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1 LOUISVILLE TURF NOTES s Mrs. Bessie Franzheims Silas and Charles R. Thompsons Boston Pal continued to share the spotlight among the Kentucky Derby candidates training here, but this time the order of things was reversed, with the former enjoying top honors. Trainer A. C. Detwiler brought Silas out for a mile spin, and the son of Crucifixion showed he is rapidly nearing racing condition when he went the distance in 1:43. The colt worked from the stand. A bit rank as he swung into action but settling down quickly, Silas breezed the first quarter in :25 and the three-eighths in :38. He was still going handily under jockey Bill Garners snug grip to reach the three-quarters in 1:17 and the seven-eighths in 1:30. Clockers caught the rangy bay in 1:57 as he pulled up the mile and an eighth without drawing a long breath. The move erased any doubt which may have existed that Silas is seriously intended as a Derby starter, despite his status as an outsider. Boston Pal went a similar distance with J. Curd in the saddle, and responded in 1:45. Like Silas, the big black colt worked from the stand and was unaccompanied. Professional clockers caught the Thompson candidate the first quarter in :27, the half mile in :52, and the three-quarters in 1:19. Trainer A. L. Darnaby, who was entirely satisfied with the trial, caught his charge at a faster clip the early part of it, but his split second was a shade slower for the mile, stopping at 1:46. Mrs. Franzheims Compensatory, candidate for the Clark Handicap, opening day feature, turned in a useful mile, going the dia tance in 1:45. The grays early fractionals were :24, :50 and 1:17. Another eligible called upon for more than a gallop was Capt. Cal, from the Tranquillity Farm Stable. Trainer E. L. Snyder sent the Carlaris colt on a work over three-quar- ters and he made the grade in 1:22, merely buck jumping the first quarter in :27 and the half in :55. Five racers, which will carry the colors of Audley Farm on western tracks this season, arrived from Berryville, Va., where they wintered. They were consigned to trainer William Crump, who took a division of Audley to Miami, where they were either claimed or disposed of at private terms. The arrivals included Capt. Byam, a bay three-year-old colt by Carlaris from Highland Belle, which has never faced the barrier; Amateur Girl, a two-year-old chestnut filly by Strolling Player from Halicore; Myron, two-year-old chestnut filly by Bright Knight from Lady Myra, and two juveniles for which registration papers have not been received. Eight head, the property of J. D. Norris, Jr., Chicago sportsman, who races under the nom de course of the Peconic Stable, departed Tuesday for New York, in charge of trainer Eddie Hayward, former star Canadian jockey. The Peconic racers, including General Parth, Distract, Two Edged, Chief Mourner, Islay and Whichaway were consigned to Belmont Park. Despite Kentuckys most severe winter in twenty years, they are far advanced in training thanks to the shelter afforded them by the enclosed barn built at the cost of 00,000 just outside the Churchill Downs inclosure by the Three Ds Stable and can be expected to swing into action on the Metropolitan circuit with the opening at Jamaica.
