The Topeka state journal., 1902-10-18

Hermis started in the American Der
by, but finished last; in fact he was
pulled up in the last half and finished
a quarter of a mile behind his field. He
said he was far from himself then, and
his victory in every start since seems
to uphold that contention.
Hermis strated recently in the Nam
eroneck handicap at Morris park, the
distance being a mile and a quarter.
and he carried 126 pounds, but he won
in a common gallop, ridden by Jockey
Rice. Warranted, to which he was Civ
ing nearly so pounds, finished nearest
him, with Advance Guard, Herbert,
Carbuncle and Royal in the order
named. The time was 2:08 Is. over a
cuppy track.
Hermis' previous start was on Octo-
Der at Morris park in the Jerome
handicap, which he won pulled up, with
three lengths to spare over Hunter
Raine Dom Paul and Numeral. He
carried 126 pounds and was 1-to-2
shot, as he far outclassed his field. He
covered the mile and a quarter in
2:06 1-5. Prior to that he won the Ocean
View handicap at Gravesend on October
2, carrying 126 pounds for the mile and
a sixteenth and defeating Huntressa,
Igniter and Andy Williams, all lightly
weighted but he won in a gallon with
three lengths TO spare. on September IS.
at the same track. he won the First
Special stake. at IL miles. with III
pounds UP, winning easily in 2:06 1-o
from Articulate, Gunfire, Advance
Guard, Sombrero and Blues. He made
the Green B. Morris colt look like a
selling platter in this race, 50 that the
easy victory of McChesney should have
been no surprise. On August % Hermis
won the Saranac stakes at Saratoga, at
112mileS, in ] 81 2-5r carrying 122 pounds
and defeating Whiskey King, Cunard.
Caughnawaga, Francesca, Smart Set,
Heno, Arsenal, Gay Boy and Gold Cure.
He was at 10 to l in the betting and
won by a head His previous .-ictorv
was in the Travers stakes at Saratoga
at Us miles. which he won by a head
from Gold Cure. with Cunard a nose
back. The track was cuDp-z but inn
proving and the time was Isl A.. Be
fore that he won an all-aged eventsat
seven furlongs in a common gallop with
no pounds I'D in :28 over only a fair
track
At Brighton Beach Just previous to
this race Hermis won from Fair Knight
by four lengths and was at odds at 1
to 30, there being only two horses in
the race at a mile and sixteenth over
a muddy track. His only other victory,
after starting in the Derby was at
Brighton on July II. when he won an
easy race from only an ordinary field
and in which he was a 7-to-10 shot.
CHANCE FOR RACE YET.
There is still a change for a match
race between McChesney. the best s.
YedI-OlQ OIL the west, anu 11eTul1S. lie
champion 3-year-old of the east. Nc
Chesnev's owners said today that they
would ship McChesney to Morris park
and race him against Hermis, ii the
Morris Park Jockey club would hang
up purse Of $1,000. such as the Worth
Jockey club had offered for a similar
match at the Worth track. McChes-
ney'S owners say they are so confident
that they have the best horse that they
will make a side bet for any reasonable
amount.
e. J. Arnold & Co. of ST Louis, put
through another coup at Worth today
Ethylene, their 3-year-old f1ly, which
they backed from to 1 down to to 1,
in the fourth race, at a mile broke sec
cnd, took a lead OF a length at the quar-
ter, increased it to five lengths in the
stretch and won as she pleased. from
Sidney c. Love. with The Lady third, a
length away. Ethylene held the track
record of 1:39 As for the mile. and if
driven out could have set a new mark
for the course