The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09


Odon--Dis Event Worth apG, sOO to
j. ID. Ilasgin--Perry BelmlOnt's River
pirate Runs Third-Thlrty Thousand
Persons at the Brighton Beach Races.
Waterboy. the four-year-od colt. by
Wacrcress Zealandia, owned by }. B.
Haggin and winner of the Suburban Re-
rswal. was victorious in the Brighton Handi-
cap Yesterday, and incidentally hung up
n new worlds record of 2:O3 LIS for mile
and quarter. When the great Gold Heels
won this race last year and ran the dis
,arce in 2:O3 As, with 128 pounds up, turf
men said il would he long time before
these figures would be lowered. But Water
hoy, carrying l2t pounds. beat the record,
and did it in manner that will be handed
down in turf annals as phenomenal per-
formance
Waterboy was not put under the whip
for a moment by Odom; neither was he
driven with hand and heel right up to the
wire. On the contrary, he was well in
hand, and had something left when he
flashed past the judges stand with good
length to spare. There was just one period
IN the race that Waterboy was put to the
test, and that was when Odom called on
him to go up to the Mexican Stables Roe
hampton, the FIVE year-od son of Bathanp-
ton Agnes Flash, who. by the way, ran a
race that exceeded the fondest hopes.
II was then that Waterboy showed what
a suberb racehorse he is, for with gigantic
strides, so easily and gracefully taken
that it seemed to be no exertion for him
Al. ~ ,nh ha
maker at the head of the stretch. toyed
with him for a short distance and then drew
away Roehampton. who was energetically
ridden by Bullman, finished eight lengths
before Perry Belmont's weighted
River Pirate. who, under the whip. was a
lsngth efore Dom Paul.
The pace was terrific from the start
The quarter was run in O23 rs, the half
In DAT is, the five furlongs in 0:59, the
three-duarters in l:12 rs. the seven furlongs
in 1875 As and the mile in 80 fat. 1t was
in the last half mile that Roehampton' g
plucky attempt to stay in front compelled
Waterboy to run the fastest mile and a
quarter ever recorded on racetrack.
Perhaps George Odom's comments after
the race show the real worth OF Waterboy.
He Is a greater horse than Gold Heels, /"
said Odom, and that means he is one
OF the most wonderful racehorses that we
have ever seen. When rode Gold Heels last
year and broke the record in the Brighton
Handicap Twas quite sure that no horse
would be able to lower those figures for a
long time to come, and did not believe
that Waterboy would do 1t to-day. But
he did, and he probably could have run In
2O3 fat II it had been necessary to drive
him home. He ran kindly all the way,
and when the time came to make move
to the front he was there with all four feet.
You can say for me that Waterboy is a
racing wonder"
The most remarkable fact about Water
boy is that he waS believed to be hopeless
cripple last year when, just before the run
ming of the Belmont Stakes, at Morris Park
he broke his shoulder. At first 1t was
thought he woul have to he destroyed
hut a weIl-known veterinary begged for q
chance to save him. The request W AZ
gran ted, and Waterboy was suspended In
sling for three months to give the bone a
chance to knit. The horse id not move
and lost both flesh and vitality. but at t he
end OF that time the veterinary pronounce d
the shoulder as strong as ever, an the son
of Watercress was turned out. He did not
stand training until this year, however,
and from the very start he displayed form
that convinced turfmen that Mr. Haggin
had another Watercolor. and they were
more than right, for Waterboy is a greater
horse in every respect than Watercolor
ever was
After yesterdays phenomenal perform
ance Waterboy pulled up as sound as dol :
lar He was breathing nor mally, and after
he had been cooled out in the paddock sheds
he was led away for sumptuous supper,
There could not have been more popu-
lar victory. 1t seemed as if ever ybody bet
on Waterboy. He opened at 3 TO S, and the
books were quickly besieged by men who
wagered sums ranging from 81 up to 81, 600
on the Watercress colt The big plungers,
as usual. held off. so that the rank and file
of form players and those who always ba OK
fayorites had royal winning
But with this flood of money the price
against Waterboy went UP gradually
until there was as much as PA to 1against
him, although the general closing quotation
was ? to /. This was due TO heavy plunge
on Foxhall Keene's Injunction, who was
ridden by W. G. Whitney's $i0,0 900 jockey,
Arthur Redfcrn, the odds falling from
tto to7to2 Then there was wild rush
10 get aboard l.. V. Bells francesca, who
was hot tip and who, while the horses
w"T" at the post, was beaten down to
urees. The others went begging, so to
ep"ak, and after the race it was estimated
INIT the ring paid out close to 100000 on
Wacrbov.
II was tvpical Brighton day. The sun
was melting hot, but there was n cooling
hf""He from the ocean, which made the
top Of the big cantilever stand a popular
vantage point Even with 1000 additional
s,eeats tho stand was jammed so that the
rlnker'ons had n hard time to keep the
AlSIes clear. It. was the same in the field
s,and, while the betting ring was hotter
man the bowels of the earth.
"h"n the horses went to the post for
~" handicap, which was worth sl6,7sO to
lhr winner there were nearly 80, 900 men
ana women present, the broad, sunbaked
avn being covered with a straw hat
nrlgade as far as the eye could reach. As
wa, was expected. Afrcander, the champion
'ycar-oId. was scratched because Of
.'lS hard race in the Realization on Tuesday
an1 SO were Col Bill. Blues. Igniter, DAILY
HIu hlen~ater. p. J. DwyeT, however,
"daed the three-year old Merry Acrobat.
VINO carried 100 pounds including five
STUuhds overweight, in order to allow
'iChaels TO have the mount
IT h,s mad" field of ten to face the starter
NV, 'ne barrier was rugged at the head Of the
yr. chu'", beyond the field stand and
, ,olh IN" inner rail positions were assigned
y" IHp horses in this manner. Merry Aero