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POINTING FOR OHIO DERBY * Mrs. Emil Denemarks Burning Up Probable Starter in Fixture. . 1 Willard Macks Satin Spar Also Likely Starter in Columbus Race — Watts Praises Boys Howdy. ♦ Burning Up, owned by Mrs. Emil Dene-mark, for whom Dick Watts trains seventeen thoroughbreds, probably will compete in the Ohio Derby to be run at Bainbridge Park, May 23. Entries in this race will close May 16. Watts announced that if the Black Toney colt continues to show form he will start under a weight assignment of 118 pounds. Another likely starter in the Ohio Derby will be Willard Macks Satin Spar, a star performer last winter in Agua Caliente racing, now being trained for stake and handicap engagements for the thirty-day meeting beginning May 25, at Washington Park. It is more certain, respecting the Ohio Derby, that Burning Up will be sent to the post since he has shown decided improvement since his season at Oriental Park, Havana. There he was not a mud lark. At Aurora he won in heavy going in good time. This has virtually brought Watts to the point of trying for the Bainbridge feature. Watts will have all of the Denemark band in good condition for Chicagos metropolitan season. He will start Jem, Water Port, Hogans Dance, Tishybo, Gay Bandit, Dave Miller, Sewing Girl, Josephine D., Cheers, Panchio, Easter Boy, Truxton, Miss Marr, Good Jest, Bagiel, Burning Up and Martha D. Watts rider may be R. Jones, but this is not definite. It is the belief of trainer Watts that H. C. Hatchs Boys Howdy will win the Kentucky Derby. His opinion is based on the ability of this colt and the exceptional training he has received from Lloyd Gentry. Watts said that Mr. Hatch had wagered ,000 at 100 to 1 that Boys Howdy will win the Kentucky Derby. Mr. Hatch, he remarked, had been lucky in obtaining this horse from Colonel E. R. Bradley, who feared Boys Howdy was a victim of defective sight. The racer has completely recovered from this fault, he said, and has shown that he is a thoroughbred of merit.
