New-York tribune., 1903-07-09
WATERBOY'S BRIGHTON
NEW. WORLDS RECORD.
The Haggin Four-Year-OLd Rams
the IL Miles in 2:O3 Is.

gins ur-year-old colt Waterboy, the great
brown son of Watercress, won the Brighton
Handicap at the Brighton Beach track yester-
day afternoon. taking up 124 pounds and run
ming the one mile and a quarter in 2:03 1-5.
This time surpasses not only the worlds record.
over circular course hitherto held by Gold
Heels, but clips fifth of second from the
best record on straightaway track. made by
Banquet at Monmouth Park in 1890
The fractional time for the Brighton
o.23 80. O:344-5. O:471-5, O:59. 1122-5,
] -25 as. 1:39 and 2:03 Is
From time point of view Waterboy's per-
formance not only makes him a great colt in the
same measure that Salvador, Tenny and Ham
burg were great, but it made the opening day of
the Brighton Beach Racing Associations
twenty fifth annual midsummer meeting one
long TO be remembered. crowd that filed the
little openwork grandstand of the inclosure by
the sea TO overhowiDg helped to celebrate the
day.
The reversals in form that were to be expected
with change of scene and going were not
numerous enough to shock the students of form
nor TO break them, and they succeeded in
hitting three winning favorites out of six
races. The gracious sea breezes that were de-
ightfully playful Just around the corner boy
cotted the track entirely, and the heat within
the grandstand was of the sort that makes total
abstinence a trial According to the official
turnstiles about fifteen thousand people were
present.
It wa7 not much the company Waterboy
defeated as the manner in which he did it that
makes the Brighton of yesterday one of the
most notable races of the year. With the ex-
ception Of one two horses. the field for the
handicap decidedly mediocre. and was in
ferior both in quantity and quality to either
the Brooklyn the Suburban.
ONLY TEN STARTERS.
Fifteen owners allowed the names of their
horses to appear on the programme, but of these
only ten sent their candidates to the post and
OF the ten P. J. Dwyer's Handspring colt, Mer-
~ Acrobat. handicapped with ninety-hve pounds,
as an added starter. Africander, who had won
the Realization in record time, the day before,
withdrawn. Of course, and others who
followed suit were Father BiIrs" Daily, Frank
FarreIs Blues, l. V. Bells Colonel Bill. Arthur
Featherstone's Igniter and Amos Turneys
Clearwater.
The horses that took part in the formal parade
in front of the grandstand were Waterboy, 124
pounds, ridden by Odom; Perry Belmont's River
Pirate, 105, with Hicks up; L. V. Bells Fran
cesco, 112 pounds. Cannon up; FoxhaH P.
Keene's three-year-old Injunction. "a pounds,
Rerfern up; W. c. Rollins's Herbert, 11S pounds,
ridden by Burns; w. c. De B. Lopez's Articu-
late, 11S pounds, ridden by the apprentice boy
pounds, BuIman up; c. w Richardson's Dom
Paul. 105 pounds ridden by H. Cochran; Alex
snder Shieldss Hunter Raine. SO pounds,
Creaner up, and P. ]. Dwyer's Merry Acrobat,
81 pounds. with H. Nichaes riding.
With the exception of Injunction and one or
two others, there was horse In the with
much claim to class. On form the Watercress colt
would appear to be about l TO 2 chance, but
the air was full of tips-the straight from the
ind nd co was he ula
The ring finally offered . to l against Waterboy.
II any one failed to hear the whispered rumOr
that Jimmie Mccormick had worked Fran
cesco a mile and a quarter in 204. in prepara-
1ion for the handicap, he must have been either
stone deaf or asleep. It spread from the pad
dock to the sea. and the result was that most
of the ''hurrah money was placed on the Bell
colt He closed at 6 to !. and 3 to 2. In
junction was also played to beat the
favorite, and finally became second choice at
to .. only a half point better than waterboy.
ARTICULATE THROWS LARSON.
Mr. Fitzgerald was not long in getting them
aligned. When the gate was sent up some OF
the horses were slow in getting into motion, and
the start therefore seemed a bit Struggling
Just befo the grandstand reached Ar
iiculate swerved suddenly and crossing his legs
threw his rider the apprentice boy Larson,
heavily against the rail. A cry Of alarm went
up from the crowd, and for a moment it looked
as though the boy had been killed outright He
was carried to the paddock. and in short time
was walking about though nothing unusual
had happened.
waterboy broke in front but Odom quick
~ took him back, although he was full
Of running ana let the fast sprinter Dom
Paul set the zee. Francesca moved into
second place ard Herbert was close be
hind. They reached the backstretch in this
order, and for half its length the field was not
materially changed Redfern. Injunction
had chosen the longest way around. and the colt
did not seem to take so keen interest in the
contest as his supporters had hoped for.
Dom Paul gave il UP all in a heap at the far
turn, and BuIlman rushed Roehampton out in
front and Odom went after him. Dom Paul
gathered himself again and struggled along
with the black colt until Roehampton had
reached the stretch There Waterboy drew
alongside Of him. and going in great easy
strides, ran head and head with Roehanapton un-
MI two hundred yards from the wire; then Odom
let him have his way, and, without being
touched with whip spur, he shook off the
crimson Jacket that had been clnging to him
and won going away" by a length from Roe
hampton.
ARTIcULATE FINISHES RIDERLEss.
The rest OF the band was beaten of igno-
TniuiousIy River Pirate being the next one to
arrive, eight lengths behind the second horse.
There was only one place in the contest where
Odom had 20 call on Waterboy, and that was
when he set sail for Roehampton after the turn
into the stretch had been made. Even then he
did not have 10 use his whip vigorously. In
junction showed none Of the speed of his earlier
FORM apd finished back among the stragglers.
Articulate the entire race riderless and
then continued on for two miles more. Dom
Paul finished fourth. The gross value OF yes
ferdsy's Brighton was SlS.19o-