New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
CENTURY FOR WATERB0Y
HERMTS runs FOURTH.
Four-Tecr-Od Makes TfacI
Rccord-HiqhbaWs FlafbgSh.

RccOrd-H3ohD0H FtGiO8SH-
wsterbo, the great b,a1l angular son Of Water
cress materially smplifed the veNed question ~
present turf supremacy yesterday by completely
eliminating from ihe problem that very potent
factor Heruis tre ittle chestnut bulldog that car
ries she gray and magenta iack-t ol that ambitious
vounr turfran. l. u Thomas.
The Century Stakes. az cre mile and haf. rUn
ever tho Couey island Jockey cubs course at
sheepsacad Bay provided the medium by which
Watcrbov MOI cnly an-ihi.ateG ore o. his most
formidable rivals. but reraiucd all the prestige DE
lost at Saratoga. when both AfricaEdcr and Eeno
showed him the way hone On The Saratoga Cup 81
mile and ttree-quortors TO do this was not
necessary for him 20 run the distance yesterday iu
c.slh. which clipped tUo-tfirds 90 a second from
the track record. but he die il aEyWay-did ii in
great big. swinging raIlop a. If to show the turf
Sorld how simple aeair 81 all vas and how pc
he'd been merely fooliHg them the last tine OTeil
who rode HIM was sitting Sideways and pecred back
~ his field. cluckliEE 10 himself. There Is no
question thar Materboy In winning tho Century
yesterday was fwayed hy au unchiyarous desire
20 rub 81 in"
with the exception % J. p Hagelu's thrco-vcar-
old cripple Charles Elwood. who was withdrawn
early in the day. the Century quite fuaIcd the
brilliant promise "a gave the nleht before when the
entries Tor 81 were made public. u furnished the
first opportunity FOR tie public 10 see two recog-
uzed aspirarts Tor the championship meet on even
terms. and had these two horses been the only
starters b. IS quite probable that the enormous
crowd which swarr.eJ 10 sheepshead would rot
have beer approciahly lessoned. So great was tie
Interest which The meeting n these two animals
aroused that not only were the other starters
rather overlooked bat tho Flatbush. one of the
hest and richest ~ the two-year-od stakes down
the full Futurity Course. suffered by comparison.
The FIELD Tor yesterdays Century was coupo-eG
~ the fOur-year-old colts Iieunis. Major danger
hed. Waterboy and TIeno. and the thrce-ycar-old
colt The Picket winner Of the last American Derby
81 Chicago. With l2j pounds each on The older
horses and Us pounds Oh the three-y ear-cld. the
contestants were meeting on even terms unler the
scale
RACE PUZZLES SPECTATORS
Prom the angle at which spectators lcok at
horseraces there probably has not teen a contest
this year that offered more provoking or puzz ug
proposition. The secthnE. swearing. sveltcTirg
mob that surged around each bookmaller ia the
ring altogether at sea. OF The fyo runners
Major Daingcrlcd seemed the only one that could
with ouy degree OF safety be dismissed. lie mas
been sulllins and sour ever since a Western rail
road paid S25.oo) for Lf- and his victory a
week ago was not sufficient 10 blot out the mem
CRY o. his numerous lguobie performances. The
students, therefore, passed him up. and The layers
bait OF - 20 ] found few l1lli1le enough 70 bite
az IL.
The brown colt Ieno after running Africauder
head finish ia The Saratoga Cup. beating Water
hoy by fifteen lengths. not easy 10 over
look. He is known game. honest colt, capable
81 running a distance and finishing streng and in
consequence Of these Qua Hties he found many sup
Hsorters ~ ~ 10 T. The colt Is not sound however
and those who were shrewd enough 10 watch him in
his preliminary work, were inclined dismiss him
from their minds. He caIlcped so sore and stin
that IL seemed almost useless 10 start him.
The players when it came 10 the final issue be
tween choosing Waterb0y or Hermis. were not in
eiined 10 forget the manner In which the black
horse curied up al Saratoga at the end Of a mile
and sixteenth. and this recollection coupled
with The knowledge that TIermis was lit and fresh
ano had from an they could fudge OF his previous
races regained all his wonderful FORM decided them
finally in his favor. lie became in the closing
quotations FIRST choice Al 3 10 g. and 20 3 a place
Waterboy and The Picket were both al the en-
ticins GODS 81 10 4.
lir Fitzgerald cot them away on such equal
terms THAI it was difficult in the FIRST few strides
10 tell which animal had the best % g. IIernlis
however, Was rank and 50 fun OF running that
in spite o. the almost strangling hold which doom
had taken on him 10 keep him from racing his head
OF be forced his way 10 the front, and when the
spectators had nearer view OF them as they
swung by the grandstand the first time the little
chestnut was throwing his head vlciousy and doom
was bTaced back IN his st.rrups as II be thought
De was on a runaway horse. Fast as ne ran and
hard as De fought he could not lose watorboy
The big horse was only scant length behind and
bis mouth was wide open
REAR GUARD FORMS ITSELF.
The Picket. lIeno and TIE Major already had
formed themselves into guard. TWO lengths
hack Hermis stiI ahead. and stm dghtins
when the backstretcA vas reached. and the wiser
turfmon began 20 fear lest Odom ia trying 70 keen
enough m reserve 10 siau OF The inevitable chal-
lenges later. would not choke al the speed and
courage out o. the colt.
Just opposite the Erandstnnd Watorboy ran I'D
20 the flying leader with vhlrl OF speed that SET
ihe granostand gasping. Was II his nnal. diving
e1orte Noild he fade away. as they had seen him
DO once beforc. would be fool thera2 The rent
fSrlong answered the question. lie was merely
fooling them. The little horse was done for. And
he chuczed IL up without much OF struggle
But although tho favorfte out ~ IT, Eero
Rne The Picket SIN had 10 be recl1oned with-or
10 the Erandstand thought.
After the quarter pole was passed. however. al
doubt gave way. Materhoy had his field reeliuc
behind him. Heno who had run a race fuu u
courage ana tenacity. gradually gave way 20 The
Picket bermis and the Ma5or had passed AWAY
snd Naterboy came homo alone. The Picket Was
nearly three lengths behind the champion ana four
lengths IA front % Heno.
There were q few horsetnen. and among .be-, 81
was said AR. Thomas. who were fuclpes 70
oriticise odom's ride Hernis Their contention
was that he had actually stfanrled the colt and
had choked ell the heart and speed cut Of him Ii,
the trst five fgriongs 4 ma 5o-Ity. however he
leve that Hermis Is al his best in a oostest II
mile. and that nc would have stopped anyu-av
TIE manner IN which be finally passed cut OF the
picture rather confirms this theory.
T1lc fractional time for The race tells tie story q
Ilcrriss dcfcat and Watorboy's victory very .lo-
auently. The figures Cas o56 SIS oss 70 l,5i as
s5 l-27 3-s. l,s5. L. 205 and 2.Si 80 il VIII
be seen from the tine Cor these various quarters
that Natcrboy tho mile aud hait literally like
quarter horse
FLATBCsH IL FINISHES a SHOCK
- the Century surprise. the Tlatbush.
which Immediately preceded il. was . shock The
held of nine youngsters which vas sent I'D 20 ar.
Fitzgerald sncluied. with the exception % Ham
iurg b,Ie. the l0zer o. tlc two-ylar class The