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OFF TRACK AT LOUISVILLE r - " ; Derby Candidates Trainers Refuse to Postpone Charges Workouts. Sceneshif ter, Fencing, My Grandson, Knights riume and No Sir Gallop Over Heavy Track. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 8 Although track conditions were severe and the weather disagreeably unsettled and raw, trainers of candidates for the Kentucky Derby refused to postpone or alter outdoor activity on the part of their respective hopefuls at Churchill Downs today. As a matter of fact, Derby eligibles probably figured more conspicuously in the training than on any one day here this spring. No less than six of the nominees stabled at the Winn track took part in workouts, while all but a few of the others there were put through long gallops. The several Derby horses at Douglas Park were galloped. At Churchill Downs trainer Earl Sande had Sceneshifter and Fencing, nominees of Col. H. Maxwell Howard, on the heavy track in company and they were asked to traverse three-quarters following the customary limbering up gallop. Worked on even terms, the Ohio-owned three-year-olds went the six furlongs in 1:21. As always under a steady hold, they ran the first quarter in :25 and the four furlongs in :53. TAKES HONORS. Another to go three-quarters was Ike Weils My Grandson and he carried off honors for time by traveling the distance in 1:17, though stoutly urged. He galloped out seven furlongs in 1:32 and for the first and second quarters of his move the time was :2ii and :50. Trainer Ed Snyder sent Tranquillity Farms Knights Plume a similar distance in 1:18. The son of Bright Knight ran easily at all stages. Phil Reillys Come to Taw, working with Bel Espoir and never fully extended, ran six furlongs in 1:22, the quarter in :25 and the half mile in :52. No Sir,- the representative of Miss Mary Hirsch and something of a disappointment in Florida, had an easy half-mile trial as he exhibited his running- gait for the first time since arriving here from Miami. For the four furlongs he was timed in :56, and this was somewhat slower than his trainer, Miss Hirsch, had instructed the exercise boy to work him, it was understood. Mrs. W. H. Fursts Gerald and I. J. Collins Bernard F. were two of the principal candidates galloped at Churchill Downs, while the same exercise was given H. C. Applegates Chigre at Douglas Park. Edward F. Woodwards Petrose and Valt-ed, the latest additions to the ranks of Derby eligibles here, were kept indoors, only having arrived here late yesterday. With twenty-two others and in charge of John J. Flanigan, the Woodward Stable came here from Houston. HOLDS FORM. Demonstrating that he is holding his best form, the Millsdale Stables winter-raced Giant Killer rattled off three-quarters over the tough Downs track in 1:153s this morning. The work was in preparation for nearing engagements at Keeneland and he also will get into action during the May meeting here. Trainer A. Pelleteri had Infantry out to pace Giant Killer the opening half mile, which was covered in :49. Jockey Leslie Pichon and his wife, who were injured in an automobile accident near Little Rock several days ago, arrived here yesterday. Pichon escaped with minor bruises, but his wife suffered a fractured nose and other injuries. Harry Lindenberger, Churchill Downs, La-tonia and Lincoln Fields racing official, was called to Shelbyville, Ky., by the death of a sister. Miss Lillie Lindenberger. She died Tuesday, and interment took place today. Maurice L. Galvin, secretary and treasurer of the American Turf Association, and Roger Sullivan, auditor for tracks of that association, motored down from their homes in Covington, Ky., today. After attending to some business here, they were to return tonight. The stables of James C. Ellis and Mrs. R. J. Murphy are expected tomorrow from Oak-lawn Park, while that of J. J. OByrne arrived at Douglas Park this morning from New Orleans.
