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TRIAL RACE FOR DERBY Myron Selznicks Cant Wait to Start in Wood Memorial. Showing in Eastern Race to Determine Colts Chances of Starting in May 7 Headliner. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 13 Myron Selz-nlcks Cant Wait, whose Kentucky Derby status will be determined by his showing in the Wood Memorial Stakes at Jamaica, will leave here Friday for New York, according to the present plan of trainer J. T. Taylor, and if the sbn of Victorians effort at the metropolitan track is satisfactory he will be shipped right back for the Churchill Downs special to be run one week later. The Wood Memorial is to be run on April 30, with the 0,000 Derby down for decision on May 7. Taylor, who brought Cant Wait here from California more than two weeks ago, is satisfied with the colts present condition and it is his plan to work the horse seven furlongs Thursday as his final prep before entraining for New York. PRE-DERBY TEST. The Wood Memorial has been a pre-Derby test for a number of three-year-olds in recent years and two winners of that New York fixture have come on to Louisville to capture the Churchill Downs classic. They were Gallant Fox and Twenty Grand, and thats a pretty good percentage, considering that the Wood has been run only thirteen times. Among other horses which have shown enough in the Jamaica stake to warrant their shipment to Louisville for the Derby were Pompey, Eostonian, Economic, Granville, Omaha, Teufel, Melodist and Head Play. Among others, Cant Wait probably will encounter such other highly regarded Kentucky Derby eligibles as Fighting Fox and Redbreats in the Wood. Fighting Fox is the current second choice for the Derby. While Cant Wait was preparing to take leave of the Derby scene, several other classic eligibles advanced another step in their training at the Louisville track. LAWRIN IN WORKOUT. Those to work this morning over a fast track were Herbert M. Woolfs Lawrin, Bert Friends Co-Sport, and Mrs. Payne Whitneys Gangplank. Of the trio, the Cincinnati-owned Co-Sport had the hardest trial, as he ran three-quarters in 1:15. However, he was not extended. Lawrin, which has done exceedingly well since arriving here from Florida, went five furlongs at little more than an open canter in 1:07, while Gangplank turned three-eighths in :36 as preparation for some more testing tomorrow. The Derby favorite, Stagehand, and The Chief, also eligible for the big race, continued to take it easy at Churchill Downs, where they arrived from California Monday evening. The Maxwell Howard three-year-olds are causing their trainer, Earl H. Sande, no uneasiness, as he has visited Lexington and a number of the breeding farms in the Blue Grass belt while the horses were recuperating from their long journey.
