New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-16
M'CHESNEY RUNS FOURTH
BIG MAC" BADLY BEATEN.
lE;rtkJess Starts an TzrO Races and
Wins iR One.
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saratoga. \. =. Aug. ls-Racing history virtually
repeated itself TO-DAY. when McC Hesney. the big
red horse at whose feet at least half Of the turf
world IL America has worshipped with hystsTical
adalaticr, was v;iuG lshed Ia mile contest by
tinee horses. not one Of which has ever been con
-!0ercd much above Tie ranks ~ the selling
iiaic-a- little less tlan "A .ear ago. at the
autumn meeting OF the Conc Island Jockey club
The Minute Man carrying me color5 Of John Z.
Madden. gave the Western idol seven pounds By
the scale and as sound a beating horse
that posed a champion received. To-day John
A. brakes Jocund, thTee-year-old colt by Mirth-
ful-Flower Dellis; L. r. ThomRs's three-year-old
hlly. Dimpie. also AIirthful. and Henry J. Nor
Fis's cheap three-year-old geding Aurumaster all
showed McChesney the way home. and by
Ein that was measured In open lengths. According
70 the scale basis Of weights both Jocund and the
hlly met the Western horse on even terms he
taking up LIS pounds, the colt 100 and Dimple lOA
The geldtng. with eighty-nine pounds. in
ceipt OF seventeen pounds from the three others
II Is difficult 20 assign any for his defeat
apology for his performance. He has not been TO
the post & Is true. he started IN the Brooklyn
Handicap last June but even IL he were short Of
work horse OF his alleged calibre ought TO have
GaIoped away from the lot that opposed him to-day
Il he had not been out OF his barn IN six months. His
stable had supreme confidence In him. based upon
the excellent trials he has shown since he came
here from Chicago, and in putting him in an over
night condition seven pounds below the
scale Il felt reasonably certain that softer spot
not be found.
Fuller, who was so successful with the horse last
year. vas engaged 10 ride him, and Frank Taylor.
who trains him here in the East. assured his most
intimate friends just before the that the big
horss vas already IN and that no price could be
800 short Because Of McChesneys presence in its
deld. the contest. although il merely An over
night G6air. was the feature and quite overshad-
owed the other performances. The grandstand
made the pilgrimage TO the paddock almost in a
body, and large and reyerent circle surrounded
the bog0s while he being saddled. The general
impression was that Taylor had got him into superb
condition Hs may have been trife high in flesh.
but Gis great muscles rippled under his FURNISHED
coat Il easy, graceful lines, and in his preliminary
gasloD he moved with the boldness and assurance
which vas 90 characteristic OF him IN the DAYS Of
his aEst fame. when the West and the South bowed
down end worshipped him.
The ring offered TO 20 against his chances. and.
&c was the case a year ago. the public snapped at
IL eagerly and hungrily, the summer tourist and
the hardened piker agreeing that the opportunity
was one Of the once-in-a-lifetime variety The
49, ifb S;tfoSIfv rom betting Itself black in
the face McChesneys transferred its allegiance
to-day Jocund, and backed the colt heavily At
The original field Of thirteen vas reduced to seven
by Wtthdra walls, but as every glass was leVelled
upon the red horse the company merely formed a
background for him as II swept out Of the chute
on 10 the main track Mr. fitzgerald had sent
them away 20 good start; and ruler had placed
mis- mount IN a comfortable berth behind JOcund
Witcbcraft. The relative positions not
changed materially in the through the back
stretch. but in rounding the turn out Of il Fuller
called on his mount and Tor 4 hundred yards or
more he made some Roadway. but the challenge
only fash in the pan, and at the sixteenth
pole II was seen that he was hopelessly beaten
McChesney had none OF his old speed. and Full
ler's Efforts TO make him were futile JOcuud
reached the judges stand four five lengths in
front Of him. and there daylight between him
and AurUnnaster. The mile was run IN l:S9 3-5.
The performance of Mirthless. Z. R. Hitchcocks
Mirthful hlly who started IN races this after
noon and won one OF them, has possibly never
been duplicated before. The FLY entered first
IN the Kentucky Selling Stakes for tWo-year-old
hlies. at five and one-hslf furlOngd but left
at the post Her owner had also named her
start IN sprint for maiden youngsters, and had
she not fast enough in the nrst affair 90 "a
hair, ne decided 20 make her do her allotted work.
The stable evidently thought we'll Of her chances.
she backed from SKIES 20 10 post
time. She made all the running. and haudily
enough from Raiment and Buwark. the latter
being q fayOrite. ScherTer's Sir Dixon fly Can
dida won the Kentucky in d romp. after Mirthless
had been left and Delphe had whirled and refused
30 go 7. II. Hitchcock, jr.s Sea Gull. formerly
Terrible Terry, Won hunters steeplechase from
q small field OF Indifferent performers.