The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-07
HORSES and TRAINERS
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS
P%entecost, Spendthrift and Bally-
hoo Bey in Training-Madden
Is an Enigma to Turfmen.

PUB SPECIAL
Louisville, KY, April s.-Churchin Downs
is filling up with horses and their trainers,
and from now until May 3 sensational tri-
ais may be expected. The track on Friday
and Saturday was alive with horses. from
8 to 10 o'clock 4 m. The best work was
done by John E. Madden's two Derby colts.
Pentecost and Slipthrift. The former. which
Is picked by Louisville turfmen to win the
American Derby. went Il mile and a guar
ter In 21t. He did this impressively. and
wise turfmen who saw the performance
said he would be a hard colt to beat In the
big Chicago event. Sllpthrift. Madden's
Kentucky Derby candidate, was sent a mile
and q quarter in 2:l4 S-5. This Son OF
spendthrift-Varine, also did his work in a.
manner calculated to impress all who saw
1t done. There are many who believe he
VIII have a chance in the kentucy classic
event.
Baliyhoo Bey, w. C. Whitney's handicap
horse. worked well. He negotiated q mile
ana one eighth In 2:02 rs, and went on TO
the mile and 2 quarter In about 2:l5. The
colt Is taking his work well and is in fine
shape. On Friday, Madden sent two of his
2-year-olds a half in :49 40, and two others
a half in 80.
Bessie Spahr. the Oaks candidate, was
sent hve-eighths of a mile in 1909. She looks
Well and Is practically certain to start in
the hlly classic. McCaferty worked his
horses. but attempted Sothing sensational.
Sid White has arrived at the track with
his string from New Orleans. In his stable
Is May Allen. the good FLY which beat Bill
Nixon during the New Orleans meeting.
She started three times at the meeting and
Won one race and finished second twice.
John &. Madden is more OF an enigma to
turfmen here than ever. Some time ago Mr..
Madden made the announcement that his
colt Fenteeost would not be started until
the American Derby Is run in Chicago. Not
outstanding this. Pentecost Is now being
worked out for a mile and a quarter nearly
every Jay. He Is hard and Is now fit for a
In spite of what Mr.. Madden said, that
Pentecost will be started in the BROOKLYN
Handicap, for which he is fit at this min
ute.
Nearly all OF Mr.. Madden's horses are now
In a racing condition and those which will
not start during the Louisville meeting will
be sent East April Is or Is. Much interest
East.
Secretary Dresser of the New Louisville
Jockey Club has announced that there ara
forty-four horses In the Madden string now
at Churchill Downs, ffty-three in Ed Corri-
gan's stable and thirty-three in the McCat-
ferty bunch. Crit Davis, trainer for James
E. Pepper has a string OF twenty good ones
at the Downs, and Captain Sam Brown OF
Ptttsburg has fifteen here, in charge of Bob
Tucker. Tucker also has in training Laude-
mann's great fernando. a horse that Is be-
ing heavily backed to win the Brooklyn
Handicap. Mr.. Dresser also says that ap-
plicstions for stable room are fairly pouring
in. AMI that accommodations for the largest
crowds that ever attended the races here are
being made. Twelve new boxes have been
added to the grand stand and other improve
ments have been made about the track.
Ed Corrisan is supervising the training OF
his own horses at the Downs. He was much
elated yesterday when he received word
from his California stud that the great
mare Modesty. that won the first American
Derby. and the only FLY that ever annexed
that event. had dropped a foal colt by Riley,
a Kentucky Derby winner.
Lamar Herndon, who has a public stable
at the Downs, suffered some i'll luck during
the week. He was galloping q 2-year-old
colt when the colt stumbled and
one Of its legs was broken. 1t had to be de-
stroyed. The colt was entered in the Juye-
nile stakes and was said to be promising.