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CHANCE SDN GOES A MILE Derby Favorite Works Over Stiff, Heavy Track at Churchill Downs. Widener Colt Shows Up Well Under Adverse Conditions Bobbys Son and Ja-wapa Also Seeii in Action. t LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 10. Although he was not in much of a working humor, Chance Sun, Joseph E. Wideners winter book choice for the sixty-first Kentucky Derby, continued to set the pace for Derby candidates in this section when he worked a mile over a stiff, heavy irack at Churchill Downs this morning. He was the first of the candidates at the Downs, Douglas Park or down. in the Blue Grass territory around Lexington to tackle the mile distance. He was timed in 1:54. Considering that the -son of Chance Shot and Sunaibi refuses to put a great deal of effort into his running; that he was without a work companion and that his rider, Adam Schlaug, kept him far out from the rail throughout, the trial was one of the best under such conditions, shown by a Derby horse here in several years. The track was at its very worst and the slow mile Chance Sun accomplished probably did him more good than a like distance in 1:40 on a dry, "pasteboard" course. He opened up with a first quarter in :25 and went on to the half-mile marker in :51. Once he began to tire after reaching the third quarter, he did not fully extend himself and his rider repeatedly applied light pressure as he rounded out three-quarters in 1:21 and the mile in the above mentioned time. It was the opinion of several horsemen, who witnessed the trial, that the Widener hopeful probably would have done appreciably better had he worn blinkers. Trainer Pete Coyne, however, did not complain. He announced his intention of keeping the Derby colt on a work every third day schedule and is expected to overcome his habit of loafing when working alone, by "hooking" another horse with him from now on. He also may substitute jockey Wayne Wright, who is to ride him in the Derby and other- engagements, for Schalug. W. E. Hupps Bobbys Son and James W. Parrishs Jawapa were other TDerby nominees in action at the Downs. Trainer W. G. Sparks sent the former five furlongs in 1:07, while Javapa, accompanied by the Kentucky Oaks eligible, Scarp, worked three furlongs under trainer John Goodes direction in :39. Bobbys Son was among the horses Sparks transferred from Lexington yesterday. He is a chestnut colored son of Bunting and Bobby. News of the deaths of Allen B. Gallaher and G. L. "Joe" Knight, two of Kentuckys best known breeders at Lexington, cast a pall of profound sadness over the Downs and Douglas Park colonies today. They were beloved by all who knew them. Mr. Gallaher died within a short time after his trainer, Corliss Ormsby, left Lexington for Churchill Downs with eight of his horses. Mr. Knight was most celebrated as co-breeder with his late brother, William P. Knight, of Exterminator, Kentucky Derby winner of 1918 under W. S. Kilmers colors. Five two-year-olds, all bred and raised at the Gallaher farm on the Russell Cave pike within a few miles of Lexington, and the older Back Log, Pancoast and Chief Cherokee, comprised the draft of Gallaher horses Ormsby brought here. Jockey Harry Louman is due to report to trainer W. G. Sparks. Louman was expected today. He has been, riding in the South. Working on short notice, Tommy Taylor got away this morning for Havre de Grace with the eight horses he is training for Mrs. Silas B. Mason. Head Play, star of the stable, is slated to fill his engagement in the Philadelphia Handicap at that track on Saturday, April 27. The three-year-olds, Demonstration, which Taylor worked seven furlongs in 1:36 this morning, and The Mauler and five royally-bred juveniles, complete the string. Taylor was accompanied by his brother and assistant, .Walter Taylor, and jockey Charles Kurtsinger.
