Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-05
WITH THE HORSES.

WITH THE HORSES.
 McChesney, the Pride of the West,
 Beaten By a Youngster.
 McChesney, the pride of the west after an absence of nearly two months from the races. made his first appear ance in the east at Sheepshead Bay yesterday afternoon, and was beaten in sensational manner by two-year- old colt, J. E. Maddens The Minute. Man, by Juvenal-Semper Paratus,. who ran a mile in the wonderfully fast time of 1:3s 4-5 over fast track.
 McChensney nevertheless was a hot favorite, his price going from 3 to to Il to 20 while 8 to 5 was always ob-. tainable against the Madden trick. Young Higgins, the western boy, had the leg up on the Minute Man while Eyer rode Ithan. Higgins had receiv-i ed instruction to take his mounts to the front, open up big lead and stay there. Fuller had been told to rate McChesney and come on through the stretch. The start was perfect, but in half a dozen strides both the Minute Man and Ithan shot away from Big Mac" who is always slow beginner. Before the first furlong pole was reach ed The Minute Man, with superb ac- ton and a flight of speed that made the clockers open their eyes, had secnr- ed a lead of several lengths, with Ithan "a length before McChesney.
 Higgins had not forgotten his riding orders and hustled the two-year-old along at a cracking gait. He covered the quarter in O:24, the three-eighths in O:36, the half in O:4S 15 and turned the five-eighths in LOO 2-5. By that time he had a lead of eight lengths over cChesney, who had left Ithan be- hind. Fuller had already begun to ride Big Mac" for he realized that the Minute Man had turned out to be the biggest kind of a surprise. As Madden's colt passed the three-quarter pole in 1:12 4-5, still running with beautiful stride and undiminished speed the crowd began to take up the cry:
 "McChesney is beaten
 Wait for his stretch run,'' retorted the westerners. Hell run over the leader"
 They had plunged into a heavy fog bank that hung over the upper part of the course, but when they emerged the Minute Man was still in front. Nc Chesney, with gigantic strides, had re- duced his lead, however, and when they strengthened out for home, Fuller had the Mac Duff colt we'll extended. Higgins looked back twice. He saw Big Mac" laundering along, still gaining so he sat down and rode Mad den's colt out to the last ounce.
 The Minute Man never waverOd He continued his superb action and speed right up to the wire, where he won by two lengths. McChesney coming fast, though clearly in distress. The crowd 1 numbering 15,0OO persons broke into enthusiastic cheers and when the time was hung out there was a wild scene. In the memory of the oldest horsenlan no two-year-old had ever made such 1 time although it was recalled that in | 1897 Plaudit, then two-year-old, had taken the measure of the four year-old Ben Brush in race at mile and a 1 sixteenth; over the Gravesend track. Also the victory of the two-year-old l Speciality over Cyclops, one of the fast est sprinters of his time in a seven l furlong dash at Sheepshead Bay nearly ten years ago, was brought to mind by l the Minute Mans performance.
 Providence, R. l., Sept 5.-A big crowd saw some great racing at the grand circuit meet yesterday. The con- ditions could not have been better for l fast going, and as result records were broken and fast time was the rule rather than the exception The features of the day were the free-for- all pacing event and the effort of Major Delmar to beat his own record of 2:O4 In this the speedy gelding was success. full. Driven by A. F. McDonald and l spurred on by two runners, he covered the first quarter in O:30, the half in O:59A, the three-quarters in 1:3Oh and the mile in 2:02b. Driver and horse received great ovation.
 l Tn the free-for-all Prince Alert, own ed by James Hanley of this city, was the favorite. In the first heat he was well back when they got the word, and finished fourth. Dan R. won the heat in 2:O134 thereby lowering his record from 2:04. This was the fastest heat of the race. Prince Alert took the neXt two handily the real fight coming be, tween Harold IT. and Dariel. The Geers geldfng finished second after a pretty drive down the stretch.
 Komares got first money in the 2:O4 trot, although Kinley Mack took the second heat. After that he acted bad. ly. The 2s16 pace was unfinished and will have to be completed to-day I Centrific, the favorite, got two heats l and Annie M., Merrymaster and Lord Gentry one each. The 2:12 trot also . went over until to-day, but one heat being raced, Promise winning it.