Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-03-21 | Page 18 | Chico Shows Much Speed in Workout

Chico Shows Much Speed In Workout Br HD FEDER NEW TORK, March 11 UPl It's getting so nM Trainer Matt Brady and ti stablehands art becoming mora and aura amssed svery tin ' El Chico fau a workout. , Tha little S-year-eld redhead pre-' pre-' paring tor tba Kentucky derby was undefeated aa a J-ytar-old and la wtatsr book favortta for tha blua glass classic. Tha chaatnut aon of John P. Grier-La Chlca waa aakod for hia flnt ahow of apead In tha laat esupla of days, and ha turnad In a tint that mada tha William Eiegler atabkt clockara look twloa . at thalr watches to maka aura thty waraat mistaken. As arlsM be expected. Trainer Brady la employing hia usual Irlah tae about tha whole thing oat at taw rMmont park winter awartare, Talk to aha about M ' and -poo) s tea nenal --Ho'a-eWlns- rood" reolv. However. (rem assttiisr seunse thle eerie-spend eerie-spend eat rsaraed that El Chleo did three-elghtas of a mils m M aaeanai a day or eo ago, and bo did It as easily aa If he were eat far a outer la Central park. "That's what Is amaslng everybody every-body here." said this source. "He's so ambitious and natural about It that ws wonder just what his limit la. Ha took that workout so easily and then waa clocked In 1:05 for five-eighths with no effort that the handlers are pretty near convinced he's better than last year." And you may recall that EI Chico only took seven straight races In hia 'M campaigning for total money winnings of $M,100. If this goes on there'll be so stopping him, although al-though he has yet to prove his liking for distance. "That's the schedule from now en," the source explained. "They'll stretch him gradually until they find out how he goes for the mile and quarter. Jlut around here they're pretty wen convinced, from . tha form be has shown in his shorter short-er workouts, that he won't run Into touch trouble aver the route. Tar metanne, our Mat, tho other Zlegler derb hopeful, was MRpyBoW( Bw bf) MNpCwl IMMw) eMr9 vaaeed la hie eendi tie nine than El Calee, bicaasi ho had rased la California thla winter while Chios waa as the stables here. WeO, they pot Clues la agalnat Our Mat la a fast wotfceut heat Sat-Swday Sat-Swday aad there waa as earn pari- ease. Yea, air, tho Chleo was tho koraa, It may aot sound natural, aad M seal, bat there M la." From bow aa the redhead will get tares or four fast workouts a week, as tha conditioning process con tin-nee tin-nee to get him ased to route-going. Although Brady was tempted to sand him to Maryland for the Bowie meeting, the trainer vetoed tha idea finally aad will keep him here until tha Wood Memorial at Jamaica, lata la April when El Chico will get his prederby teat After that a to Louisville.