The Washington times., 1934-05-21
CHASE ME- LIKE
ONE Of FAMILY,
SAYS OWNER
Mrs. BosIey, Mourning Loss of
Great GeIding, Gives Her
Views on Accident
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''I shall miss him terribly. "

Il snail miss him CerrlDly.
Thus spoke Mrs. John Bosley
jr., owner of the unbeaten Chase
Me who gallantly met his death
at Belmont Park last Saturday
as she sat in her home last night
II looked upon Chase Me as
one of the family, he never
started in a race unless 1 per-
sOnally gave him a kiss and
hug.
PREMONITION OF TROUBLE
cat Belmont Park Saturday
while he was being Saddled by
Trainer E. Young, the unbeaten
gelding seemed to sense some
thing was going to happen, as
he pricked his ears up several
times when 1 moved away from
him. He twitched and paved
until stepped in front of him
and pretended 1 was going to
give him some sugar. Of course
1 never gave Chase Me any
sugar before a race"
Asked why she selected Jockey
frankie Slate in preference to g
boy with more experience in the
saddle, Mrs. Bosley said:
Jockey Slate worked Chase
Me each morning and had be-
come attached to the big gelding
and / was confident he would
give him a perfect ride"
PECULIAR HORSE TO RIDE
"Chase Me was a peculiar
horse to ride. Sometimes he
would break on top and set the
pace, and other times he would
run far back and pick up his
field midway of the far turn.
That's why 1 selected Slate, be-
cause 1 knew that he under
stood the horse and would ride
to orders which gave him."
After the race Jockey Slate
told Mrs. Bosley that he was lying
in fifth place and was running
strongly wearing down the leaders
with each stride when all of a
sudden, before I could take up,
was flying through the air" ]
am confident that he either
stepped in a bad part of the track
or crossed his legs.
Only Won $3.50
Although Chase Me won seven
straight races in his entire racing
career, he only won $3.50 in
purses, this was due to the fact
that the gelding ran in four al
lowance races. one maiden race
and two handicaps.
Chase Me was unheard of until
September % when at Havre De
Grace he was entered in race
for maidens over the mile and 70
yards route. With the late Duke
Bellizzi in the saddle he galloped
home by Is lengths. From then or
Mrs. Bosley's 4-year-old son OF
Purchase and Mayanel went out
to make turf history.
The greatest race of Chase Me
was probably in the Bryan Mem
orial handicap at Bowie on Novem
ber IS, when he shouldered III
pounds and defeated the greatest
field of his career including, Al
bert C. Bostwick's Mate and w. R
Goes Pomposity. With Johnny
Gilbert in the saddle, Chase Me
after being hopleSs beaten in the
back stretch closed like an ex
press train to catch the leaders
in the final furlong to win going
away.
After the race Jockey Johnny
Gilbert said:
"Chase Me is the greatest
horse that 1 have ever ridden.
He responded like a true thor
Oughbred when 1 called upon
him and would have won by a
greater margin if / had given
him his head before 1 did"
In his first start this season
Chase Me carried 100 pounds at
Pimlico on May 2 and whipped
his field with ease, running the
mile and 70 yards in 1:43 2-5
over a track that was not at its
best.
His Fastest Race
His fastest race was probably
at Pimlico last year on November
2 when he packed lis pounds
and ran the mile and 10 yards in
1912 3-5, taking the measure of
Sylvester w. Labrot's Tired Avon
who at that time was at the
peak of her best form.
Although Chase Me ran in Mrs.
BoSely'S name, he was owned
jointly by Mrs. Bosley and her
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