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TRAINERS BUSY AT LOUISVILLE Period of Cold Weather and Snow Slows Up Horses. Our Fancy Shows Fine Speed in Recent Workout Sweeping Light Now Ready for Fast Gallop. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 17. Trainers are moving their charges right along now. They were slowed up a bit by a ten-day period of snow and cold, but the Derby candidates located at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park are now asked for fast work every day. Our Fancy, the gelding owned by J. B. "Rome" Respess, was sent a half mile Monday in :53, first quarter in :26, three-eighths in :40. He was accompanied by Hornsby and ridden by Joe Sauter. Our Fancy has been faster than that this season for just before the cold spell his trainer, Tobe Trotter, caught him a half in :51. Our Fancy is of rather an effiminate mold and none too big, but he has a smooth action, and can really run when called on. He may not go the Derby route, but as far as he goes there are few thoroughbreds in America that can show him the. way. Mr. Respess, his owner, bred the gelding and is naturally partial concerning his ability and class. Our Fancy is training superbly, and will be ready to fill his engagement in the Derby on May 7, barring accident, trainer Trotter says. The Respess stable will have two riders this season in Tom Haupt and Joe Sauter. Both these boys were taught the rudiments of riding by Mr. Respess, who has turned out many star jockeys during his long years on the turf. Both boys rode several winners last year and should make their presence felt among the western riders this season. They are lightweights, and can do under 100 pounds. Mr. Respess will campaign an extensive stable this year, and it is likely both will be kept busy most of the time riding for their contract employer. GORDON SHIPPING EAST. Sweeping Light, the brown colt being trained for the Kentucky Derby by Alex Gordon, is ready for fast work. The son of Manna breezed a slow mile at Douglas Park Monday morning, hard held all the way. Sweeping Light had run six furlongs in 1:19 ten days ago, but his work had been slowed up because of the blizzard. He will be going right along from now until the first days of April, when Gordon plans to ship the Fair Stable East. Sweeping Light probably will get his first racing at Jamaica. He is eligible for all the three-year-old stakes there, including the Wood Memorial. While Paddy Knebelkamp is in the West with Spanish Play, seeking the big prize for the winner of the Agua Caliente Handicap, he has a Derby candidate in charge of Johnny Jones at Douglas Park which is training nicely. Jones sent Adobe Post six furlongs a few mornings ago in 1:21, and he did his work with dispatch. Adobe Post was a good two-year-old last spring and beat the good colt Proteus on two occasions. He may prove a good three-year-old if his present condition means anything. Horses from southern tracks are arriving here daily. The stables of Dr. F. F. Barndt and Mrs. C. C. Gregory arrived from Miami and were stabled at Douglas Park. Doctor Brandt made a side trip to New Orleans, where he will remain until Saturday to see the running of the Louisiana Derby. Mose Goldblatts first car of thoroughbreds is due to arrive here next Friday. Two more cars will bring the remainder of his charges which will leave the Fair Grounds next Sunday. C. W. HAY AT LOUISVILLE. C. W. "Timmie" Hay, general manager of Washington Park, is here awaiting the arrival of Col. Matt Winn, chief director of the American Turf Association, to go with him over the mechanics of the sport for the coming meeting at the Chicago track. Mr. Hay says that all the stakes to be run at Washington Park filled extremely well, and that the American Derby will attract the best three-year-olds in the country. Mr. Hay reports that he has numerous foals at his Scotland Farm, near Frankfort, and that the get of his favorite sire, Paicines, look good. It is expected that the state racing commission will meet at Latonia next Saturday. Dates for Lexington and Latonia will be announced at that meeting. Lexington plans to ask for ten days, from April 16 to 27. Judge William H. Shelley, who will get out the book for Lexington, probably will have it ready for the printer as soon as he returns from New Orleans next week. It is said that the free list will practically be suspended at Lexington and the admission tickets will be reduced to , plus the tax of ten cents. With the reduction of the daily license tax to 00, and everybody attending tho races "laying it on the line," there is little reason why Lexington can not make the grade. It is said that the gate at the old Association course has been practically freo for the last few years and the "Annie Oakleys" were distributed so generously that few of the residents of the famous Blue Grass, home of the thoroughbred, paid to see the products of their nurseries contest with horses of other states.
