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/ . ft v n b be , c b e C v t _ * t c a * i t c i j * 1 t c t . a j i ALL HAIL DERBY PROSPECT/ Gregory Three -Year-Old May Be I Given Chance in Covington Feature — Playtime Shows Speed. j LATONIA, Ky., June 16.— Despite the heavy morning showers the Latonia course was rated good this morning, and a great number of candidates for the six stakes to decided during the thirty-one day meet- ing starting here Saturday, June 27, were £ B. called on for ambitious trials. * Attention centered on the Southland Sta- * of bles Playtime, an eligible for the Independ- t ence and Enquirer Handicaps, and C. t Gregorys All Hail, a Derby candidate, "V which was breezed in preparation for a ? mile and three-eighths work tomorrow. c Playtime, which was accompanied by Dis- t turb, began from the three-quarters post * and galloped to the stand. Beginning about , five lengths behind his stablemate, Play- . time ran the quarter in :25%, and the half . in :51%. He reached the withers of his j companion near the eighth post and drew away into a length lead, and finished the three-quarters in 1:18%. Disturb was timed * l in 1:19%. All Hail and On the Air started from j the three-eighths post and galloped the short ■ course in :39%. The quarter was timed E in :26. Gregory believes he has a real horse in the son of Golden Broom and Hail c Columbia, and the first great objective of £ his career will be the Latonia Derby. Ac- e cording to Gregory he is training famously for the race, and the outcome of his long ■ test tomorrow will determine whether he is c of Derby caliber. E The Southland Stables Old Jefferson, an J eligible for the Cincinnati Trophy, was sent J handy mile in :50. Running evenly all j the way, he went the quarter in :24 and th« three-eighths in :36. Bachelor Hal, a stable- "] mate, and also a trophy eligible, was sent three-eighths in :40%.
