Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-08

up ground after game run up the back
stretch with Foxhall Keenes Injunction,
plucky contender, collared Mr.. Thomas
horse and had the great race at his mercy
when he reached the last furlong POLE He
finished, eased up, length and half In
front of Hermis. The time was 2.O4 3-5,
equaling the track record established by
Waterboy when he won the Suburban Re
newal with only 112 pounds on his back.
The last quarter was covered in the COM
paratively slow time of 26 seconds.
A length behind Hermis came F. Geb-
hard's His Eminence, who had big pull
at the weights and was the extreme out
slider in the betting, the terrific pace having
killed off the others early in the race The
absence of Waterboy, who was asked to
take 1874 pounds, was a disappointment
The Watercress horse had not completely
recovered from the effects of his race for
the $4,000 Century stakes on Saturday, so
Trainer JOyner decided early in the after
noon not to let him go to the post.
The question of supremacy between Wa
terboy and McChesney, the acknowledged
champions of the east and west, respective
ly, while still a matter of conjecture. bids
fair to be settled tomorrow in the Omnfum
handicap at a mile and an eighth
After the running of the Twin City the
COney Island Jockey Club officials announc-
ed that If both horses should go to the post
in the Omnium 5000 would be added to the
amount already named In the stake book.
McChesney will take UP a f1ve-pound pen
atty for yesterdays triumph. which will
make his impost 1874 pounds, the same
weight already allotted by w. s. Vosburg
to Waterboy. According to last nights in
dications both will start, together with Her.
mis- and good field.
E. E. Smathers, owner of McChesney,
fairly burned up the ring. At the last mo-
ment many of the "sure-thing' layers be-
came panic-stricken and refused to take
any more of the well-known trotting-h horse
| mans money. On the best Of authority it
is said that Mr. smathers wagered $4,000
on McChesney and got an average Of to 1
| for his commission, taking more than $5O,-
600 from the bookmakers. John A. Drake,
John w. Gates and Joe Yeager plunged on
big Mac" Yeager placing 5000 with Billy
Cowan and 81 500 each with Sol Lichte1-
| stein. George Wheelock and Matte Looram.
There was such an overwhelming flood OF
McChesney money at the last moment that
| in half the books in the ring the odds had
| been rubbed to to 5.
Fully 5000 men had been allowed to cross
| the track to the infield when the horses
with Fuller up had the rail. Starter FItz-
gerald sent them away with precision and
dispatch, and the crowd sent up cheer as
! they saw first McChesney and then Hermis
| in the lead before the first eighth pole had
| been reached. Odom, following instruc-
| lions. did not put Hermis under a choking
| pull, but let him run free. The Hermence
colt quickly opened up lead. which was
increased to three lengths as he entered
| the backstretch with Injunction a length in
| front Of McGhesney. The others were
| strung out behind. hopelessly beaten thus
| early, so far as first place was concerned.
1t was heartbreaking pace set by Hermis,
| who ran the quarter in 0.24, the half in
! DAT 40 and the three-quarters In 1.12 20.
| But McChesney, evidently regarding In
| junction as easy, proceeded with majestic
| stride and never-ending gameness until the
| Keene colt was done to a turn. AS they
reached the turn McChesney had cut Her
| mis- lead down TO less than length, and to
keen observers the race was over. Odom
| went to the whip as soon as McChesney' 8
head began to bob beside him, but the Jig
I was up. McChesney took the lead before
| the head of the stretch was reached, and
! then the great ovation for him began. Her
| mis- was game under the terrific fogging he
I rae anu nuhs on ioa sevSraI roos. put
| run in all its brilliancy, drew away in tri-
umph He pulled up as sound as a gold
| eagle, and an hour later was munching his
\ oats in serene complacency.