Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-23
PICKS ETERNAL TO WIN
SLIPPERY ELM'S CAMPAlGNER
NAMES HIS DERBY CHOICE
Although High Strung ThorourhbrcJ
Hns Not Given Trainer Patterson
Least Trouble,

HARVE DE GRACE, MD. April 22.-
Robert A Smith. the SUCCESSFUL cam
paigner these two seasons of the fa
nous old platter. Slippery Elm. and the
developer before Slippery Elm's time
OF Articulate. Grcyfcad and score
or other horses OF class and nation
wide renoTvn, is enthusiastically an
eternal man in so far as the Kentucky
derby. to be run early in May, Is CON
ccrned. ~
Smith has just arrived at Harye do
Grace from Hot Springs, where he had
On h me, opportunity of getting line
the immediate racing fitness. not oniv
or Eternal. but of Edward Ccbriun's
derby derby candidate. American Ace. Pat
s 1umnss nm ,mn@rted hope Underline. NJ
othcr candidates for the Churchill
Downs popular three car-old special
smith was duly impressed by the cx-
ceptionElliy meritorious performances
OF Billy Kelly. favoritc among most
eastern trainers. of the NUMEROUS can
@:rncn n f9 Or The derby. at Harve de
hibndtcaps. sprints of five and n half
furlongs and six furlongs, respective.
~, in which Billy. under big Weight,
division.
BILLY Kelly" said Smith today. els
Il h oG..er looking horse this spring than
has done nothing yet that would in
dictate that he will carry his brilliant
speed speed over "a distance of ground
nave no doubt that he will go on any
distance His action is as good as il
ever was and he is still the same
sober. willing racer. Nevcrihciess
Eternal beat him in the John X. Nc
lean Memorial Cup. at Laurel Park.
Iast IAN; after he had had q careful
preparation at the hands of good
man, and Eternal, TO my mind. is an
o'eu morse IN every particular.
Enthusiastic Over Eternal.
Il mover saw a thrcc-ycar-old that
impressed me moro r.,vorably ,h,n
Eternal impressed mo at Hot Springs
Iic is a horse OF perfect balance Io
mas All the length the most cxac,ing
OF the old-fashioncd trainers who
never never seem to be able to discuss any
thing but length in thorourhbrcd
could reasonably ask; he liz not onc
oit too leSSy, his bone development 10
snpern and his muscular development
say that he would strip for the derbv
iVoo or l.lOO pounds and, proba-
ply, he measures fifteen hands one
, men at the wtthers. although did
that. y horse as nicely proportional
rs rtcrnai does not show his height
hhaiissGn hands. three inches. is IDEAL
i,iuO pounds is too much weight.
The action Of this horse is perfect.
ana ana: although he was supposed to have
bred last season than was Bliy EeI,v
VINO trained like beef steer he has
not given kimball Patterson the least
trouble And kimball Patterson has
gwen him just the sort OF preparation
AZ Hot Springs his brother. the late
charles T. Patterson. gave Omar
HHnayEam Tor the derby OF 1917. which
omar ,ns, won in brilliant fashion. Ills
OF ground at Oaklawn Park was his
III. ana quarter in 200. lie did
, IN, ms Work a 81; smoothly and easily. 81 no
SWALLOWING the bit. He went about
INC 1oo as though il was part of a |
DAYS work. and he cooled out perfectly. |
Makes Fnst HnIf-Mnc.
On another occasion when Patterson |
asked him for bit Of speed he brcezcd |
a half mile in sc is seconds, and he
did that easily. too. have been train
ing and watching horses work moro
ffears man | like to have TO own, and
can count on the fingers Of one hand
,,h0roushbrcdS that | have seen work
halHes in better than 46I-2 seconds.
p ,,,,,S sun another occasion saw him
E WitTonu, on6 ena mis in l;se seconds
rutr mad been instructed to keen
within l:f2 gait. He had his weight
UP on inns occasion: AS nc had had when
2:o9 and turned his fast half
Ihat Eternal is eager TO run and
as haTd 70 beat in an actual race he
proved when he trimmed Docod and
Docod and Drummond we're thorurhlv
seasoned: and he merely PLAYED Win
them That he did win off demon
,rrit1 that placing him in the Ken
saving his speed for the business end
OF the. struggle would be easy But
th,S ala not surprise me. have al
ways believed that Eternal could be