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CAN BEAT THEM ALL Trainer Phil Reuten Includes Omaha in Making Abayt Declaration Owners Supremely Confident Black Colt Will Become Triple Derby Winner on Saturday HOMEWOOD 111 June 19 An aura of supreme confidence that the black coltcalied Roman Soldier will come charging home the winner of the historic 25000 added Ameri ¬ can Derby at Washington Park Saturday surrounded barn Y on the Homewood back stretch where the double Derby winner is quartered under the watchful eye of trainer Phil Reuter ReuterA A continuance of the drizzling rain that promises a wet or dull track for Saturdays twentyseventh running of the famous mile and a quarter fixture and the complete sat ¬ isfaction of his trainer with Roman Soldiers present condition were the factors which continued to draw more and more supporters to the black colt that never runs a bad raca A none too impressive mile and a quarter vork by Col E R Bradleys two fillies Black Helen and Bloodroot only served to add to Roman Soldiers prestige prestigeRight Right now Roman Soldier can beat any threeyearold in America Reuter declared today breaking the silence he has main ¬ tained since Roman Soldier won the De ¬ troit Derby last Saturday And that in ¬ cludes Omaha My partner Elwood Sachscn maier and I are very sorry that Omaha saw fit to pass up the American Derby for Roman Soldier today is a twentyfive per cent better horse than he was the day Omaha beat him a length and a half in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby DerbyABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR SALE SALENothing Nothing pleases us so much as that we did not accept offers made for him last week Today we would not sell Romn Soldier for any price priceRoman Roman Soldier was not called upon for a training move over the very difficult track that prevailed this morning The colt as a matter of fact needs very little work He has been kept in racing condition for a long time and with one brisk trial can be depended upon for his best effort off his Detroit Derby victory That work will likely come tomorrow afternoon afternoonOthers Others of the Derby candidates took the track this morning however their trainers having accepted the fact that there will be no favorable racing strip to work their horses over even though there is still some chance that the track will be in fair shape before post call sounds for the Derby DerbyClockers Clockers and horsemen had expected to find the answer to the most debated ques ¬ tion remaining to be settled in connection with the Derby when Black Helen and Bloodroot came out to be sent a mile and a quarter early in the day But the racing strip permitted them to do nothing more than breeze with Black Helen going the mile and a quarter of the Derby route in 216 and Bloodroot working in 221 Black Helen worked the half in 54 three quarters in 121 and a mile in 150 Bloodroot was at the threequarters in 124 and the mile in 153 153BLOODROOT BLOODROOT A QUESTION QUESTIONOwing Owing to her smart victory over Black Helen and Count Arthur in an overnight affair last Saturday Bloodroot had been expected to contest the position of public choice for the Derby with Roman Soldier but she is untested in the mud and after her work this morning horsemen were shak ¬ ing their heads while telling one another that she hardly handled herself like a mud running mare mareBest Best of the trials was that of Cold Shoul ¬ der a chestnut son of Display that will carry the silks of young Alfred G Vander ¬ bilt Cold Shoulder going handily turned a mile and a furlong in 201 He was at the half in 50 did six furlongs in 118 and a mile in 147 His work was dis ¬ counted to some extent however for the colt turned in the fastest gallop of the Continued on fifteenth page ROMAN SOLDIER RULES AMERICAN DERBY CHOICE Continued from first page season in advance of the Belmont Stakes only to drop out of It after a mile in the actual race Walter M Jeffords Firethorn sharp from his efforts in the Belmont Stakes and the Detroit Derby within ten days was out for a breezing three furlongs in 38 and is expected to be sent a mile between races tomorrow afternoon afternoonMrs Mrs Charles Hainsworths Blackbirder a consistent a if not sensational threeyear old arrived from Detroit this morning to complete the roster of Derby candidates and is likewise expected to work Thursday ThursdayPresident President John P Harding announced yesterday that in addition to the 25000 added purse Washington Park is offering for the American Derby the winner will be presented with a huge antique gold cup The trophy is 150 years old and the product of a famous British goldsmith of revolutionary days President Harding will present the cup personally personallyUnpleasant Unpleasant weather has failed to dampen the ardor of the thousands of Chicago race ¬ goers old and new that have for years been making the American Derby the high spot of the Chicago racing season Reserved seat and box sales have been the largest in sev ¬ eral seasons Although the new Washington Park policy of catering to the general public has reduced appreciably the number of boxes the demand for them is taken as in ¬ dicating that one of the largest throngs of the year will be jan hand Saturday SaturdayThe The first takeachance Derby starter of the type that muddy track conditions usually bring out was announced late this afternoon when A A Baroni declared that his filly Ann ORuley would go to the post She was a close third in the California Derby at Bay Meadows in late April the mile and a fur ¬ long stake won byTorb Flight She worked a mile and a furlong in 205 breezing this morning with six furlongs in 122 and a mile in 150
