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Seventeen Derby Probables Listed ListedIn In Earnest Declared Out Hampden Lord Boswell and Kendor Drill on Muddy Oval OvalContinued Continued from Page One Onesmith smith last year The grinning Jessop ar ¬ rived at Churchill Downs today todayTrainer Trainer Dick Handlen who supervised Hampdens trial declared the prep was just what he expected of the colt and that Hampden was as fine as split silk for his big adventure adventureAdams Adams Declines Mounts MountsKendor Kendor who won two races in seven starts during the winter season in New Orleans for Mrs Denzil Hollingsworth is more or less a surprise Derby candidate inasmuch as the bay geldings qualifica ¬ tions hardly approach Derby standards Kendor was worked a mile in 150 handily this morning and trainer Bob Young declared he had asked Johnny Adams to handle the gelding in the 100000 race Adams deprived of a mount when Vera S Braggs ailing Mist o Gold was scratched from yesterdays one mile Derby Trial and also was declared out of Satur ¬ days Derby declined the mount and re ¬ turned to New York YorkMaine Maine Chance Farms Lord Boswell who with his two illustrious stablemates Knock ¬ down and Perfect Bahram retains the ranking as the preDerby choice received his final Derby prep this morning when he was breezed six furlongs in 118 and was pulled up at a mile in 149 The Blue Grass Stakes winner was clocked the quarter in 26 and half in 52 Mean ¬ while Jim Smith who trains the Maine Chance Farm runners for Mrs Elizabeth Graham declared that the latter had in ¬ formed him that Ted Atkinson will come on from the East to accept the mount on one of her three Derby starters Eddie Arcaro who rode Lord Boswell in the Blue Grass Stakes probably will play a return engagement astride the colt with Atkinson and Bobby Permane dividing their talents aboard Knockdown and Perfect Bahram Knockdown incidentally galloped over the track today R S McLaughlins Wee Admiral became a Derby improbable as a result of his performance in yesterdays Derby Trial TrialWee Wee Admiral clearly indicated in the Trial in which he finished ninth that he is not equipped to run his best race over an off track With this in mind and in view of his showing yesterday Wee Admirals connections have decided to await track conditions on Saturday before clarifying the status of their colt It is safe to pre ¬ sume that unless the track is fast or good Wee Admiral will not be a starter starterRippey Rippey Skins Right Hind Hock HockIn In the meantime it was revealed that both Rippey and Double Slam incurred in ¬ juries while awaiting the start of yester ¬ days Trial Rippey who won the race in the silks of William Helis skinned his right hind hock considerably and trainer Ed Snyder is hoping the injury wont interfere with his Derby engagement The fidgety Double Slam who has definitely been de ¬ clared out of the race by owner J Graham Brown also cut himself in the gate gateJohnny Johnny Longden who had yesterdays Trial all but won until Spy Song tried to pull himself up through the last 50 yards of the race said he thought a great deal of the Dixiana stable colts Derby chances and had learned a lot in handling the tempera ¬ mental thoroughbred yesterday Longden who is anxious to ride Spy Song in the Derby declared he will return to Churchill Downs from New York to keep his engage ¬ ment on the Charles T Fisher hopeful hopefulThere There were no new developments con ¬ cerning the other members of the probable Derby field although Max Hirsch trainer of King Ranchs Assault expressed disap ¬ pointment in the effort displayed by his Wood Memorial winner in finishing fourth in the Trial In addition to those mentioned before Bobanet Stables Marine Victory Brolite Farms With Pleasure A C Ernsts Alamond Hal Price Headleys Pellicle Mrs D Pattersons Alworth W H Fieldings Jobar Dave Fergusons Bob Murphy and LUcas B Combs Dark Jungle remained as probable starters on Saturday Dark Jun ¬ gle incidentally will be ridden by Andy LoTurco LoTurcoTrainer Trainer Jim Healy also announced that Mist o Golds temperature was down to 101 this morning and if the colts condition re ¬ turns to normal he will be returned to New York next week Healy plans to leave for Belmont Park tonight
