The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19
THE WORLD
OF RAGING.
Saratoga Meet Promises Best
In It's History.
CRACK WESTERN COLTS
.McChesney, the Picket. Winner Of the
American Derby, and Savable Arc
to Be There-Thousands At
tend Brighton Beach.
CRACK WESTERN COLTS
(speclnl 10 The Times.Dispatch)

Especial to The Ttmes-Dspatch)
| NEW YORK, July lS.--If anybody
doubts that New York is q racing city.
| a trip or two to the Brighton Beach
track these days will dissolve the doubt.
Let the weather be sweltering or cool
| and tho current meet at Brighton has OK
perienced both kinds--it makes no diff
ference with the crowds. A crowd OF
10000 Is ordinary, and tho returns FREE
quently show many more than this NUM-
Der. The racing crowd consists OF all
sorts and conditions of men--and women.
1t is q prosperous crowd, too-that Is,
before tho racing-and the layers of odds
are kept busy.
There has been nothing really big at
the Beach this week In the way of rae
Ing, but the average of the sport has
been high--plenty of horses OF the best
class The races have all filled we'll. and
there have been az pretty displays OF
horsemanship as one should want to see.
Among tho visitors at Brighton this
week was William a. Hewett, we'll
known Canadian sportsman, who general
~ manages to come TO the city during the
racing season. He declares that this sea-
son Is record breaker, go far as his rec
objection goes.
When the Brighton Beach meet closes
Saratoga will be the Mecca toward which
lovers OF race horses East and West will
turn. The Saratoga meet promises TO be
the very best In the history Of that Ia
ircus track. The value of the stake
events will be great enough to attract the
very best horses in training. 1t Is graf
flying TO know that the West will be
unusually we'll represented at the Spa
this season, and 1t Is not at all unlikely
that 1t will be possible after the finish
of this meet to say definitely which is
the best horse on the American turf for
1903. Among the Westerners to particl-
pate In the racing are McChesney. The
Picket, winner Of the American Derby
and Savable. II there are any better
horses In the West than this grand trio.
they have not yet shown up. When they
meet Africander, Irish Lad and Water
boy there will be racing which ought to
make turf history.
John A. Drake has not lost faith In
Savable. despite his failure in the Amer
lean Derby and the Lawrence Realiza-
ton He believes in even terms. and in
tho condition Savable Will be when the
Saratoga meet opens next month, saw
able Will be a match for Africandcr Irish
Lad or The Picket, and IL a. suitable purse
Is offered for these four or any Of them
It is an open secret savabla will be In
Among the prominent Western stables
ntoge or will certainly do SO are John
A. Drake, Middleton and Junghluth, E
E. Smathers. Clay Brothers. John f.
schorr and Barney Schrlber.
Eastern racing men are watching Mt
brakes stable closely. While on public
form Savable and Runnels are the only
two of his string which may be regarded
as dangerous, there Is we'll defined fear
that he may have something up his sleeve
which will enable him to tear up the
patch" when the time comes.
While Mr.. Smathers will certainly be
represented at Saratoga by McChesney.
It will depend largely on what action the
Jockey Club takes on the proposition to
grant Hildreth a license as to whether
or not he Will bring his other cracks
East.
There is every prospect that records will
be broken at Saratoga. Not only are the
horses OF this year more than n little
above the class of recent years. but the
track has been put In well-nlgh perfect
condition. and In the opinion OF experts
now there at practice to be lightning
fast.
The racing world is watching with keen
Interest the progress of two noted jockeys
Danny AIaher and Johnny Rein. The case
of Reiff Is particularly sad. He had been
somewhat under cloud by reason of his
own ana DTOIHeTS troubles
though 1t can be said here that very few
if any, on this side Of the water believed
that either of the Reiff boys have bee
guilty of dishonesty of any kind, and
had practically been renstated when this
accident on Juno 10Th came. I Is said
that If Reiff ever Is able to ride again.
which Is extremely doubtful. 1t is not
probable that he will ever have the nerve
to ride the races which have made him
NP ha frren m has
produced. Practically the same may be
said OF Danny Maher. He may recover.
proba IDLY will, but In the judgment of
experts he will never be the great Jockey
he has been.
While the injuries to these two fine
Jockeys may have such serious results
it is gratifying to know that the injuries
received by that fine racehorse Golden
Maxim, who went lame after the Islip
Handicap, will not prove so serious as
was at first feared. The colt has respond
ed to treatment kindly and is rounding
to In good form, and ]. p. Kramer. his
owner. believes no will be In condition
to race UP to his old form before the
season Is over.
The way OF the plunger Is hard. Once
in while. very great while. a -plungei
gets to the good and stays there, but
tho history OF the turf shows that such
thing is about as rare as the winning
of rich stake by selling platter. "Davy"
Johnson has gone broke again. He is
said to be all tho way from $4,000 to
$4,000 to the bad with the bookmakers,
and Is said to have lost s150000 since
the Morris Park meeting, He has given
his notes for The amount he Is shy in
the books, and as he has been "up
against IT. moro than once In his Pic
turesque career on the turf, and has al
ways "made good" his creditors do not
intend to charge UP his markers to profit
and loss yet awhile.
Johnson has the reputation of being a
remarkably lucky gambler off the turf.
and as unlucky in connection with tho
horses. The story of the fortune he Won
from young Hostetter. the millionaire