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KENTUCKY DERBY CLOSES FEB. 3 Entry Blanks for Famous Churchill Downs Race Being Mailed to Horsemen Cold Check First Candidate on Scene LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 9. Entry blanks will be mailed out this week for the 0,-000 added Kentucky Derby and other stakes to be run during the nineteen days of rac-iner at Churchill Downs this sprincr. The stakes will close Wednesday February 3. The Kentucky Derby, for three-year-olds, over one mile and a quarter, will be run May 7. The ,000 added Clark Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, one mile and a sixteenth, will be run on opening day, Saturday, April 30. The ,000 added Bashford Manof Stakes, for two-year-old colts, geldings and fillies, over five furlongs, will be run Saturday, May 14, and the ,000 added Kentucky Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, one mile and an eighth, will be decided on the closing day, Saturday, May 21. This is the first time the Bashford Manor Stakes has been open to fillies. Trainer Johnny Schorr, who has taken over the extensive Three Ds Stable of W. T. Waggoner and Sons of Arlington, Texas, has applied for stalls at Churchill Downs for his string. This establishment includes several candidates for the Kentucky Derby. Liberty Limited, a colt by Sir Gallahad HI. Dare Say, and Sir Melton, by Sir Gallahad ni. Bessie Melton, are trainer Schorrs chief hones? for the bis: race. The stable is now quartered at New Orleans, where the Derbv candidates will receive their early training. They will be brought to Churchill Downs for their final preparation. The first of the more prominent eligibles for the Kentucky Derby to reach the scene of the race is Cold Check. This colt, which is owned by J. W. Parrish, banker of Midway, Ky., was one of the best juveniles shown in Kentucky last year. Mr. Parrish believes ha is an excellent Derby prospect, and has had trainer Bill Crump come up from Nashville to be in position to take advantage of any weather in which the colt may be given his gallops. Cold Check is by High Time La Planche de Briante. He earned 8,375 last year and ran like a youngster that would improve with age. He finished his races as though he would fancy a route, and many turf followers in this vicinity believe him to be one of the solid horses among the Derby eligibles. The announcement that the Kentucky Derby would be run on May 7, has caused considerable discussion. In recent years, it has been run around the middle of May. The selection of the seventh by Col. M. J. Winn, executive director of Churchill Downs, is believed to be a happy choice. It is pointed out that for the first time in several years a three-year-old may be given the strenuous prep for the Derby and take in the Preakness the following week in his stride. He then will have time for easing up in hi3 training before the American Derby and other major three-year-old events. Had the Kentucky Derby been set for May 21, it would have been beyond the ability of a horse to go in for all of the three-year-old features. The contention of some that May 7 is too early to get a horse ready for the Derby is disproved by the fact that until recent years, the race usually had been run around that time and some of the most brilliant winners were fit as could be at that time. It will be especially true this year, as the mildness of the early winter has enabled trainers to keep their charges toughened up with regular gallops and there should be none with the excuse that he cant get ready in time.
