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BOATSWAIN AFTER AMERICAN DERBY Winner of Withers Stakes a Sure Starter Economic Works Impressively Top Flight Withdrawn, Latest Word From the East HOMEWOOD, 111., June 13. Boatswain, Walter M. Jeffords home-bred, serious contender for the three-year-old championship of the season and recent winner of the Withers Stakes at Belmont Park and in which the ill-destined Burgoo King, Col. E. R. Bradleys Kentucky Derby and Preakness victor, suffered decisive defeat, is coming here to fill his engagement in the 0,000 American Derby at Washington Park Saturday. According to word received by track officials today, the son of Man o War and Baton will start the westward trip from New York on Wednesday, traveling in charge of trainer Preston Burch. Boatswain, one of the real up-and-coming ones in his, division, adds much to the American Derby field and many good judges are very confident that he will make a strong, if not successful, bid for the post of favoritism for Saturdays race. With Burgoo King, out, experts look for Economic, Boatswain and Stepenfetchit to rule the stronger favorites with enthusiasts for the coveted western prize. . In the Preakness Stakes Boatswain just failed in the mile and three-sixteenths to get the decision over Burgoo King and Tick On, but by that effort won many admirers, all satisfied that with the Preakness effort "under his belt" the son of Man o War might never again bow to his Preakness conquerors. In the Withers two weeks later Boatswain made every post a winning one and since that important triumph has been going splendidly in his preparation for the American Derby. W. R. Coes Osculator and W. S. Kilmers Sunmelus, second and fourth to the Jeffords colt in the Withers, are at Washington Park for Saturdays race. They preceded the Withers hero here by several days and Sunmelus today was under colors for the Niles Center Purse, a "qualifier" for some of the Derby candidates. Economic, the son of Infinite, second to Burgoo King in the Kentucky Derby and with which Clarence Buxton easily won the more recent Ohio State Derby for J. H. Louchheim, continued to occupy much of the American Derby limelight today. Yesterday he worked a mile in 1:41 on a fast track and under strong restraint and the fast and impressively done trial kept him in the very thick of Derby discussions. In the workout the invader went the quarter in :23. half mile in :48 and three-quarters in 1:14. Another candidate indulged with a bit of serious training yesterday was Cathop, the half-brother to Mike Hall, owned by R. M. Eastman, of Chicago. Trainer Tommy Taylor sent him seven furlongs and was well pleased when he covered the distance in 1:27 without being exhausted. He ran the quarter in :23, half mile in :47 and three-quarters in 1:13. This candidate, second to Evening in the Florida Derby, is doing exceptionally well and appears better than at any time this season. Osculator, the W. R. Coe hopeful, breezed a half mile in :50 under the direction of Continued on twenty-first page. PROSPECTIVE DERBY FIELD Continued from first page. trainer Benny Creech this morning and is scheduled for a long, testing gallop, possibly at the Derby route of a mile and one-quarter, tomorrow. Minton, the Shandon Farms eligible, was another "opened up." Trainer J. J. Greely sending him three-eighths in :36 at the local track. Word anent the future racing of Top, Flight, C. V. Whitneys good filly; M. L. Schwartz Gusto and Mrs. L. G. Kaufmans On Post, all eligible for the Derby, "was expected by Washington Park officials overnight. Barring accident, it is believed that Max Hirsch will ship here both Gusto and On Post. - Gusto turned in an impressive and winning- effort at Aqueduct Saturday and On Post has been showing fine form both under colors and in private trials. According to latest advices from the East, Top Flight will not fulfill her engagement in the American Derby. Although his colors will not flash in the race," Col. E. R. Bradley, owner of the ill-fated Burgoo King, will witness the running of the American Derby. He sent on word from New York today that he would arrive Friday with a party of six.
