The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-06
The EQUINE
CHAMPION
Right to Title Still Matter Of
Dispute.
THE TWIN CITY HANDICAP
Best Ones Are Eligible for this Race,
and They May Have Chance to
Show Their Me- Accident
10 Hamburg Belle.
THE TWIN CITY HANDICAP
By MANHATTAN.


tlon OF the equine championship Is still in
the air, but tho great majority Of eastern
horsemen have about sized It up this
way: Waterboy at the front for all.age
division, Afrlcandcr for tho three-year-
Odds and Hamburg Bell for the two-year-
olds.4
AS q money getter for .hs stable, Afri-
candcr stands at the top without qucs-
ton. He has put many times his cost
in the pockets OF Dwyer and Deimel His
winnings foot up we'll over tho $4,000
mark and tho end Is not nearly n sight
McChesney or Hermls, may be a better
race horse than NVutetboy, but It Will
have to be shown by deeds rather than
argum ent. One thing Is sure-Mr. Thomas
believes Hcrmis ls. and has tho courage
of his convictions. Hermis, by the
way. Is winning right along, and $4,000
doesn't seem nearly SO big price for him
as It did in the spring.
AS for Hamburg Belle, any filly which
can 10 the F'uturlty distance In the time
she did Saturday last, and on tho Kind
OF track the big race was won on, IS en-
titled to full honors, and tho two-yeur-
old that can show her the way to the
winning line will know race has been
run. HE5
Racegoers are looking forward now to
the Twin City Handicap to be run on
Monday. McChesney Hermis, Waterboy
and Afrlcander, besides other horses ~
high merit are eligible for the race. It
ia doubtful II Africander will go to the
post. for he seemed to have soft spot
on Tuesday In the September stakes and
may be sawed for that. The others are
fit so their trainers say. and there IS no
reason why they should not all race the
barrier on that day. 8
To tell the truth the public which goes
to the race course are getting tired OF the
side stepping OF some Of these claimants
for championship honors, and hope the
owners and trainers will take to heart
the words of President Roosevelt winch
are equally as applicable on q the race
track as elsewhere, that words are use
less unless backed up BY deeds. DEEDS
are what are needed now. The annual
champion stakes. worth $4,000. to be
run next Saturday. the closing day at
sheepshead, will offer another chance TOT
deeds. CIV.
Sincere regret is felt at the accident 10
Hamburg Belle Saturday In the Futurty.
The injury inflicted BY Lux Casta at the
post fortunately has caused no perma-
mont disability to the splendid little 1llly,
but she has suffered much pain, ana u IS
pretty certain will not race again TINS
season. Trainer Joyner says concerning
her injuries , I
Her sblood is evidently in excellent
condition. The wound has not suppurated
In the least, and there IS no fever AlnS u
Or about It, She Is eating everything We
give her. We have taken the best care o.
her. believe now that she may come
around again in three or 1our. wees -
THAT does not mean. however tnat |, she ne
will race again this year. I believe that
can safely say now that she will not
ra &c again during 1908. Losing three
weeks or month at this time OF the
year Is serious business. It is extremely ~
difficult to get q horse, and esPec1aily
two ear-old, back ntol,condltlon aiter
sucb a let-up. And in Hamburg Bellies
case there Is no use Of taking tho trouble.
she has no late engagements She is not
IN the Matron Stakes at Morris Park.
""she will be better next year II she Is
retired Just now. And you can't think OF
two-year- who has earned an early
retirement more honestly? .f Her victory
in.the Futurity alone Is sufficient glory
for her for one season. 4 IL
And he Is right.
CAPTAIN Sam Browns Broomstick Is an
other speedy one Just out of commission
Temporarily by the Futurity race. the
quarters Of his feet are weak and ne
usually wears bar plates. They were taken
off on Saturday, and after the finish
0dom felt the colt bobbng. Sunday It
was discovered that one OF his forelegs
had filled. Trainer WINNER said that the
| ailment Is only temporary. and that the
son of Ben Brush will soon DO able to
| race.
There has been two races TINS Week
which furnished as pretty sport as !las
| been seen In a long time and which give
! fine evidence Of Handicapped Vosburg' 8
skill and knowledge. They were the Great
Tilly Stakes, won by August Belmonts
Reldame by the shortest kind OF nose
| from Senator McCarren's Ocean Tide; N
fact majority of those who saw It were !,
| sure Ocean Tide was the winner. and
the ocean Handicap, when the finish was
| almost as close between Hermis and
Molly Brant. This race showed. by the
way, that Hermis Is fully back to his
last years form and is fit to race against
my horse, weight for age, .l
| Jockey Grover Cleveland Fuller has
proven his claim to rank among tho best,
with Odom and O'Nell no makes up the
trio of the best Jockeys now riding here,
circumstant,'al report was printed early
In the week that Sidney Paget had Of
fered $4,000 for Fuller's services IN l0o4
after no saw him bring Hamburg Belle
home In the Futurity, The statement
was met with a prompt denial by Mr.,
Paget, who said:
"I never thought OF offering such a sum
for Fuller, There was about ns much
| truth in that story as In the one In which
I was reported to have said that would
not take $4,000 for Hamburg Belle. Ism
| not understand whore such stories origl.
nate. and how they gain circulation. ]
certainly would not pay $4,000 for the
contract of any jockey In America
Fuller is on the water wagon now, IS
riding In magnificent form, and II MI,
Paget has not made an offer for him i
can be put down as certain somebody
else will and It vii be handsome hsure'
| too 5H
FULLER is one of the most peculiar OF
Mi tho strange professional yotarles 2r
the turf. He is genius. Unlike O'Nell'
Redfern, Hack and other young jockeys
Who Immediately acquired metropolitan
swarger on coming to town, Fuller ia
lust as much OF farmer to-day as ne
Vas away back in old Indiana ten years
ago He is the best at the stall dooy on
n bright morning, or In the saddle IN the
AFTERNOON. He has made and saved $4,000
in two years,
III, utov with C,aptain Brown