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NO SIR READY FOR DERBY Miss Mary Hirschs Gelding in Long and Brilliant Work. Gallops One Mile and a Quarter Over Derby Ground In 2:115S Track Is Slow From Drizzle. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 21. Miss Mary Hirsch, one of the few licensed women trainers of thoroughbreds in America, became the first to send her Kentucky Derby candidate over the full Derby distance of a mile and a quarter at Churchill Downs this spring. Miss Hirsch, whose father, Max Hirsch, saddled Bold Venture for his winning performance in the Downs race last year, brought out the star of her stable in a drizzling rain at Churchill this morning and watched him travel ten furlongs over a slow track in 2:11, handily, in as impress- ive a trial as has been seen here since I spring training operations began. Grey Count, from the Millsdale Stable, worked the last mile with Miss Hirschs three-year-old and though the Louisiana Derby winner had a five-length lead at the I beginning of his trial. No Sir all but caught him before they completed their works. IMPRESSIVE SHOWING. Running the same distance over which the Derby will be run on May 8, No Sir, with Ray Yelton in the saddle, was under a snug hold as he traveled the first quarter in :25, three furlongs in :38 and half mile in :52. Continuing in handy fashion, the Sortie colt got to the five furlongs marker in 1:04, went three-quarters in 1:17, mile in 1:44 and mile and one-eighth in 1:57. Grey Counts time for his mile was 1:47. It was a sparkling move, the condition of the track considered, and it left little doubt as to either the horses fitness of willingness to travel the mile and a quarter of the 0,-000 race. He cooled out nicely after his trial and Miss Hirsch was more than pleased with the effort, which becomes a new mark at which trainers of Derby candidates here can shoot. Good moves also were made this morning by the two three-year-olds Earl Sande is prepping for the big race for H. Maxwell Howard, Fencing and Sceneshifter. They went a mile together in 1:43 and they also worked before the heavy rain set in and made the track sloppy. Jack Westrope, who, however, will ride Mrs. W. H. Fursts Gerald in the Derby, was astride Fencing, while George Hornstein handled Sceneshifter. SANDE MUCH PLEASED. They began their moves in front of the stand and were timed the first quarter in :25, half mile in :50 and three-quarters in 1:16A, both going handily all the way. They, too, performed in a manner pleasing to Sande, who may start both of them in the Downs fixture. Sande was not sure whether he would start Sceneshifter before the Derby, but indicated he might send Fencing to Lexington to fill his engagement in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland next Thursday. Al Miller had hoped to work I. J. Collins Bernard F. this morning, but changed his mind after the downpour changed the condition of the. track. Not wishing to lay off entirely, however, Bernard F. was permitted to gallop once around the course and then breeze a very slow five furlongs. Gerald and the Milky Way Farms Reaping Reward and Military, which turned in good three-quarters spins Friday, remained under cover today, while the remaining Derby eligibles, both at the Downs and at Douglas Park, all of which are only lightly regarded, were given light drills.
