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ST. LEGER STARS INJURED -1 1 April the Fifth and Orwell May Not Start. - - - Aga Khan Owns Three Candidates, Among Them Dastur, Winner of . the Irish Derby. . Special Correspondence. LONDON, England. With the running of the St. Leger Stakes, less than three weeks away, much interest is being manifested in the last of the classics, and the probability of the race deciding the three-year-old championship, which is a moot question now as the Derby winner, April the Fifth, and the Two Thousand Guineas hero, Orwell, cannot be regarded as certain starters. Latest reports concerning Tom Walls Derby winner April the Fifth, after his recent accident on the training grounds states that the son of Craigran-Eran, since his course of treatment has shown less inflama-tion in the injured off fore limb, and that hopes are held that the colt will soon be at hard work again. So intent is owner-trainer Walls of getting his Derby hero to the post for the St. Leger, that he considered seabathing for the colt. Even should April the Fifth get to the post, he cannot be expected to be at his best, or in the form that he showed when wearing down his rivals at Epsom. A better chance appears to exist for the Guineas winner, but Derby failure, Orwell, to come under the starters control at Doncaster. W. Mortimer G. Singers good colt, supported as though defeat was out of the question in the Derby, came out of the race so badly jarred that he only recently resumed active training at Manton, and it is by no means certain that the son of Gainsborough will be at concert pitch for the last of the classics. If all goes well with Orwell in the interim he may start in the St. Leger, and one of the requisites for Orwells successful training is a soft or yielding track, as the colts shelly feet, which have been the real cause of his trouble, are not adapted for galloping over hard surfaces. Meanwhile, with April the Fifth and Orwell, somewhat under a cloud, Lord Rose-berys Miracle, winner of the Eclipse and Newmarket Stakes and third in the Derby, has become a warm first choice at 7 to 4 in the future betting on the St. Leger, but many speculators refuse to accept these odds on the son, of Manna. , The Aga Khans three St. Leger candir dates, the Irish Derby victor, Dastur; the Oaks and Coronation Stakes heroine, Udai-pur, and the Gordon Stakes winner, Fir-daussi, are reported to be training in splendid condition for the final classic, which will be run at Doncaster September 7. It is probable that Dastur and Udaipur will represent the Indian potentate in an attempt to duplicate the deed of Salmon Trout, which horse carried his chocolate and green hoops to victory in 1924. Another of the St. Leger field of which good reports come to hand, is John A. Dew-ars Violator, which impressed spectators when galloping home to victory ?n the St. Georges Stakes at Liverpool last month. It is claimed for Violator that he is the most improved horse in training and there is confidence at Bechamptori that he will emulate his sire, Hurry On, winner of the war-time substitute St. Leger in 1916. Silvermere, winner of the two miles Ascot Gold Vase, under the silks of his owner-breeder Mrs. C. Rich, is considered the best outsider in the St. Leger field, being the only horse that has won over the distance of the Doncaster Classic.
