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Workout Today to Reveal Career Boys Derby Stand StandColts7 Colts7 Ailing Hoof Much Better Jean Baptiste Surprise Hopeful HopefulBy By OSCAR OTIS OTISCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky April 30 Career Boy stubbornly refused to allow himself to be declared out of the Kentucky Derby Saturday as he galloped this morning and prepared for a slow mile and a quarter work tomorrow his injured hoof having responded rapidly to treatment Career Boy galloped over a slow track Sunday morning and again this morning and DAILY RACING FORM dockers proclaimed his manner of going far more satisfactory this morning than the Sunday canter canterA A surprise hit Churchill officials this morning with the word that Jean Baptiste was flown in from New York and appar ¬ ently encouraged to give the Derby a whirl following the confusing results of the Wood Memorial and Blue Grass Stakes in New York and Keeneland respectively plus the sound defeat of a number of Derby solid horses by Swoons Son at six furlongs in the Swaps Purse here Saturday SaturdayInjury Injury Seen Blessing in Disguise DisguiseAfter After his trial Sunday the C V Whit ¬ ney forces were of course disappointed that the discovery of Career Boys injury might put him on the sidelines Derby day However the feeling today was that his bruised heel actually was a blessing in dis ¬ guise guiseHad Had not Career Boy taken a misstep Sunday morning his real ailment might not have been revealed When his hoof was cut open Sunday pus was drained from it and since it takes some time for this fluid to form Career Boys connections feel that the colt was suffering from some affliction even last week Hence they rea ¬ son his disappointing race in the Blue Grass Stakes They also feel that if this old injury had not been discovered Career Boy probably would have run a poor race in the Derby DerbyPat Pat Hillock the famed Derby black ¬ smith was at the Sylvester Veitch barn this morning and reset the colts shoe on the right hind foot where the trouble was wasHead Head Man the other part of the Whit ¬ ney entry blew out this morning in prep ¬ aration for his engagement in the Derby Trial going a half in 50M breezing and hard held Head Man went alone with fractions of furlong in 12 flat quarter in 24 and three furlongs in 36 36Brandywine Brandywine Stables Countermand also elected to blow out this morning going goingContinued Continued on Page Six Injured Career Boy Works Today Status for Derby Hinges on Effort EffortJean Jean Baptiste Is Surprise Candidate See Pintor Lea Doubtful but Not Declared DeclaredContinued Continued from Page One Onethree three furlongs in 39 with a furlong in 13 and the quarter in 26 Countermand looked sharp in the short move The Brandywine colt also was on the track Sunday morning for a leisurely mile and a half gallop gallopNo No Regrets winner of the California Derby a week ago Saturday at Tanforan selected Sunday morning to drill going a half in 49 flat with fractions of a fur ¬ long in l2Ys quarter in 24 and three furlongs in 36 36Also Also of interest Sunday morning was a blowout by Calumet Farms Fabius who with R L Barber in the irons stepped over the slow footing a half in 48 with frac ¬ tions of furlong in 12 quarter in 234s and three furlongs in 35 35As As to the stablemate of Fabius Pintor Lea Ben Jones galloped the horse late this morning and lie went so well as to make Ben call the newspaper lads and tell them Pintor has been very very doubt ¬ ful but maybe well set him down in a work tomorrow and if he comes out of it all right we might start him Jimmy Jones is due in this afternoon from Garden State Park ParkHigh High King Goes Five Furlongs FurlongsHigh High King a recent arrival blew out Sunday morning five furlongs in l004s with fractions of a furlong in 12 quarter in 24 three furlongs in 36 and half in 48 He wore bandages behind and working alone seemed full of run Trainer Tom Barry was expected in later this afternoon from the East Coast CoastOver Over at the barn of the Derby favorite Needles trainer Hugh Fontaine was mark ¬ ing time with no activity worthy of men ¬ tion Most of the Derby horses were on the tracks for nothing more at best than slow jogs while others walked walkedTrainer Trainer Lloyd Lawson of the California colt Count Chic told turf writers this morning that Count Chic would start Sat ¬ urday regardless of track conditions and that he was not disappointed in Count Chics showing in the Swaps Purse of Sat ¬ urday It was too short for him and we really didnt think we could knock over a really fast horse like Swoons Son at the six furlong distance observed owner Dino Lozzi Stable connections hinted that Come on Red despite his sound defeat in the Swaps purse of Saturdays sprint was still to be counted a definite Derby starter starterAnd And Meshach Tenney trainer of Ter rang observed that The Saturday sprint was not quite Terrangs best effort and while Im making no predictions for the Derby Im sure that Terrang will deliver a better effort than the Swaps Purse would indicate indicateDowns Downs officials this afternoon also learned that Joe Tomlinsons Compactor was coming over for Keeneland supposedly for a Derby try Compactor is trained by Howard Hoffman HoffmanThe The Downs also bedded down Besomer who arrived early this afternoon by train from Maryland
