The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
ERBOY
lSA WONDER
viii MCChesney Meet Crack
of the Eastern Turf?
SARATOGA DISAPPOINTING
Rain Has Spoiled the First Week at the
Spa-WllIiam G. Whitney in Run
Of Bad fredericksburg
SARATOGA DISAPPOINTING
By MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK. AUG. S.-Ihe susp!ci"ii -
growing that McChcsney Is, to use an cN-
preston Of the prize ring, "s!de-stepplhs
Il meeting with Waterboy. Either that or
Mr.. Smnthers' much-vnunted crack has
most unusual run of misfortune. Twice
when the racing world has been Keyed
up BY almost a certainty of meeting
between the black son OF Watercress ana
Big Mac the representative oNthe west
has developed lameness, and the quesl!oh
of superiority is still undecided. Racing
men arc beginning to ask II the season u
to end without the two coming together.
one thing Is certain, after Waterloo
great race Monday. when he carried l..
pounds In track record time IL VIII take
beating to convince any eastern man
that he can be defeated by McCnesney OF
any other horse now running. II is true
that Alec Shields announces his rcao'-
ness to back Hunter Raine, VINO r'til go So
ond III the Saratoga Handicap against
Waterboy, at even weights. at anything
from u mile and a quarter up, but II IS
doubtful II there is anybody besides MI.
Shields who takes such a proposition Sc
riously Indeed, when It Is considered
that NVaterboy gave Hunter Raine twenty
pounds and beating, why should theS!
The first week at Saratoga has been
disappointing. The rain during the great
cr part of the week affected the attend
ancc, the sport and tho betting INC
track has been SO soft that It has been
to form, and, besides, the conaluon OF tho
track has cut down the. iields This ~
turn has made the betting pubic hSht
shy Of the gentry of the high stools.
John A. Drake is reported to have made
a killing on Sensation on the opening day,
but outside Of this tho stories of biz bet
ting current last year at saratoga have
been missing. and the bookmakers are
reported to have lost money, However,
it Is probable this Will all be changed
when the track dries out and the horses
have gotten down to their knitting.
"Pittsburg phil who Is at the track
ready for business, ard who, by the way,
Is credited with having contributed con-
siderably to tho bank rolls Of tho layers
OF odds, spoke II parable a day or Two
ago.
lie said that the horses that have been
INDUCED by resting at Saratoga are pad
betting propositions as a whole.
Tho horses that have been here for a
week or two have grown fat and Inn
proved more in their weight than they
have in racing ability. And 1t is logical.
Horses come here and fatten up so quick
~ that when they try to race they are
short of work. This favors all horses
lhat have been racing continuously. IN
Il week or two horses that are beaten
to-day will run very differently after
they have had a. race or two. II IS tho
climate, so "Pittsburg Phil claims that
IN SO lnNlbDIullHS that ~ IN btNtlNIi|S "
trainers. They think their horses are
good because they act good, but they can
not stay.
Stamping Ground, Rostand and King
Pepper are living examples OF this theory.
In tho Alabama stakes, Stamping Ground.
Grnvina and Astarita, which filed All the
positions, nro horses that have not been
babied They have been racing all the
year and the result was that horses like
Gird!e. Rockmart Wild Thyme, Judith
Campbell and Others were left far In the
rear.
There seems to be disposition on the
part of the Saratoga track officials. TO
hold the Jockeys to n strict accountability,
This Is a good thing, and will, IL adj
here d to, nure to ne benefit or 1ne sport.
q day and fined $40, and Fuller was fined
$25 for funny work" at the post An
occasional dose of this medicine VIII do
no harm,
{, William G, Whitney, the big man at
Saratoga, has Jared badly so far Ffis
bad luck began In the opening race. when
o" in e Ssas io" Stakes S' Vile shi g Code Ia
smith and Gnnfire we're out Of tho money.
Girdle and Judith Campbell in the Ala
bama Stakes while other races have
failed to show the l!sht-blue and brown
verses easily, however, and IS confident NH
he VIII have look-ln later
Among the recent arrivals at Saratoga
Is Alderman Thomas Carey, of Chicago.
lie Is much interested IN racing here,
but Is sorry lie has not seen better sport,
John Mackey J, p l d,,sgi n,n veteran en,1
the Saratoga track. lie is sure that in
MSeIoy he has the Ere red o 91rse ,
handicap had been won that the only rest-
son %aerOqy was s ssre IN wa the not asS id
for him when lie was put M with a lot
Mo@ Other Naco d ~ P p te ss garaass
racing that the horse which has proved
ne hest fEesno 1ns ID .ae worth a
bid as yearlng, but 50 1t goes, This
SS ooE TO ma s fact Sire a If wfI ibis e srss
racer and others all sorts OF fpi was
gSSd Nm and such ma nhS Ire Mas o mfs
given linfashiona BILE mares 10 breed from,
NGw hq he has Msten aSs p ~ saw ,at
the best i'm Tie stud will be none too good