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OS BULL LEAS BRILLIANT WORK Calumet Farm Candidate Works Mile and Quarter in 2:12 . Jockey Irving Anderson Astride Son of Bull Dog in Training Gallops at Calumet Farm. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 6. Over the private six furlongs training track at Calumet Farm, Warren Wrights Kentucky Derby and Blue Grass Stakes candidate, Bull Lea, had his most ambitious work of the year when he breezed nine furlongs in 1:57 and pulled up one mile and one-quarter in 2:12 this morning. With Irving Anderson, who will handle him in the Louisville classic aboard, the fine looking son of Bull Dog stepped along in easy fashion and at an even pace. He ran the first furlong in :13 and the quarter in :26. He was clocked the half mile in :50 and three-quarters in 1:16. The mile was negotiated in 1:43. While Bull Lea was carrying on at Calumet Farm, P. A. and R. J. Nashs Dicker-ville was racing a mile In 1:42 over the Keeneland course. Ball-O-Fire and Congressman, two other Derby eligibles, were limited to five furlongs gallops, the former going in 1:02 handily and Congressman in 1:01. Considering the sharp turns over the six furlongs, Bull Leas work was most impressive and he hardly took a good breath after it. Both courses were in lightning fast condition, the light showers of yesterday only serving to settle the dust. SPLENDID MOVE. Dickervilles drill also was a splendid one and the Sun Flag off spring went through it in even style. He ran the quarter in :24, half-mile in :49 and three-quarters in 1:15. With these splendid works and announcement that Menow, Hal Price Headleys homebred son of Pharamond II., which was one of the leading two-year-olds of last year, would reach here tomorrow morning, interest in Continued on twentieth page. BULL LEAS BRILLIANT WORK Continued fioni first page.J the Keeneland meeting, which gets under way Thursday, April 14, reached a new high today. During the day about 100 horses were unloaded at the track and chief among the arrivals was a division of the Greentree Stable of Mrs. Payne Whitney, which comprised eleven head. Another division was sent on to Louisville. Among other arrivals were the A. C. Ernst, J. B. Respess and J. W. Parrish Stables. The latter establishment came from Miami and will bo augmented by several horses which wintered at the Parrish Farm. William Hamilton, who will serve as starter, came over from Louisville and he will direct the schooling classes from now on until the meeting opens.
