The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-26
M'CHESNEY IS
GAINING ADMIRERS,
Turfmen at Saratoga Who Have
Seen Big Mack Work Have
Fallen in Love With Him.
WHY JOE LESSER DIDN'T START.
st. Louis Syndicate Had Planned
to Make Killing on Him. but
License for Jockey Could
Not BE Had in Time.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. July 25.-At the last moment
Sam Hildreth decided to send the famous
McChesney to Saratoga although he stated
before leaving New York Thursday that he
would take the colt direct to Chicago. Me
Chesney is now at Horse Haven and was
given mild Gallop yesterday He pulled
up perfectly sound. to all appearances. and
| il looks now as if Frank Taylor will be able
to so right along with him that there IS
no reason why he should not be starter III
the Saratoga Handicap on the opening day.
John f. Madden is generally considered Il
sound and conservative judge of thorough
breds. and he had good look al the son of
Macduff this morning. Here is what he lad
to say afterwards:
why. the horse looks splendid. His skin
is clear and supple. just as 4 horse should
be when he is in training. That's horse
like. He has so much character and indi-
Viduality to him Character always seems
to me essential to good horse, and Nc
Chesney has got any amount of it. He
looks thoroughly fit and ready TO go into
any kind of a race at any time"
And the opinions expressed by other train
ers are practically the same as this. Vir.u-
ally all who have seen the horse, and the
great majority of them, it must be rcmem-
bered. had never seen him before. have
fallen In love with the big chestnut. The
vlrility and the game loko of the horse APP
peal TO the men nightly. If the Water5oy-
McChesney proposition were still q live
question. the son of Water Crcss would be
by no means such hot favorite among the
Eastern contingent as at Brighton.
Men do not like TO go back upon their own
end Of the game, but, while being unwilling
to be quoted in the matter. a number of
trainers have expressed themselves as
thinking that Waterboy would have found
his job too big one for him If the horses
had come together at the Beach. Monday
week will very probably decide the much
discussed question.
COUP WITH BIRCH BROOM.
With no blare of trtunpets. such as her
aided the mighty but unfortunate McChes-
ney. a FLY named Birch Broom came on
from Chicago few days ago to run in the
Brighton Oaks which was the feature of
Thursdays card at Brighton Beach. There
was no Dragging about what Birch Broom
was going to accomplish. nor did any coterie
OF mlllionaires come on to bet on her. But
the hlly did not go unaccountaby lame, and,
when post time came. she trotted mOdestly
to her place at the head of the quarto Of
starters. which included the 2-to-5 favorite,
Eugenia Burch. Birch Broom looked Lill
, putan in physique by comparison with the
other trio.
What, sawed-ofr looking body she is
She looks like a yearling.' "Eugena Burch
will eat her up were some of the remarks
| field. Meanwhile down in the betting ring
the big investors were laying down wads
of yellow backs on the favorite t. win.
Birch Broom went to the post at to | and
little flly made the others lock cheap. She
went away with leaps like a greyhound. her
dainty neck extended and mutely asking
Redfern to give her looser rein. At the
home stretch the jockey did so, and the pref
ty daughter of Ben Brush jumped away as il
the others were anchored. Redfern still re-
straining her bit. Birch Broom romped
| home, the handiest kind of winner. and
even Gravira. which looked out of all cal
| culations until the stretch. came on and
heat out the lahoring Eugenia Burch for
| the place.
Moral-A picked olive ls healthier than an
| Birch Broom ran IN the colors of her
owner. James Il. Keene. who leased her
| running qualities to Doctor Street. in whose
name she has been running i'll the West 1t
| is understood that the iilly will remain in
| the East at least until after the Saratoga
| meeting; From the business way in which
| VIII trim the majority of iillies of her age
running herea bouts.
| THE JOE LESSER t'IASCO.
| Another coup in pickle did not come off
as per schedule. The medium of this was
, 10 nave been the colt, Joe Lesser, who was
| brought on from st. Louis by his owner H.
! D. Beams, all cooked and pr!ined for Il
| killing. Mr.. Beams also brought on nine
| ty-pound boy named Sammy Wainwright TO
| ride the colt.
| Joe Lesser is said to be the most particu-
! lar piece of horse flesh in the West about
his acquaintances. and only behaves him
self when boy of whom he is fond is in
the saddle. He Is fond of Sammy 1t is
said. but will have nothing to do with Il
! stranger. Therefore, when Mr. Beams
learned that a license could not be secured
in time to permit Wainwright to ride, the
prospects of coup went a glimmerinG
Half n dozen of our Eastern light weights
were taken into Joe Lesser's stable and
Introduced. but Joe would have rome of
them. and. after he had come within an
ace of biting little Connell's head Off the
inevitable had to be accepted, and Joe
Lesser was scratched
1t was too bad, rs the Westerners ex-
pected to get 100 to /, and one commission
of 5000 was said to have been sent on by
st: Louis syndicate. At 100 TO l. that
would have been s2GO,OOO out of the meets
pockets. But why speculate further? There
are too many living good things in horse
racing to permit indulgence in post NOR
TENS
The boy Wainwright. by the way. is the
same lad who won the Queens Plate for
Mr.. Hendrey w. I.iddlte last year