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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. When it became apparent to the onlookers that McChesney would be the winner as the horses turned into the homestretch they arose with one accord and began cheering: vociferously, the din almost becoming deafening as the horses flashed past the judges and continued long after the horse had been blanketed and sent to his stable. The crowd which congregated around the judges stand to observe the weighing in process, shouted lustily for jockey Gray, who had piloted the victor, and also cheered for Mr. Smathers and Sam Hildreth. Finding no one else to cheer the crowd yelled: "Bring on your Hermis." Mr. Smathers took the victory very modestly and stated that it was very gratifying to him and his friends to observe the esteem in which McChesney is held by the western people. Asked if he would ship McChesney east to meet Hermis, he smilingly replied that the two horses would probably come together at Saratoga, where McChesney will be shipped at the conclusion of the "Washington Park meeting. Trainer Hildreth was very jubilant over the victory scored by the big son of Macduff, and for once he permitted his reticence to fall by exclaiming to Mr. Smathers: "Thats the greatest horse in the world today, and jockey Gray dont have to take off his hat to any boy riding, either," to which owner Smathers nodded his assent. Jockey Henry complained to the judges, after Lord Melbourne had beaten High Chancellor, that in Fridays race at Hawthorne when Lord Melbourne was badly beaten and ridden by Henry, the horse was anything but a fit racer. Judge Hamilton listened to the jockey attentively and evidently his story made some impression, for he was about to take some action in regard to the running of the horse. He requested Judge Bryan, who was among the spectators, to step to the judges stand for the purpose of holding a conference. Judge Bryan informed Judge Hamilton that the fault was not with the horse, but laid it at the door of jockey Henry, and further stated that he had cautioned the rider severely, with the warning that more suspicious riding would earn him an indefinite suspension. This closed the incident. Jockey Houbre, who rode Enue in the second race, while attempting to send his mount through a narrow opening on the stretch turn, was crowded against the inner rail and sustained a compound fracture of his big toe. He kept his seat until after the finish, but when he reached the paddock gate several horsemen lifted him off and carried him to the secretarys office, where a doc-or dressed his injuries, and was later taken by trainer "Wishard to the Garfield Park Sanitarium. Owner Smathers announced after the running of the Harlem National Handicap that McChesney would be a positive starter on Monday in the fourth race, in which Sav-able is also carded to start. Trainer Wishard informed Secretary Nath-anson that were it not for the fact that the field in the Harlem National Handicap was of such large proportions, High Chancellor would have certainly been a starter, but, fearing that the colt might meet with a mishap or injury he deemed it best not to run him. Jockey Knapp, who rode Warte Nicht, and J. William, who rode Floyd K., indulged in a battle during the last quarter of the race. Both boys rained blows on one anothers shoulders and hands, and neither of them desisted until in the last sixteenth, at which point Floyd K. shook off Warte Nicht. The trouble was started by Warte Nicht bumping Floyd K. several times. After the race both hoys were called before Judge Hamilton, and in addition to being sharply reprimanded were each fined 5. It was stated that owner Smathers had presented jockey Gray with 52,500 for riding McChesney. All of the local turf leaders were at the track. Among them were: Secretary James Howard, of the Washington Park Club; Harvey T. Woodruff, secretary of the Western Jockey Club; Frank J. Bryan, G. H. Kuhl and S. Clark, of Hawthorne; JohnF. Morse, of Washington Park and Worth; John Powers and J. OBrien, of Worth. ■«■ • Jockey Lester Reiff had the mount on Sweet Billie in the first race yesterday.
