New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-15
HIGHBALL'S GREAT RACE.
WINS JUNIOR CHAMPION.
McChesney Beats Goldsmith in a
GaIIop an First Special.

There were seven races to mark the opening day
OF the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs autumn meet at
Grave.end yesterday. but with one or two excep-
tons they did not succeed in producing enough
thrills TO repay those who braved the heat and
bIistered for four hours under the OF the Sep
TENDER sun. The First Special. at 4 mile and
quarter. which might have attracted an unprece-
dented throng 20 the Enclosure had A J. Joyner
seen fl to start waterboy. fell quite fat with the
black colt out Of it It merely gave McChesney an
opportunity to add Goldsmith's scalp 20 his string
or the many owners who had horses eligible for the
FJr-t Special. only W. c. Whitney and H l. Hay
man thought It worth while TO send them OUT 10
face big Mae" J. A Drake named his colt Wyeth
IN the overnight list, but he withdrawn early
in the afternoon, and until Mr.. Whitney added
Goldsmith il looked If Hayman's Sheriff Bell
would have to race alone against McChesney-
The race is a weight for age affair. which placed
1ae hounds each on McChesney and Goldsmith and
III pounds on the threeyear-old Sheriff Bell From
the betting point Of view the contest might as well
have been merely an exhibition McChesney was
at to Z Sheriff Bell twenties and Goldsmith
at sevens When IT to racing big Mac
simply galloped away from the start. made his
own pace and was considerate enough to let Gold
smith and Sheriff Bell enter the stretch at the
same time with him. Fuller had him under a pull
all the way. and il was also apparent that Gold
smiths trainer had not the rem0test Idea he could
win Redeem never rode him hard. and he nm
ished four lengths behind McChesney and that dis
lance ahead OF the Sheriff. II taken for grant
ed by the public that Goldsmith was entered merely
to give him a race in preparation for ais near en-
gagements
The performance OF the two-year-old colt High
ball in the Junior Champion was the redeeming
feature of the afternoon. This stout son Of Ben
Strome wound up his remarkable career as a stake
winning two-yesr-old by taking up III pounds and
galloping away with II from choice lot of
youngsters could be sent 10 the post. With
Bobadu and Don John, both from the stable of
thirteen, and TO all save Broomstlck and Arlstoc-
one thought he could give away so much weight
and win, and the market always offered as much
as TO against his chances.
HIGHBALI. SPRINGS SURPRISE.
William c. whitney's little Hamburg colt Leoni-
das was selected win by the players. and
backed down TO TO 5. The little chap made bold
effort justify this confidence and for five of the
Eve and three-quarters furlongs he in front.
with Aristocracy a close second. Highball at the
sixteenth was rather poor third, but Fuller woke
him up and he fairly shot past the leaders, win
ming from the Whitney youngster by safe mar
E s6aftei Hsbba US o C tod his fr,eaSs
that he would now retire the colt for the year As
year it would seem that he was entitled to a vaca-
ton. The Junior Champion yesterday was worth
All the acrobatic contortions known to the jump
tried in the Hitchcock Steepechase
Handicap, and as result the original company of
seven weeded out, one by ~ne, until only four
mo. the favorite, removed himself from the com
bat al fence in the backstretch, where he turned
make tsginnins and baked at the first jump.
Old Jim Newman, owned by the man efJer whom
the hardi-ap is named, tried repeatedly TO run.
and finally, after taking the Liverpool on the bias
succeeded in having his own way This left only
Caller Carrier Pigeon, AmUr and Gypsic in the
race, and they finished in that order. the Widener
horse winning by a half-dozen lengths.
Twosear-olds made up the greater part OF The
field for alleged handicap 81 about six furongs,
and although two OF DISQUALIFICATION and Jocund-
finished second and third they could not stall of
The rush the hve-year-0ld mare Wealth made IN
the last furlong, and sls won by o good hali-
length. Wealth her race at ShrepShead Bay
on Saturday. but apparently u did not tend 70
IL crease the pUblics opinion OF her, and she was
az skies yesterday JoCund was favoTite.
There was a lot of humping and cr0Wdng in a
sei,ng race for three-year-ods and upward. at a
mile and sixteenth. and although J. A. Drake
AIabarch finished first. he WIS disqualified on
Peaferrs claim Il foul and first place was given
TO Stlvve. Drake and his friends backed tho geld
ing down from to 1 70 TO 4. and lost thousands
of dollars on the Judges decision. Newton Ben
ninr+or'e For Luck beat Mordella, Bath Beach
and a lot 81 other cheap youngsters IN a snort
selling sprint
SUMMARIES.
FIRST RAcF-Handicap: all ages: about & furlongs-
cBe'ting1-T7