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DERBY STARS IN LIMELIGHT Nearly AH Prospective Starters Given Useful Work for Final Trials on Wednesday or Thursday LOUISVILLE Ky May 13 The fifteen of the sixteen probable starters for Saturdays annual renewal of the internationally famous Kentucky Derby quar ¬ tered at local Churchill Downs home of the great fixture were much in the training and racing limelight today All of the quartet of eastern invaders which reached the track Monday were under saddle during training hours this morning and Ned 0 one of the four was under colors in the mile Trial Purse during the afternoon In that final Derby preliminary he op ¬ posed some of the lesser lights among the probable starters and the effort was ex ¬ pected to bring the Campfire gelding and other Derby horses engaged in top condition for Saturdays important one and onequarter miles milesGallant Gallant Fox William Woodwards pro ¬ nounced favorite for the classic Crack Brigade the hopeful of Dr T M Cassidy and William Ziegler Jrs Gone Away which round out the stalwart eastern quartet were given light exercise over the fast track at an early hour The son of Sir Gallahad III was galloped two miles as was Crack Bri ¬ gade and Gone Away after galloping one and onaquarter miles breezed a quarter through the main stretch in 2G 2GEach Each of the trio is scheduled for more exacting work Wednesday and changed track conditions the result of rain this afternoon may keep them within a distance of one and oneeighth miles in obtaining final stiff preparation rather than at one and one quarter miles the Derby route Gallant Fox and Crack Brigade with their severe Preak ness Stakes efforts under their belts may come in for lighter concluding workouts than Gone Away which is scheduled for a trial over nine furlongs Wednesday WednesdayUnder Under the direction of Joe Peters who is in charge of the son of Runantell pending the arrival of trainer W J Speirs the colt will work a mile in his best style and gallop out an additional furlong Peters is satisfied that Gone Away was not gieatly distressed by the trip from New York and in his opin ¬ ion will reach Saturdays engagement in the best of condition Last Saturday the Ziegler representative worked the Derby route in 2 OG over the Belmont Park track according to Peters Jockey M Garner his Derby rider will reach here Saturday morning morningWaning Waning confidence in the Valley Lake Stables High Foot at one time the favorite for the classic was bolstered somewHat when he ran a half mile in 4S and cased up fiveeighths in l013s tljis morning The short trial was fashioned as an opener for his concluding distance work Wednesday J B Partridge part owner and trainer of the son of Prince Pal announced that he will breeze him over one and onequarter miles Wednesday He will not be severely Continued on second page DERBY STARS IN LIMELIGHT Continued from first page indulged in his final drill of importance fol ¬ lowing which he receives only light exercise exerciseBuckeye Buckeye Poet which with Breezing Thru will carry the colors of E R Bradley in Saturdays VaCe figuredirt in extremely noteworthy trial when he ran threeeighths in 34 driving as final preparation for his last distance work Trainer H J Thompson favored the son of Black Toney and Jay Bird with the firmer footing in the chute an appreciable degree faster than the main course and he began the straight three eighths out of the permanent stalls He is to receive his final vork of consequence Wednesday VV A nonimpressive trial by J B Respess Busy marked the training period and not unlikely niaybamm B 2 heavy ff ffrack rack cost th e colt h1sfplaceSiriHhe Derby field Trainer Art Goldblatt had him worked over the Derby route and found him almost fully spent in traversing it in the poor time of 217 the mile in 144 He opened the long rehearsal with a quarter in 25 and fin ¬ ished a half mile in 50 but greatly slackened his speed thereafter and was timed in 117 for threequarters threequartersKilkerry Kilkerry the candidate of W T Wag ¬ goner who also has the maiden Broadway Limited jn readiness to carry his colors in ¬ dulged in his regular gallop this morning The son of Black Toney continued to mani ¬ fest considerable soreness and while an ail ¬ ing knee may force him out of Saturdays race future developments are to he awaited before a definite decision is made madeThe The last of the probable starters reached the Downs today when Longus the son of Waygood and Jane Frances which dis ¬ tinguished himself in accounting for second honors in the Agua Galiente Derby came in from Fairmount Park He made the trip by motor van and is reported in the finest condi ¬ tion of his career W H Hoffman Jr of California owns the colt of which little has been heard since his departure from Agua Caliente some weeks ago Fred Forsting trainer of the Hoffman horses will saddle Longus for Saturdays race raceThere There was another trial of importance by a Derby hopeful when E R Bradleys Breez ¬ ing Thru under the direction of trainer Thompson splashed his way over the Derby route in 211 He visited the muddy course a short time before the running of the open ¬ ing race and his trial was one of the most impressive turned in by any of the numer ¬ ous hopefuls Perhaps the outstanding fea ¬ ture of his move was his ability to traverse the final quarter in 25 and this with ¬ out severe effort Working over the exact ¬ ing Derby ground he ran the quarter in 27 was timed in 54 for the half mile and after finishing threequarters in 120 reached the end of a mile in 146 He ran the following eighth in 13 and the final in 12
