The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-14
SPORTING NEWS.
ssHermis,'' Best Of s-Year-OIds,
Says Green B. Morris.
Declares Ziegler's COItIs Cham
piOn Of the Turf.
UP TO M'CHESNEY NOW.
If Western Youngster Can Beat
Old England
UP TO M'CHESNEY NOW.
The Well known THURMAN May
Change His Mind.

Chicago, Oct 14.-The News says:
Greer. B. Morris, one of the best known
owners in the United States and an
authority on horse flesh. who arrived at
Worth with his good stable of ten yes
teTday, advances his opinion that Her
mis- is way and by far the best of any
Of the 3-year-olds shown in the east
this year and says he will have to look
upon Hermis as the champion of the
turf east or west. unless McCheSney
makes good with Old England, Som.
brero Homestead and Cunard. the pick
of the Morris stable.
Z have heard of McChesney and am
anxious to see him race. but it will take
considerable to convince me that he is
better than Hermis from what l have
seen of the eastern colt" said Mr.. Nor
ris "Hermis is certainly a speed mar
vel and had he been anywhere near
himself when he started in the Ameri-
can Derby there certainly would have
been a different story told The victory
of Hermis in the Jerome stakes, at a
mile and a quarter, with 12S pounds up,
over a dead track, in 2;06 LIS, made the
big owners wonder at his prowess and
then and there stamped him as the best
of his age which he had met or which
had been shown on the METROPOLITAN
tracks. .-,
q have a couple of good selling
platers in my stable, but Hermis was
far superior to them at any distance.
However, with all praise for Hernis,
do not say that McChesney is not a
grand race horse. He has doEe every
thing asked of him and ] am willing
to vote him the champion of thu year
if see him perform and such perform
ance merits it,.
Some wonderful racing may be seen
in the next few days. Mr.. Morris has
four of the best 3-year-olds in the coun-
try in Old England. Homestead, SOM
brero and Cunard. The last named was
saved all last winter purpOsely for the
Derby, while the other thee were rae
ing in California. Mr.. Morris hoped to
send Cunard to Washington park for
the big blue ribbon event, but the colt
did not train good and the colors OF
Mr. Morris were not seen in the classic
event although his stable was backed
heavily in the winter book, even by
Owner Morris, whose choice was
Cunard
Old England seems to be the best in the
stable and his performances in the east
were remarkable. He comes to Worth as
fit as a fiddle and, as Mr.. Morris said ready
to meet all corners. Mr.. Morris, however,
is not much of a person to praise his own
goods. Neither could give the names
of the ten horses. in his string but called
up the stable mascot. Snowfall, to do the
talking for the benefit of. the press and
public in general. Snowfall is only a
mere .colored boy. but he is Iall horse,
as Mr.. Morris says, and he knows just
what is right and wrong and will have
none of the latter about the stable
Furthermore, SNOWFALL is the only one
about the big stable who can show the
thoroughbreds to strangers twenty times
a day, answer all questions of the inqu1si-
tive and still hold his temper. It's Yes,
sah," and mo, sah," with him to all.
They say Snowba possesses a peculiar
supernatural power over horses and when
the big colts go to the post in stake en-
gagements where they are supposed to
meet better horses Snowfall passes the
mystic stick over their heads and says,
| presto, wnno all the moneysky'' and
| then sits on the fence at the head of the
stretch until the field comes by, when he
waves his magic wand, and the result is
| marvellous. He has never failed to bring
home the money, they say. Then he pets
the horses until they have learned to re-
| spect him and when he gallOps them over
the course during the early morning he
/ tells them funny stories until they be-
come charmed and travel miles and miles
without showing signs of distress. In this
way they are hardened and made fit for
any kind of task asked of them.
/ The complete list of the Norris stable
includes Old England, Sombrero. Home
stead, Cunard, Durazzo Artois, Gold Van,
Slave, Gravina and Stuyve. Every one
| of these will race at Worth unless they
go wrong. They were picked out of a
| bunch Of twenty-five and the other twelve
sent on to California. Mr.. Morris will
only remain for the Worth meeting. when
he will ship direct to San Francisco ready
for the opening of the season November