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MUDDOT CHURCHILL DOWNS Outsiders Among Derby Candidate i Hold Spotlight in Training Moves. Albubble Works Half in :49J Valted, Ivory. Tip and Morristown Also Show Up Well In Gallops. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 9. Candidates classed below the top flight provided practically all the Derby activity as training was conducted over a muddy track at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park this morning. Eiigibles for the 0,000 fixture, now just a month off, included Edward F. Woodwards Valdina Farm hope, Valted; A. C. Ernsts Albubble; Morris Vehons Ivory Tip, and J. H. Skirvins Morristown, and all of them drilled at Churchill Downs. From a time standpoint, Albubble took the honors for the morning, the son of Bubbling Over and Blackeyed Kathleen rattling off four furlongs in :49. He went very handily, as his running companion, Alkit, had to be placed to a drive to keep up with the Derby nominee. The work was not only the fastest speed performance among tho Derby horses, but also the speediest of any during a busy training period. Valted was breezed seven furlongs in a set with six of his stable companions, which, however, did not include the other Valdina Derby hope, Petrose. The latter coughed several times yesterday and trainer J. J. Flanigan decided to leave him in his stall for the day. Valted was timed the seven furlongs in 1:37, trainer Flanigan having prescribed a handy trial for the colts first spin over the local course. The Valdina horses arrived here Wednesday evening from Texas. SON OF REIGH COUNT. Mr. Vehon was at the track to watch his Derby hope, Ivory Tip, go through a short drill. The son of Reigh Count, working in company with Miss Lily, traveled four furlongs in the holding mud in :54, but he was not fully extended. Trainer Jake Lowenstein directed the trial of the Vehon horse. Morristown, which has been showing steady improvement, accomplished another good move when he clicked off a half mila in :53. Long gallops was all that was asked of the more outstanding Derby horses, among them H. C. Applegates Chigre, which has been burning up the Douglas Park course; Mrs. W. H. Fursts Gerald; Miss Mary Hirsch3 No Sir; I. J. Collins Bernard F., and Col. H. Maxwell Howards Sceneshifter and Fencing. Horsemen here were pleased to wake up this morning and find the sun showing brightly once more after an all day rain yesterday. The precipitation was welcome in that it will help the racing strips at the two tracks, and with continued good weather should be near their best by Sunday morning, which promises to be the biggest for training here this season. Judge Charles F. Price, presiding steward in charge of racing at Churchill Downs and chairman of the license committee of tho state racing commission, has called a meeting of that body for 11 oclock Monday morning in the offices of the commission at Lexington. More than 250 trainers and over eighty riders already have made applications for licenses, and these will be considered at Mondays meeting. The names of two women are listed among the applicants for trainers licenses. Miss Mary Hirsch and Miss E. Hickman. TO SELL SLIM ROSIE. Ike Well expects to dispose of the mara Slim Rosie to D. J. Weil, who will retire her for breeding purposes and probably send her to the court of Equipoise this spring. Transfer virtually was closed while Ike Weil was In Lexington yesterday. Slim Rosie went wrong while training a week ago. Quite a few of the horsemen and close students of racing here are getting quite a laugh out of the offerings of some of the winter book price makers. They feel that prices against Kentucky Derby eligiblds are so small that operators of such books cannot hope to do any business on an important scale. Furthermore, they predict the death of future book speculation unless horsemen and other players are offered prices commensurate with the hazards of wagering so long before a given event Local agents report the volume of play here as the lightest in their experience.
