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FIVE TEXAS DERBY ELIGIBLES GIVEN USEFUL WORKOUTS ARLINGTON, Texas, April 16.-Five ellgi-bles for tomorrows renewal of the 5,000 added Texas Derby had useful "blowouts over a fast track at Arlington Downs this morning. Mrs. V. Wyses Eastport, winner of the Arkansas Derby, went a handy five , furlongs in 1:01 after reeling off a half mile in :48. Dead Calm breezed three furlongs in :36. and Mars Shield. Man and Brown Prodigy stepped a half mi e each. Mars Shield was timed the distance in .48, Palan in :49 and Brown Prodigy in :52. Military and Reaping Reward ran a quarter of a mile. Military, in the event he does engagement, probably will be not fill his given a stiff preparation with Reaping Reward before the Milky Way Farm horse leaves for Kentucky.