New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
WATERBOY'S SARATOGA.
EQUALS TRACK RECORD.
Hunter Raine Rams Second-Caugh-
na5Caga Is Third.
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sdent stride. his great angular outline Sharply
defined against the green Of oak and ELM WAFER
l,o-- son Of Watercress. won the third renewal
of the Saratoga Handicap at the Saratoga Asso-
cations Enclosure this afternoon lie caIIfeu
l27 pounds was ridden by George Oooin, Gnu
ran the one mile and a quarter IN 40 Go
equalIing the track record established hy Green
B. Nlorrts's Cunard last August
Behind Waterboy, but not so far that dayIisht
showed between. was Alexander Shields's Hunter
Ra!ne his thick little bullet head clinging teTa-
-iousIy 10 the place ne had wTested from d
company. almost every member Of which was
supposed TO be his superior, by brilliant, pulse
tinC-Iug rush through the stretch. The part, in
fact which this ordinary looking bay colt con-
rrluuted to the ceremonies incident TO the open
ing Of saratoga's horse racing festival was quite
the most sensational Of the day. OF all the
possible surprises which the race was likely to
produce he was probably the most surprising,
and th.R too. IN the face Of the series Of sur
,rises usleh he has been constantly and con
s.sten-ly serving up 10 the pubic ever since he
began his career as four ear-old- John san
fords Caughuawsga, the four-year-oId chestnut
son Of Clifford and that great mare La Tosca.
was third. q length away, robbed of second
houors after he had followed directly in the
wake Of Waterboy for q mile and d sixteenth.
WHITNEY ENTRY IN THE RUCK.
From his box in the grandstand William c.
Whitney watched Goldsmith and Gunfire. the
two members Of his extensive stable TO whom he
had intrusted the task Of winning the honors of
The meeting. struggle hopelessly against superior
forces and finally become engulfed in the blurred
mass Of color that swept over the line behind
wate-boy, Hunter Raine and Caughnawaga
The defeat Of the pair. who were favorites in
the speculation, is said 10 be the keenest disap-
pointuent their owner has met with since he
announced thar he had retired from business TO
crafty his fondness for horseracing.
Goldsmith. ridden by Burns, and carrying
rs pounds finished sixth. Gunire. with 122
pounds. and with the lightweight jockey Red
fern or her back. was only one place better off
at The end Between them and the Sanford
rorse was Heuo, carrying 80 pounds and rid
-rer BY NIichaels. Those that the Whitney entry
succeeded IN beating were Z. r. Thouas's Her
mis-. 123 pounds; FoxhaH P. Keenes Injunc-
-ior. 102, the Hampton Stables Africander. l19;
arthur Fea-he-stone's tour-year-old fly Disad-
vantage. lG7, and John a brakes four-year-old
colt South Tr1n1b.e
Al The turn leading into the stretch. South
-r-u5-e. who had been in fourth or fifth posi-
ton for The most OF The Journey closely henrled
in between the rail and his field. suddenly reeled
y was thrown into The fence. ard went down.
o'NeI was pitched headlong into the inheld. but
scrambled 70 his feet II an instant. and, jump
ing into The patrol judges buggy. reached the
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Vealed no necessarily fatal injuries, but il VIII
re some time before the colt IS himself again
RACING N COUNTRY SETTING.
ne same olc Ecrse racing cast in fresh COS
tunes and with the addition Of deal Of
ll---'e -o'e----ssz' vas grouped IN The pagoca-
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---A ub On tae scene that IS dearest 10 Sara
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he students from -be h2+ col,l,ras+rrss ~ town
might have au7-gcig-e6 i rro .rcbfrscrI,rs ~
me betting pavilion had nor demanded most ~
their attention. The skies were overcast and .
big sto-1ncloud al on. time hung over The
Enclosure and tried in = rsre-,es+Sz ~, -
ral1 buc the few drops thar Cell failed - do
eay damage. either 70 the track or the rai-nen1s
in The paddock ana clubhouse
When il came time 70 choosA be-7ree, The
eleven starters IN the ha,6fcsr the r7l.v.ars
found themselves sorely perplexed NIosr ~
them came 70 Saratoga with the invention
which 50 long as NcChesney remained in III
Isis. amounted almost 10 q resolve n ernnor+
J. 3. Haggin's Waterboy. but when the urfor-
tunaJe idol q the West went lame AGAIN +Ls
necessity for expressing their LOYALTY ,,~o,,e,
The medium Of the hooku1aker no longer oxfsrad
and they gave reader ear 70 the discouraging
stories concerning Waterboys work for the
race
The horse. the railbirds said. did mt +sl,e
kindly 10 the Saratoga track: he was c1,,~osz,
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