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ELEVEN DERBY COLTS READY FOR ACID TEST TESTChances Chances of Several Candidates in Churchill Downs Historic Event Cause Much Speculation SpeculationContinued Continued from first page pageing ing out of this ouchy condition before the race or runs out of it in the stake itself The Palladino colts if then is imbedded in his sore muscles which however neither implies that he is lame nor that he will not run well in spite of this condition conditionStaretors Staretors if is much the same as Whirl aways Since coming to Louisville he has shown tendencies which do not augur for success in a Derby In one private trial he eased himself when he became curious of a crowd of work watchers and in a later drill he bore out badly Such an ex ¬ cursion would be costly in a race ami it is the fervent hope of his owner and trainer that he displays no such wanderlust this weekend weekendValdina Valdina Paul has no apparent infirmities or peculiarities but his record hardly glows with his exploits The most that can be said for him was best expressed by his trainer John J Flanigan in the following words They might outrun him but they wont make him quitJ It is widely felt then that Valdina Paul will be right there battling for the money if any of his more highly re ¬ garded contemporaries show any lack f heart This morning the Woodward home ¬ bred had his last trial in a fivefurlong spin in 100 a move he executed in handy fash ¬ ion ionThe The last of the candidates whose hopes of success is punctuated by an if is Swain This gray colt is sore and moody and his connections admit he must be in the right frame of mind to do his best Further it is believed that the track will not be par ¬ ticularly to his fancy unless it is muddy or of some similar consistency consistencyThe The remaining four challengers Porters Cap Our Boots Market Wise and Robert Morris this morning were pronounced fit and ready for the race of their lives Por ¬ ters Cap cofavorite with Our Boots con ¬ cluded his Derby training with a half mile spin in 47 breezing while Market Wise and Robert Morris were sent six furlongs each The latter two worked in company Robert Morris breaking slightly behind the Tufano representative Robert Morris time for the threequarters was 114 while Mar ¬ ket Wise was clocked in 114 Both went handily Our Boots was confined to a long gallop
