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ARIEL TOY JACKSONS HOPEFUL New York Owner Seeks Victory in Coveted Kentucky Derby. Requests Stalls for Four Horses at ChurchlU Downs Colt Proves Steady Performer. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 18 That Hugh W. Jackson, New York patron, has serious designs on the sixty-fifth running of the Kentucky Derby with his Arkansas Derby winner, Ariel Toy, was further emphasized when he notified Churchill Downs to reserve stalls for the son of Ariel and three of his stable companions. Jackson did not say when his horses would be shipped to the scene of the Derby, but it is assumed Ariel Toy will be transferred to Louisville after his engagement in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace next Saturday. Ariel Toy, whose steady performances both last year and this spring have gained him many admirers, will be a notable addition to the local Derby colony, which now embraces only two of the ranking contenders, Herbert M. Woolfs Technician and Mrs. Bessie Franzheims Xalapa Clown. SET BACK IN SANFORD STAKES. The Jackson Derby candidate was disqualified the only time he finished first in a stakes last year as a two-year-old but, throughout his juvenile campaign, he raced with the best of his age. It was in the San-ford Stakes at Saratoga that Ariel Toy was disqualified. In the Hopeful Stakes, at the same track several weeks later, the Ariel horse finished second to El Chico. In all, Ariel Toy finished second in six stakes last year, third in another and fourth in two more. Before going to Maryland this spring, Ariel Toy won two races at Oaklawn Park, his final success coming in the Arkansas Derby. Another stable, embracing candidates for the Derby, made reservations at the Downs when the Greentree establishment of Mrs. Payne Whitney asked for stalls for five horses. The Greentree nominees for the 0,000 May 6 special are Roll and Toss, Hash, Third Degree and One by One and they are to come here following the close of the meeting at Keeneland, where they now are quartered. TWENTY GRAND DERBY WINNER. The Greentree Stable, which sent Twenty Grand here to win the Kentucky Derby in 1931, is well equipped with Derby material this spring and this establishment also is not without its followers for the big race. Technician and Xalapa Clown, meanwhile, continue to train in splendid fashion over the Downs course and in recent trials displayed more than ordinary mud-running qualities. These horses, both of which took part in winter racing, are being stepped up in their Derby preparation and observers can expect some more exacting trials from them from now on. Adverse track conditions the last few days have not necessarily curtailed training activities, but they have caused horsemen to take things a little easier with their charges. Considerable rain has fallen here in the last week and though most of the thoroughbreds here are well advanced in their preparation, owners and trainers are hoping for firmer footing and dry weather by the end of this week. OPEN SECRETARYS OFFICE. The racing administration offices were opened this week and the work of accepting registrations has begun. James T. Clark, placing judge and member of secretary William .H. Shelleys staff, has charge of this work and he is eager for horsemen to file their applications and badge requirements at the earliest possible time. The administration offices will be open daily f romnow until the opening of the local seasorion April 29. The adverse weather has not handicapped the mechanical and construction departments at the Downs, for the work on improvements and additions to the spacious plant is so far advanced that it will be completed well before the meeting regardless of rain. Visitors to the track are finding the buildings and grounds more agreeable to the eye than in many years.
