and Woodcraft will sta ¬ ble in B B Jones Audley Farm barn and stalls in the Le Mar Stock Farm Stable await Ned O and Michigan Boy BoyWhen When he beat Crack Brigade in a driving finish to account for the Preakness Stakes Gallant Fox safely clinched the post of favorite in the Derby betting and the ar ¬ rival of the capable and widely admired choice is awaited with the keenest of in ¬ terest While odds of 2 to 1 were re ¬ ported as obtainable against the son of Sir Gallahad III in betting quarters today good judges look for him to rule at about 9 to 5 in the Derby mutuels mutuelsThe The arrival of Bradley Derby hopefuls at Churchill Downs is always an incident of no little interest to local enthusiasts and their unloading tomorrow may under favor ¬ able weather be witnessed by many Large crowds welcomed the Kentucky sportsmans previous Derby invaders and the interest in Breezing Thru and Buckeye Poet as ¬ sures their passing hundreds of inspecting KENTUCKYDERBYNEXT Continued from first page eyes tomorrow They come from Idle Hour Farm in charge of trainer II J Thomp ¬ son and others of that able horsemans divi ¬ sion of the stable get away from their own ¬ ers farm at the same time for Belmont Park The shipment to the New York track will tax the capacity of iwo express cars Barring a change in plans the Brad ¬ ley Derby pair go from here to the metro ¬ politan courses thence to Washington Park for the American Derby Jockeys J Smith and 13 Legere will accompany Thompson and ride the colts in next Saturdays race racePlay Play Time the Derby candidate of Charles Bacharachs Southland Stable figured in an ¬ other noteworthy trial when he worked the Derby route of one mile and a quarter in 209 this morning The son of My Play finished under mild pressure and the time for his trial was the fastest covered by a Derby candidate here this spring springWearing Wearing blinkers and with his Derby weight up the colt went the quarter in 237s half mile in 48Mi threequarters in 114 and mile in 141 lie went into the trial from one of the permanent stalls in the mile chute and this added to the qual ¬ ity of the move moveHigh High Foot the Valley Lake Stables well regarded aspirant for Derby honors made his final public appearance before that race in the South Louisville Purse this after ¬ noon according to J B Partridge trainer and part owner of the son of Prince Pal PalBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md May 10 Gallant Fox winner of the Preakness Stakes and one of the handsomest horses ever bred in Mary ¬ land will entrain for Churchill Downs Louis ¬ ville Ky Sunday afternoon carrying the hopes of the East for victory in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby to be run next Saturday SaturdayFor For few if any of the capacity crowd which saw Gallant Fox and his peerless jockey Earl Sande battle their way to victory in yesterdays Preakness believe there is any threeyearold in the West that can match strides with William Woodwards champion It is even more certain no other jockey of the present crop will be able to eclipse the ride which Sande put up to win his first Preakness PreaknessGallant Gallant Fox had to be many pounds the best to win for if ever a horse got all the worst of the racing luck the son of Sir Galahad III did Shrewd followers of racing will not overlook this fact thus making it appear likely the Woodward horse will be a very shortpriced favorite in the Louisville classic classicWhile While Gallant Fox and Sande drew most of the encomiums today there was also plenty of praise for Dr T M Cassidys Crack Brigade and his rider little George Ellis This pair fought a gallant fight all the way and Ellis stretch duel with the veteran Ida hoan will not soon be forgotten forgottenTrue True Crack Brigade did not have the han ¬ dicaps to overcome that Gallant Fox did but the Englishbred colt proved himself a great horse one that will have to be reckoned with in many of the forthcoming threeyearold fixtures fixturesGeorge George Tappan will leave for Louisville to ¬ morrow with Gallant Fox and will have charge of the latter until James Fitzsimmons arrives at Churchill Fitzsimmons returned to New York last night where he will re ¬ main for a couple of days before leaving for Kentucky KentuckyDr Dr T M Cassidy was well pleased with Crack Brigades race in the Preakness The fact that Crack Brigade made all of the pace did not help his chances any according to Cassidy Different tactics may be employed in the Derby Crack Brigade came out of his race in the Preakness in good condition and cooled out nicely He will leave for Louisville on Sunday SundayJ J Li Pontius owner of Michigan Boy winner of the Louisiana Derby has come to the conclusion that the colt has had enough racing for awhile and instead of shipping him to Churchill Downs will send the colt on to Chicago where he will be freshened up Michigan Boy ran a good race to finish fourth in the Preakness He was handled none too well and suffered interference dur ¬ ing the running runningTrainer Trainer Miller Henderson announced that Woodcraft came out of the Preakness with a quarter crack which of course means that he is out of the Derby No attempt will be made to race the colt until midsummer
