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STAGEHANDS LATEST WORK Kentucky Derby Favorite Goes Mile and a Quarter in 2:12. Co-Sport Gallops Faster Covering the Distance in 2:09, the First Mile in 1:40. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29. Stagehand, sensational winter star and favorite for the Kentucky Derby, cleared another hurdle in his preparation for his engagement in that famous fixture which will be run a week from tomorrow when he covered the distance of a mile and a quarter on a good track here this morning in 2:12. The Maxwell Howard star and Bert Friends Co- ; Sport, which worked late in the afternoon, were the only Derby eligibles to do anything of an important nature, though the several colts scheduled to meet in the Daniel Boone purse tomorrow were called upon for short spins to sharpen them for that race. With Jack Westrope, his Derby rider, doing a flawless job of rating, Stagehand went through his long early morning rehearsal at an even pace. Covering the exact Derby ground, the son of Sickle and Stagecraft went the quarter in :26, half mile in :52, three-quarters in 1:19 and the mile in 1:46. He finished out under a light hand ride. Wise Fox, which is here to attempt to qualify for the 0,000 race under the colors of A. G. Tarn, and J. C. Stones Stands Alone, which is not conceded more than an outside chance of getting to the Derby post, were seen in short conditioners, the Tarn horse going three furlongs in :37 as a preliminary to a longer trial tomorrow and Stands Alone breezing five-eighths in 1:03. Showing no ill effects from his record-breaking races at Keeneland, Warren Continued on twenty-eighth page. i , j STAGEHANDS LATEST WORK Continued from first page. Wrights Bull Lea, one of the most powerful threats in the Derby field, arrived at Churchill Downs about noon today, a few hours after Mrs. Payne Whitneys more lightly regarded candidate, Redbreast, came in from the same point where yesterday he finished third to Bull Lea and Menow in the Blue Grass Stakes. By afternoon, the track was in fast condition and trainer R. T. Runnels also asked Co-Sport to negotiate the Derby route. With jockey Ray Yelton in the saddle and always in hand, the son of Cohort traversed the distance in 2:09, the first mile in 1:40, and the mile and an eighth in 1:54. After a gallop of a mile, designed to loosen his muscles, the Cincinnati candidate went into action at the furlong pole. He reeled off the initial quarter in :24, half in :48. He was timed in 1:01, for five-eighths and 1:14 for three-quarters and rounded out the seven-eighths in 1:27.
