The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-22
Pulled Up Lame After an Exercise
and Great Match Race
Is OFF.
HILDRETH RETURNS TO WEST.
Strong Feeling Developed Over
the Contest and the Fact That
Hildreth Was the Train
er-Peculiar Fiasco.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


New York. July 2l.-Tnere will be no
tween Waterboy ard McChesney. The latter
pulled up lame after his gallop at the
| Cravesend track this morning There are
| any number Of persons who can testify
that after he had cooled out McChesney
| distinctly injured his off fore leg. and an
| expert so testified
| In the work the first mile was done IN
| 1:42, the last quarter in q seconds The
| lameness vas SO pronounced that all
thought Of running the special was
abandoned. and word was at once conveyed
to John Boden. Jr.. secretary of the Brigh-
ton Beach Racing Association. and he with
much regret posted bulletin announcing
that the special could not be run on ac-
count of the condition of NcC'hesney Nc
Chesney will be sent to Saratoga to-mor-
row, under the care of Frank Taylor and
;: Z. Hiidreth will go at once to Chicago.
twenty-Sevel in number. which require his
time and attention
The nature of McChesney's injury IS Tot
positively known. 1t might be entirely cured
in week. it might take a month. AT
any rate: there is no chance of the Western
morse taking any part in any race within
the Metropolitan Jockey Club to offer 80 600
for McChesney and Waterboy to meet at
Jamaica need not be made, although both
Messrs. Z. j. DaZel and T. H. McCafren
sai1 to-day that they were willing to make
such an offer.
So much public and private adverse COM
ment mas been made on the special, NOW a
matter of impossibility. that 1t is perhaps
best for all concerned that it has been &C.
clared off. Perhaps, it should never haze
been made. inasmuch the owner of Nc
Chesney began with several handicaps as
his horse wa: handled by man VINO did
not have license to train under Jockey
Cub rules he forced travel thpri-
sand miles to meet his competitor and he
was running on road over which he had
never before performed. and which might
not be to his liking.
The prominence of several irresponsible
persons in the affair from the time it was
announced was also deemed bad thing for
its bona fides. 1t is said that E. E. Smath-
ers the owner of McChesney. repudiates
the acts or challenges of one of those per-
other party to the special was ready with
both horse and money to meet the West
ern horse neither money nor competitor was
forthcoming.
1t is no wonder that A. j. Joyner de-
clares that he wants no more TO do with
the McChesney matter, for which fasco,
however. Mr. smathers may not be at all
at fault.
That the race did not come off may be
a good thing for Mr.. Smathers. who nat
on Jockey Club courses under circum-
stances which threw an air of doubt about
the special.
So strong had this feeling become that an
official inquiry would have been made by the
stewards of the meeting as to the exact
condition of McChesney, as more than one
good Judge of training had expressed doubts
as to the method pursued in his preliminary
training. Many thought that fast work the
day before the race was too much to ask
Of any horse: yet every able horseman
thought there might be exceptions and Nc
Chesney might be the exception.
Mr.. Smathers. when seen tonight. said
that no one more bitterly regretted the race
being declared off than he did. He
scratched McChesney from the Wheeler
at Chicago last Saturday. a race
which he had at his mercy. he thought. 1t
was worth $3.50 He had also scratched
him from a valuable race TO be run at the
Hawthorne track next Saturday, which. ne
also regarded as a certainty. He had taken
the chances of shipping his horse here and
had run the risk of having him crippled by .
the journey.
After ne worked mile and a quarter in
10 yesterday morning was satisfied that
ny horse was fit. But when he had cooled
tut and showed tfat he was lame hastily
ent for Doctor Sheppard. When he touched
he injured foot the horse flinched from the
vain and started TO kick Usually he is
animal. but the pain caused
lin to be a changed animal.
CAS- to whether he could or could not
,eat Waterboy. an l want to say is that L
aw Mr.. Haggins's horse run and felt sure
ny horse could beat him, and still retain
ny opinion