The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
VlTENBOY AGAIN TURF KING
r.ErS THE $4,000 CENTURY
STAKES IN FAST TINE.
~. v,c1c, and Hcne Finish In the Money.
with Rersuis Dsdly Beaten--High6Ail
WIN. the SlO.O0O rstbsnh stakes
Fran l,roc mytick "a. 900 at the Track

wN, the SIO.OOO Flstbnh stakes
Fran l,roc mstick "a. 900 at the Track
p,,r,ns Nike a piece Of well oiled machin-
ar, with nearly 10000 men and women
s...-ins wildly. Waterboy. the four year
IA .op Of watcrcress Zealandia. won the
s,c roD Century Stakes at q mile and half
.r., the Sheepshead Bay track yesterday
.nernoon. Carrying 1875 pounds he lett his
Ivan. The Picket. winner Of this year 3
american Derby. Heno. who WAS beaten a
,.ad by Africander In the Saratoga Cup;
,hs ssc 900 Hermis. q warm favorite. and
Major Dam gerfeld. the outsider In the specu-
,.,i,n trailing behind In the dust cloud.
M, only did Waterboy win the big race with
consumuate ease. but he also created new
,,.ck record for the distance by han ging up
40, Rs the best previous time being s32.
made by that ether famous son of Water
,re.s Watercolor. on Sept. T. aSoi. with rS
,nunds on his back. when he won this same
stake,
BY this signal triumph Waterboy reSained
,he laures lost by him when he was soundly
b.atep in the Saratoga Cup. and when he came
hack TO receive the usual ovation at the
scales the great crowd was ready again to
crown him king Of the turf. title he had
,,irly earned by his Sensational performances
IN the Suburban Renewal. the Brighton
handicap and the Saratoga Handicap. Ac-
cordtnx TO A. J. Joynsr. his trainer. Waterboy
WA entertained when he went to the post
far the Saratoga Cup. but the rest he had
.ajoysd since that eventful incident had
.er,sd to put the great horse In Outline
form again SO invincible was the Water
cress colt in yesterdays race that turfmen
we're convinced last night that had McChes-
ney and the champion three-yeAr-old Afri-
candle, sported silk they would have been
beAteA. too.
Believing that Waterboy had not regained
the form that placed him In the front rank OF
racing thoroughbreds two months ago. the
LAYERS offered the extremely liberal odds
40 | against him at the close. price that was
readily sobbled up by those who had never
lost faith in the big black. Hermis. who had
rscsntly come TO hand in such manner az
10 restore public confidence In him, vas an
IDOL, vet he received one OF the worst defeats
of his career. He was sent to the post IN
superb condition. SO Trainer VIII SHIELDS
declared. and the crowd went to him with an
easerness that fairly swamped the layers IN
the betting ring Though some OF the smart
players did not believe that the 100000 horse
could 90 the route. he was always favorite.
with slight increase in the odds to 0 to at
busle call Heno. a tried long distance horse.
was the selection of the wise men. who pro-
oeeded to back him down from to to 10 to s.
second choice. Chiefly because Fuller. who
rode four winners and a second during the
afternoon. had the mount there was heavy
play on the Western three-year-old The
Picket, whose odds were lowered from to
to to 2. Major Dainxer6eld went begging
At is to l.
lsS,s crowd ,uspected sae horses in tho
paddock. Hermis. who ran In biinkers. was
The nasn... =: r. Thomas and his partner:
Alexander Shields. we're both confident Of
SUCCESS. and With odom in the saddle 1t seemed
certain that tho Aerm.nce colt would be han
dlsd to tho Queens taste oNel' IN Inc
oolors Of J. B. Hasen. had che leg up on
wa..rbo1, while pullman rode Hsno. and
The stake was Of guaranteed value OF
$4,000. With $4,000 to the winner. the horses
Carrying weight for ago. In tho allotment Of
Major Daingsrheld. Tho Picket. Heno and
Hernis stretched aoro.. the track to the
e siianoe ana then looked toward the barrier.
.. w. nxsa 'ss' Dss"0s 'As 'eno Al the
order and the crowd was on tiptoe a. the
horses rushed down past the judges. stand.
Herpia, With his mouth vide open and hghting
under > choosing puh. acting under orders;
Glose behind were waterboy. Hsno and
The Picket. neck and neck With danger
t aeid vast; Hefmis was 50 inl In 81 running a
that ne sreauany GREW away; desplte 0dom
en9rts 70 chsck him by main strength. ana
H. he sa Ss S
uIdTn clear La, q ~ nsn1, T ,ith 4niins sssd
anm h nes, WIN bn- ah 20 s'n - na
Hsrmis lid oossrsd he Quarter IN o., the
u a lutionE IA ~ -; EnS nsn ~
Nv w -. Me nve-eishtns 10 ~ - anu
"a, 70 ..at pent thss h~sn tc fs,..r vS;Is s
Watarho%y oD n thai IonS cav stride whirS
nsn n great Esmeness sna speed. u;.
\, ' III AZ ana n.y. tba MI. n AZ Ws3srhnS
was wearing him down gradually and the
reached ths mile and m eighth mole in 20
Wotarhov w" va. q, Sis s.IdIs r;rt no'e Ill I've
sThsJa oass Watsrhovi" Was The orv that
swept i from M paddock 20 aeid Men }on ,St
20 70 t ths 'front.' Women I'm In the grand stan S1
IKE isssped
nR~n l.. aoss Il tbs az mo
Harms ran stride for stride Then the
hi. Ssad nS. n rna i h% ' XIX nGrSs
sna nam: eot 20 no pnrpose' Hsr,nls hunK
aug peean 70 iah naek. ano Materooy Wen
WY wth.n nimseM oa Ish r On 20 victory ruler
nan moved up WIN Inc flskst' ana got on
hauled Hermis. and as they entered the
sbctoh, IN q hopeless stern chase doom.