New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-05
MCHESNEY is BEATEN.
AND BY Il TWO-YEAR-OLD.
THE Minute Man Takes HIS Measure
Big Mac Not Himself, Ho5ceUer.

McChesney. the horse that the west has placeo
or a pedestal built OF the dollars it was 10 wager
,,non him whenever and wherever he started. the
horse that came out OF that buoyant country two
months ago amid the thunderous threats OF what
he would do TO the kings OF the Eastern turf when
they attempted 10 measure strides with him, made
his arst public appearance in mile race at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday and was beaten by John l..
Madden's The Minute Man, a two-year-old colt
that, according 10 the conditions of the race was
conoeding the Western idol Eve pounds by the
September scale OF weights The three-year-old
lilly THAN. owned by p. 5. p. Randolph, and con-
ceded TO be merely a selling class animal, was the
only other starter. and beaten of as far as
could be seen with the naked eye.
A big crowd saw the big. red son OF MacDun go
Gown 10 defeat The grandstand and the lawn
rang with shouts OF deTsion and ridicule as Fuller
brought his mount back to the judges stand.
That the horse, beaten he was. meriteo this
derision OF the pubic few owners or turfmen
would admit To his followers McChesney Is just
as great a horse to-day ne was yesterday. and
40 impartial judges his performance has little sig
nincsnce. The horse was being started after a two
months absence from the races. q greater part Of
which time he the disabled llst or was kept
from necessary work owing TO the long continued
rsins and the consequent conaiton OF the track To
those. moreover who looked him over IN the pad
dock be did not up TO anything like bruising
race Many trainers said he had gone back. rather
than improved. since his arrival IN the East
His preliminary through the stretch was disap-
pointing: his beautiful action not in evidence
That L. Z. Smathers. his owner, and Frank
Taylor his present trainer, did not think too well
OF him the quotations in the ring clearly showed
ScChesney opened at TO and closed at ) 10 D
The Minute Man. on the other hand, was backed
down from TO ! 10 10 s. John Z. Madden not
only told his friends that he was going 10 beat
McChesney, but he prevailed on Gates ana Drake
ahe Chicago plungers who hao come 10 the track
80 bet the ring deaf. dumb and blind-as their
friends deciared-to keep their money IN thelr
pockets. ! going TO beat that big fellow 10
Day" Madden told them. and you had better Keep
The remarkable thing about the contest was not
much the defeat OF McChesney as the victory
attained Il He ran the mile with ninety pounds up
and rdden by Higgins IN the fast tine Of l:So 80
time speaks for itself: 0:2 o24. o;S6 Is Is loo 2-5
The youngsters only hope of beating his for,
snidsble opponent, OF course, was 70 slip out and
Try 70 lose him And that is precisely what he did
At the start McChesney was last, with the hlly
SEPARATING him rom The Minute Nan ID, by couple
was merely toying with the youngster, and when
~ IL nlooe % ne 49, 1880 4.e ~. 49, =,
Gee how he would overhaul the leader. Fuller
seemed not in the least perturbed
quarter pole that the distance between them was
hauling The little chap at every jump as they
ttrle htefeo olt ior nome but ne youIgsIer he.e
Fuller had seen his danger had felt the big fellow
strength OF his stout little body Mcchesney was
tired. but answered with the last ounce that he
Minute Man There were quite enough inches
left. however, and amid tumult that is not often
heard The Minute Man shot by the judges two
lengths IN front
The Minute Man is by Juvenai out OF Semper
Faratus. and formerly owned by Elliott c.
CoNdin lie ran third in the Futurity, and is the
frst az the present crop Of two-year-ods tackle
successfully The older thoroughbreds in race Tor
All ages
this time OF year the two-year-olds are fire.
Cuently pitted against older horses. and they
have shade the best OF the weights their efforts
are often successful In 1887 the two-year-old colt
7'iaudit met Ben Brush. at that time fOur-year-
old. az one and one-sixteenth miles. and beat him
decisvcly
T. I. Srnsthers apparently was neither surprised
chagr1ned at the result OF the Il did
bet my horse" he said, after the contest,
and his defeat has changed my opinion OF him.
: moi going send him back 10 Chicago. and If
De is ~ he viii start in the races IN which he is
engaged"
McChesney is eligible Cor the Twin City Handicap.
10 be next Wednesday. and his owner pre-
Humably had reference TO this race.
The Turf Handicap. al mile and quarter.
the turf nOminally the feature Of the day. but
81 quite eclipsed by the McChesney race. 1t
by the stout three-yesr-old hlly Florham
Queen that beat both His Eminence and Leader.
she first choices. The fog so heavy at one time
that AZ impossible TO record the time for a
two-year-old race down the FUturity Course
SUMMARIES
FIRST RAcE-RAiden 2-yesr-olds: 5A furiongs.