The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-23
SPORTING NEWS.
Great Rivalry Between Two
Kentucky Race Horses.
The Records Of McChesney and
Hermis Are Compared.
BOTH ARE CHAMPIONS.
On Form the Son of Macduff
Looks Rather the Best.
At a Mile and Sixteenth Her.
mis- Has Gone the Fastest.

Lexington Ky, Feb. 23.-Not since
the days of Longfellow and Harry Bass
EFT or Ten Brock and Parole has there
been such rivalry between two horses
as now exists with the $4,000 AcChes-
ney and Il Y. Bells sensational Her
mis- in the leading roles.
Here in central Kentucky where
within a radius Of a few miles both
these cracks We're bred and raised, their
respective merits are discussed probably
more than elsewhere. as all the rail-
birds have remembrance OF the two
stars when. as yeariings and in their
early spring 2-year-old form, they were
IN training at the grounds of the Ken
lucky association track. The similarity
Of their careers is decidedly striking.
Neither was conspicuous as a yearling
and by no means at his best as a 2-year-
old. both being late in the summer o.
their 3-year-old form to show the class
which has since made their names IA
miiar throughout the country. Both
were bred by small breeders and both
are the first f0als Of mares that went
10 the stud with no racing records. The
following table. giving the races Won
by these cracks since the beginning OF
their S-year-old form, has been com
piled here by a well known authority,
and gives an insight of the true merits
OF the son Of Macduff and the son of
BTCHESNEY.
Six and one-half furIongs, 1o3 lbs
Time, 1:19 4-5-
Six furlongs. us. Time. l.18%.
one mile, 103. Time, 1894.
One and one-eighth mile. 1:22. Time.
1.5l %
one mile 11s. Time, 1893 %
one and One-sixteenth mile. 126 Time,
one and one-eighth mile. 12s. Time,
1.54 1-5
One and one-eighth mile, 122. Time
one and one-fourth mile. 125. Time
2.05 3-5.
one mile. I2s. Time. 1.n.
One mile, 125. Time. 1910 As.
One mile, 12S. Time, 1.41 Is.
One mile, I13. Time, LAB So
one and one-siXteenth mile, 1872. Time
1:48 2-5.
HERDIIS
One and one-sixteenth mile, 116. Time,
one and one-sixteenth mile. ia. Time.
ISL
Seven furlongs, 40. Time. 1:2s
One ana one-eighth mile, Ill Time
one ana one-eighth mile, 1872. Time
1851 20
One and one-fourth mile, III. Time.
one ana one-sixteenth mile 126 Time.
1.48
one and one-fourth mile, 12s. Time
S.u6 la.
One and One-fourth mile 126 Time
2.0S
BY this compilation the balance TO
date is in favor of McChesnev. viewed
from handicap standpoint. The high
est weight Hermis has ever carried to
victory is 1875 pounds NcChesney has
Won with as high as 1872 pounds up.
Both horses have run a mile and an
eighth in 1851 2-5, worlds record time
for three ear-Olds. each with the same
weight, 10 pounds. but at a mile and
a quarter McChesney has gone in pos
80, with only a pound less than Hermis
carried when he ran the distance in
POS 1-5. At a mile and a sixteenth
Iermis has run the fastest covering
the distance in 1:46, but when NIcChes-
ney went this route in 1.47 As he car
Eied ten pounds more than the son of
Hermence. 1t is certain that in years
turfmen have not been as much inter
ested in the prospective meeting of two
crack horses as they are evincing in
Hermis and McChesney.