The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-02
McCHESNEY'S new
OWNER 4 PLUNGER
Bet and Won Forty Thousand Dol
lars on a Trotting
Race.
OWNS THE FAST LORD DERBY.
Has an Aurora BOrealis Record IN
the Betting Ring-Likely to
IIEumine the Running Turf
by His Gameness.
REPU ELIC SPECIAL

| REPUBLIc SPECIAL
/ New York March LIN commenting To-
day upon the purchase Of McChesney oy E.
/ F. Smathers. sporting men OF all eiasses
/ declared that II Mr.. Smathers really mao
! bought the noted Western racer. and VIII
| pursue the same tactics on the running ,uri
! that he has upon the trotting turf ne Will
| much comment.
There IL no doubt that Smathers Is the
most daring bettor on the trotting turf To-
I day." said a man who knows MIN well
! Why. it is a wel-known fact that one DAY
last fall. at Lexington: while 49, .r1.u a5s
| Thomas w. Lawson of Boston cease from
! specializing The race had neId Of start
| the auction pools smathers bid 10000 for
| the field and told the bookseller TO sen
| Boralma out. This challenge, meant for
Boralma's owner. Mr.. Lawson, was not ae,
cepted and the pool did not 80. He matched
Lord Derby asains. Iawsou's BoraIma for
1900" side and ID wen that waEsr
In connection with this race. II was IN
effect for $4,000 side. because side bet OF
$1,000 each was made between the two men.
Smathers had sent to lawson tetegram
saying that he would like to bet $4,000 on
Lord Derby against Boralma. Lawson wrote
back the laconic message, ~ cure on. Lord
One lay last August. while the Brighton
Beach harness meeting was In progress. MI
Sm 2tnerS won SSboD on one race. ne We
horse won. His heavy betting during the
Grand Circuit trotting races was one Of the
features of the year.
MIR. Smather, owns the famous Lord
of the most noted Speedway drivers. In adj
men as in the very front rank as a driver OF
horses to wagon, even when pftted against
the best professionals He Is considered TO-
day as at least the equal OF any profess
sional.
He owns. has owned. at least dozen
horses who have we records s, Of S;io or better:
beautiful stable on One Hundred and Fifty
first street. near the Speedway, at a cost
of about so 900.
Not many days ago, while in Pittsourg
Mr.. smathers offered to wager 100000 or
any part of IL that a friend of his, can
smathers began pubic lie in Pittsburg.
ago came TO New York. He is now rated
as a very rich man.
On two separate occasions last fall during
the Gravesend fall meeting the racer Sc
tauket was very heavily plunged on. He
and was trained by Snapper Garrison. It
was then asserted that the heavy wsgers
on Setauket were really made by smathers.
and that he owned the horse. He denied
the ownership. however. Sstauket is now
owned by Congressman Tim Sullivan.
which was news to racing men when 1t
A few days ago Mr.. Smathers started for
California by way OF New Orleans. The
report of McChesney's purchase followed
fast upon the heels Of HIS arrival at the
Southern city.
Many practical racing men declared to-
day that McChesney's value as a race horse
is nothing like as good now as it was two
months ago when he might have been en-
tered by his purchaser In series of very
valuable stakes including the Metropolitan.
Brooklyn. Suburban and Brighton handi-
caps. worth all told more than $4,000. The
horse may. however. yet be entered in a
long array of valuabie events to be run at
Saratoga. of which the richest is the 81, 900
Saratoga Handicap.
Whether the noted racer will be good
in warm weather and when called upon TO
meet the best horses In training ne now
appears to be is a very open question. Many
experts declare that Ii is very rare for a
horse who has been raced all winter to re-
tain his form the following summer.