The Washington times., 1903-09-08
Western Champion Beats E.
r. Thomas Hern1is by
Iuvo Lengths After a Hard
Drfbe Through the Stretch.
Smathers Hit Bookies for
$780, 900 = Tockey Club
Adds $4,000 to Ontniun,
Stakes to Shake snatch
With Waferboy.
BOXING

With the air filled with hats and coats,
thrown away in the frenzy OF excitement
by their owners. McChesney, the great
Western racehorse. won the Twin City
Handicap at Sheepshesd Bay yesterday.
The $4,000 men and women who saw him
pass Hermis with a tremendous rush
in the stretch were worked up TO a wild
pitch of enthusiasm. and yelled and
pounded one another In their joy. Il
was a popular victory. and one of the
most remarkable demonstrations ever
witnessed on a racetrack.
E. E. Smathers. owner OF McChesney.
who had most at stake. was the coolest
man in that crowd Mr.. Smathers is
credited with winning $50. 900 on the re-
suit.
1t was a grand race. well contested, and
won by the best horse from grand field
of handicap horses. The time of the
race-2.o4 3-5-eQuals the time made by
Waterboy when he carried 112 pounds
and won the Suburban Handicap Renew
al this spring. McChesney carried 12s
pounds and ran a much more creditabls
race. so far as the weight was concerned.
Views of Horsemen.
And yet the cool-headed horsemen who
made a close analysis OF the running
OF the Twin City Handicap were loud in
their praise of Waterboy. The Western
champions spectacular rush through the
stretch was scoffed at, and the time OF
the last quarter. q seconds. was pointed
to Significantly rate OF speed that
would mean a mile In las! Any horse.
according to the trainers. would have a
chance with McChesney at the end with
such poor speed.
Twelve horses made up the field for
the handicap. or the original fourteen.
waterboy, Africander. and Adios we're
scratched. Hunter Raine was added
during the afternoon The start was
prompt and bad When the barrier went
up, McChesney. Hermis. and Injunction
rushed of at top speed; the remainder
were slow and practically left al the
post. Hermis was sent to the front AMI
Immediately opened up a big gap. He
showed the way around the first turn
by FIVE lengths. with Injunction second.
two lengths before bIcChesney. The
other nine horses were~hopelessly beaten
and were strung out in Indian file
Hermis Beaten.
Hsrmis held his advantage easily for
seven furIongs- Then he began to tire
and McChesney closed on him When
Strengthened out for the run through
the stretch McChesney reached Hermis'
head. A short, sharp tussle ensued, out
Of which McChesney came victorious.
He raced on TO the end and, with Fuller
riding him out 10 the limit, he won by
length and a half from Hermis. His
Eminence closed up twenty lengths on
the leaders in the last half mile and IN
ished third.
After the race Mr.. smathers said Nc
Chesney's good showing was no sur
prise Big Macs" struggle with The
Minute Man had improved his condition.
He would be much better. Mr.. Smathers
continued. after this race.
John A. Drake, who is a great ad-
mirer OF McChesney, said TO Jack" Joy
ner. trainer OF Waterboy: IF Waterboy
had been in there, 1t would have been a
hot fight home"
"Oh. no. II wouldn't" replied Joyner.
"McChesney would have TO step the last
quarter better than twenty-sev sec
onds to beat Waterboy My horse Is no
Hermis. he doesn't stop at the last quar-
ter; he is just beginning to run at the
end
The fractional time of the race was:
OH, O:24. OBS As, 0:47 As, 0:5e. 1:12 2-5,
1:25 2-5. 1:9s 80, 1851 SIS. 2:O4 s-s.
"Big Mac" and Waterboy.
The Coney Island Jockey Club sent out
the following notice after the race
In the event OF Waterboy and Nc
Chesney starting in the Omnium Handi
cap, TO be run Wednesday. September 9.
the Coney Island Jockey Club will add
s.. 900 in addition to the sum already
advertised"