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Round Table Impressive In Short Balmoral Spin Kerr Money Champion Drills Half Mile in :49 at Washington Park HOMEWOOD, 111., May 1.— Kerr Stables Round Table, having been pronounced at his physical peak after recovering from both a quarter crack and another hoof injury, embarked seriously on his comeback trail at Washington Park this morning when he breezed for the first time. The handsome stallion stepped a half mile in :49 over a fast track, then was eased an additional furlong, which was timed in 1:02. Carl Rizzo, his regular exercise boy, was in the saddle. The worlds leading money-winning thoroughbred was accompanied on the track by his trainer, Bill Molter, astride a stable pony. Round Table galloped slowly to the quarter pole, where he was allowed to break off and he was eased after passing the seven-eighths pole. James Milner. Daily Racing Form docker, who timed the move, said it was very Continued on Page Forty-Two Round Table Impressive In Short Balmoral Spin Kerr Money Champion Drills Half r Mile in :49 at Washington Park Continued from Page Forty-Eight impressive, adding "he did not wear blinkers and Rizzo had him under a strong hold from the beginning. He seemed anxious to break away throughout the trial, but Rizzo managed to check him. I am told he usually wears blinkers in all breezes and in the races." Several other good spins were recorded as horses continue to arrive from all parts of the country for the Balmoral meeting. William S. Millers Better Bee, who may prove to be one of Round Tables most formidable foes during the impending meeting, breezed a half in :49%, and he. too. is reported to have worked well within himself. The best move of the morning, in point of raw speed, came from Millers Rellim S. W. W. S. Miller spelled backwards. He went a half in :484/5. A pair of Round Tables stablemates. Tall Chief II. and Fightin Indian, also worked. Both are being prepared for Balmoral stakes. Tall Chief went three-quarters of a mile in 1:17, and Fightin Indian stepped the same distance in 1:18%.
