The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-17
WATERBOYTOMEETM' CHESNEY
MATCHED TO RACE AT BRIGHTON
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
To Carry Weight for Age at Mile and
Quarter, with $4,000 Added. and
$4,000 a SVde-Westcrn Crack on
the Way Here and May Arrive Tonight.

quarter, with $4,000 Added ana
$4,000 a Slde--Western Crack on
the Way Here and May Arrive Tonight.
Waterboy and McChesney will meet in
match race at II mile and u quarter at
Brighton Beach next Wednesday afternoon
The negotiations for the big race were be-
gun several days aRo by John Boden. Jr.
secretary of the Brighton Beach Racing As
ISOLATION. who suggested the match to Presi-
dent Engeman and received authority to
go ahead. Secretary Bodcn went first to
Sydney Paget. the manager Of J. p. Hag-
gins stable and asked him If Waterboy,
the four-year-old son Of Watercress Xealan-
dia. would enter the proposed race. Mr..
Paget instantly replied in the Affirmative.
Then Secretary Boden had a talk with Mr.
smathers and showed him these conditions
OF the race:
The Championship Special, weight for
age race for three-year-olds and upward
by subscription of $500 each. or $50 II de-
clared out by 2 F. NJ; on Tuesday. July p;
add $4,000; Waterboy, and McChesney to
start or no race; good weather and track.
one mile and n quarter.
Mr.. Smathers left for Chicago last Tues
day to consult with his trainer. y. c. Hi
dreth. before making n definite reply. Yes
terday he sent this telegram 10 Secretary
Boden:
accept for McChesney. Let me know i'm
medlatelX; In big race here Saturday. II no
starts will scratch here.
Secretary Boden wired that wotcrboy
would positively 60 whereupon Mr. Smathers
clnched matters with this wire:
VIII ship MS soon as can arrange for car. VIII
not start here on Saturday.
The race Mr. Smathers had reference to
is the Young Handicap. Last night McChcs-
ney was shipped from Chicago at O'Clock
IFnhuhlN tn-nII
McChcsncy will probably be ridden by BnIl-
man. while Doom will have the mount on
Waterhoy
As soon us the match had been made T.. II.
Garrison, the snapper" representing Mr..
Smutht 70 and A. j. Joyner, who trains Water
hoy mace Il bet OF $40 900 I: side on tho result:
Mr.. Smathers wired Garrison that he would
Accommodate the Waterboy people 10 the
extent of any amount. ~ Mcthesney,,s
owner is sensational plunger his, friends
say that it will not be at all surprising II he
wagers 500, 900 on the race.
Waterboy won the Suburban Renewal
and the BRIGHTON Handicap III sensational
style. In the Brighton he carried IA pounds
and ran mile and quarter in 2;O3 Is. u new
worlds record. finishing wei in hand. In the
race with McChesney the " atercresS horse
will carry 10 pounds, the same impost taken
up by his rival.
this year was in the Harlem National hundi-
cap. when he picked top weight and beat u
good field in the mud. Hidreth bought
MCChesncy, who - chestnut colt, yeais
old, by Mac Dun MaIoia Mason, lor SOU
az a two-ycar-old. and the following spring
the colt was thrown III the Derby lrGl at hnr-
lem. receiving a wrcnched shoulder; "hllh
put lin out oil training TOR Il while; NoI
long afterward llildleth, because q lI.N"
fortunes and superstitions, sold MCCheShey
TO Durnell Il Herr for sl5,oo0 and the latter
cleaned up 1880 IN bets on ne hrst race may
the colt ran in their colors. After ihIt
MCChcsney swept all before MN, W'hilins WIN
all kinds Of weight and at various u'7tuhtts'
until Westerners pronounced him the cham
pion thrce-year-olI lliIe mat vas ItLm ,,iS
ny oNrd 5y TSo B B%v who recsny s
Inn to i. Il. Thomas tor 100000, was the
better horse. o-,..
McChcsncy was unbeaten at New OTieahs
last winter, and AZ the close OF the trrsceht
City meeting he was purchased IRON DurnG!i
4 Herr 10y Mr., SIlathers for S3O,OOn lie
has since Mon several races mt Chlchcoi horst
men were aiISaSinI W. a, thnr ~ was. az Inv.
precision that Mclnesney, might be iianal-
capped by the r"Nfoau rae an" '"c ''"ieo
OF ar +" anti, . +,,ns,,,,, ., u,
IF McShcSney WINS saiu tuEIh'"h' "e
Is wonderful morse. ,.., ,,,,. h., ,,r, Il,
,Waterhoy has never shown what ne ts can 40 no
when put to the hardest kihd OF test lie
SceTetary Boden SAID last nEh, ,nat u, me ne
infield would he opened Tor the overflow OF.
Wednesday and tn that there would be- pom at
the track ior tpV spfG'otSTS az f1TS looks
IA. .xIT,N. Il
for Mct hesney victory or next N"dnesoa%
provided the great son OF MaconI hhu Mailo'a
Mason meets WIN no ihiNhai'r ~ uhl''l' r., n',.
arrives in the EAST IN ROod conultioh, ohly
u few doubling lhomases cav I've found Who
question the ability OF big Mae To beht any
thing weight for age in the country. no
only cause for doubt ~ the Trip ana the
change OF climate, which have always proved
a setback 10 Eastern horses coming here,
McChesncy, with Irene Lindsey as n COM
panion. was shipped Tonight At O'Clock
on the Lake Shore Railroad
MIR SmatheIs said: I'm win. NCChesney
left Tonight over the Lake Shore with Irene
Lindsey, whom purchased to-day from
sam Hjdreth for s3dOO Dave. who has
mhbcd HE colt ever since he has been at
Washington park went along with the horses
md Hilareth wiIl leave tomorrow morning
He viii have general supervision Of the colt
un,u ag,or tho race Then The horses will
ha tnrnaa over 70 mn Eastern trainer. From
pytgb+on Reach NcChesrev goes to Sara
tng s's'" N"N''
e., ui1dro.b said. "NcChesney ia flt md