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WESTON DERBY DARK HORSE Braedalbane Stable Colt Arrives at Churchill Downs Track. Son of Nocturnal Makes Good Impression on Observers at Louisville Course Bluebeards Workout. - LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 3. Weston, most discussed of the western "dark horse" candidate for the. sixty-first Kentucky Derby, arrived at local Churchill Downs, where that famous race will be run Saturday, May 4. trriving ahead of schedule, the Braedalbane table colt was among- sixteen head Jack Young brought over yesterday from the near Lexington farm he and his brother, Tom, maintain. A picture of health, showing unmistakable signs of advanced preparation and behaving in far more tractable fashion than even the most docile of his stable companions, the Braedalbane hopeful made such a fine impression that he may be destined to become one of the favorites of the local racing colony. "You never saw a horse do better," said Jack Young, when questioned as to the condition of the son of Nocturnal, or Sun Flag, and what he had done before leaving the farm. "He has not missed a work or gallop In weeks and may be a little more advanced than some of the other Derby .horses. His knees, which were fired last fall, are sound and he has not missed an oat all winter. Whether he is a Derby horse only time will tell, but he has shown enough to be considered an intended starter." Young, who is pinch-training for his brother, Tom, who recently underwent an appendectomy, volunteered the information that Weston will be worked a brisk three-quarters Saturday morning. He had him on the Downs track for a short "pipe-opener" .this morning. Westons last workout at the farm was over a mile route. Young also explained that the wet weather of the past ,teh days made training conditions at the farm so severe that transfer of the stable here was advanced four or five days from what they had planned with normal weather prevailing. As a two-year-old, Weston was the joint property of Jouett Shouse and the late Desha Breckinridge. He started but three times, winning two of the engagements, including the Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia. He has not been to the post since the Trophy. Shouse recently acquired full title to the three-year-old from the Breckinridge estate. His earnings last year amounted to ,145. In addition to the Derby nominee, Young has Fiji, South Bend, Fair Theresa, Bring Back, Alsat, Al Pan, Al Mac, Broadway Wild, Jane F., Brown Man, At It, Nordrie, Jiggerette, Boston Sound and Spectrum here. Fiji, South Bend, Boston Sound, Fair Theresa, At It and Brown Man are owned by the Young brothers, sold by Col. Milton Young, who bred and raced many greats and near-greats of the turf. Broadway Wild and Jane F. by Young Brothers and Gor-ham Brothers, Bring Back by Mrs. A. B. Gay, Alsat, Al Pan and Al Mac by A. C. Ernst, Spectrum by Dr. C. E. Haggard, Jiggerette by G. M. Humphrey and Nordrie by Miss Lucy Simms. The Downs condition book will be ready for horsemen early next week. Racing secretary William H. Shelley announced that there would be no graded handicaps, a recent action by the Kentucky commission discarding the graded handicap scheme for horses of ,000 value or less, and Shelley hopes to provide suitable allowance events for those of greater value. The maximum claiming purse, under the Kentucky commissions new rule, is ,000, whereas the uniform claiming rule advocated by the National Association of Racing Commissioners, established a ,000 maximum. Charles F. Price, steward in charge of racing at all tracks operated by the American Turf Association, returned yesterday from his winter home in Naples, Fla., with Sam McMeekin, C. Bruce Head, racing sec- retary Shelley and others of the racing department. Judge Price will be at Churchill Downs daily from now on. W. R. Coes Bluebeard showed keen speed in his first trial since arriving from California when he ran three furlongs on a deep and holding track yesterday in :37. Jockey H. Richards, who rode the Blue Larkspur colt in his engagements on the West Coast, was in the saddle and had a strong hold throughout the short trial.
