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HOW THIS FUTURITY WAS WON WONThe Wonted The New York Sun gives this account of the race for the Futurity and the attendant scenes that marked the decision of the greatest race of the year for 2yearolds Nobody looked for animmediate aimed start owing to the big field but when fifteen minutes had slipped by there was some uneasiness Men were seen to mop their heads and then dive under the grand stand where Coney Island schooners were on dress parade Then they rushed out again wiping the froth off their lips and muttering mutteringNot muttering Not off yet Well this will kill off big fields in future futureTwo future Two sailors from the Oregon with field glasses strung over their shoulders sauntered down to the rail and looked off into the distance for a start They had bet on High Degree and Captain Sigsbee Sighs and felt sure of doing some damage in the ring after the race raceHello Rachael Hello Jackies Jackie 1 was the greeting they got from a crowd of footweary footwear sports after half an hours wait Tell us all about the way you smashed the Spaniards at Santiago j jThe The The tars were most obliging and were in the midst of telling about whistling shells dying Spaniards and burning cruisers when a man on top of the grand stand shrieked Theyre They're off offEverybody Everybody jumped up and there was a wild scramble for vantage points A cloud of dust was seen away off in the distance but as it blew aside the 2yearolds were easily seen They j had merely made a false break and the crowd subsided subsidedIll subsided Ill take no more tips from dem deem wise fish remarked a fat German to a friend Deyve Eye done me brown 1 1Who Who do you mean by wise fish his friend asked askedWhy asked Why dose fly trouts tryouts vat is running around ere givin giving tips responded the German who had been listening to the touts until his pockets were empty emptyThe empty The crowd was tiring so rapidly when three quarters of an hour had gone by that Landers band struck a happy thought when they played We wont go home until morning Every ¬ body laughed and when Get your moneys worth was ground out there was the utmost good feeling Arra Arras gwan wan yer Ayer only foolin fooling produced more merriment and the waiting crowd didnt didn't seem to care how long the race was delayed Just then a man in close prox proxy ¬ imity dimity to the judges stand clapped his hands to his head and fell on the grass He had been overcome by the heat and was taken away to have ice put on his burning temples templesOh temples Oh hurry up Its growing late and time to end the wait some of the crowd sang when one hour had passed and there was no sign of business at the post postThere pothered There are three or four horses who seem to keep out of line perpetually was the explana explain tion ion of the man with the inevitable field glasses glassesNow glasses Now theyve they've got away startled the crowd again as most of the field darted off But as the flags had not fallen there was more delay I By this time there was no end of grumbling and faultfinding in the crowd Some people scored the starter for the delay Others blamed the jockeys and horses while not a few kicked because tha than track managers had permitted such an unwieldly unwieldy field to go to the post They said that such big races ought to be limited as to the number of starters so as to insure a fair contest with no delays such as killed Orna Lorna ¬ ment meant in the Suburban SuburbanExactly Suburban Exactly one hour and thirtytwo thirty minutes had elapsed when suddenly the flags dropped and the race was on Instantly a great cloud of blinding dust shot skyward and totally ob ¬ scured scoured the racers for a distance of 100 yards Try as they might nobody could see who got away in the lead and when the field finally broke away from the dust the horses in front were so closely bunched that the leaders were made out with difficulty Autumn had rushed into the lead at the start it was learned after ¬ ward although all but Duke of Middleburg Middlebrow had gotten away in a perfect line High Degree was close to Autumn with Rusher a 100 to 1 shot making a terrific sprint An eighth of a mile had boen Bowen passed when the crowd took up the cry of the railbirds jailbirds High Degree High Degree Dalys Days filly was leading at this point by half a length and little Maher seemed to have her well in hand Rusher was a neck in front of Dr Eichberg Iceberg while the others were bunched so closely and were running so evenly that it was impossible to make them out outWhere outwear Where are the favorites was a wild cry all over the lawn and in the grand stand standIn standing In the ruck truck a loser growled and then laughed in triumph as he thought of com ¬ panions anions in his unhappiness High Degree kept up her pacemaking peacemaking ia the next furlong with Rusher hanging on with grim determination The Daly Dally filly was a head in front at the quar quark ¬ ter tear with Rusher holding second place by a neck The bunch behind or rather alongside kept on with a wonderful dash that made it anybodys anybody race and kept the crowd in a frenzied state of mind Then Maher began to urge High Degree forward as the horses got around into the stretch and the Daly Dally filly increased her lead to a length and a half Rusher was still next to the top but he was tiring rapidly and seemed bound to go to the rear Glenheim Gene Autumn Ahom Ahem Captain Sigsbee Sighs Prestidigitatrice Prestidigitator Duke of Middleburg Middlebrow His Lordship Sanford The Lady in Blue Rhinelander Rhineland and Scannell Cannel all of whom were carrying public money were no seen to be absolutely out of the race whereupon the thousands of disappointed backers threw up their hands and groaned groanedMartimas grandma Martimas Martians meanwhile had been overhauling his rivals with such rapidity that Owner Hen drie dried who was on the roof of the grand stand began to cheer up upThe Ute The colts coining through the field like water through a sieve and I believe hell win he exclaimed to the bunch of Canadians who stood at his side sideHigh sidelight High Degree was a length and a half ahead at the fivefurlong riverfront pole but Martimas Martians had passed Rusher and was after the Daly Dally filly like a bloodhound bloodhoundWhat bloodhound What horse is that in second place the crowd asked askedMartimas Martimas Martians was the information furnished by the man with the broad brimmed hat who had 500 to 10 on the Canadian colt Others took up the cry of Martimas Martians and those who had their money on High Degree and had been joyful a moment before felt their hearts sink as Hendries Henries colt dashed nearer and nearer to the top of the list listIt list It was a fight to a finish in the last furlong but Martimas Martians had a world of speed and the strength of an iron horse He leaped over the ground with giantlike goatlike strides and gradually cut down High Degrees slight advantage Then in a moment they were on even terms and in another second Martimas Martians shot his flar flair ¬ ing King nostrils ahead while Hendrie Henries and the Canadians on the roof danced a hornpipe Jockey Lewis believed in making things sure so he kept urging his mount along until Mar ¬ timas times had three lengths the best of things and with that advantage he shot over the line a winner much to the astonishment of the onlookers High Degree though tiring kept at the task and corralled second place by half a length from Mr Clay who came very strong at the end Dr Eichberg Iceberg with Sloan looking very sheepish was fourth The Kentuckian was fifth Sir Hubert sixth and the rest strung out behind behindThen behindhand Then the floral horseshoe was brought out and as Jockey Lewis was in the act of getting into it for the usual moment of triumph a pretty woman pushed her way through the crowd holding aloft a girl of three years yearsPapa years Papa the little one cried out throwing a kiss to Lewis Papa gimme grime a flower flowerLewis flowerless Lewis smiled at his little daughter and threw a rose to her Then he was lifted on the shoul should ¬ ders dears of several men and took off his cap in ac ¬ knowledgment knowledge of the ovation from the crowd Owner Hendrie Henries with his friends on the roof were also happy He was embraced by both men and women in his party and also kissed Then he had a terrible time pulling off his kid gloves so that he might shake properly with them all The victory of Martimas Martians was of greater worth to Hendrie Henries by the way than the mere money involved For years Hendrie Henries has been contesting with J E Seagram for su ¬ premacy primacy on the Canadian tracks Seagram has won eleven Queens Plates at Toronto and hitherto has been regarded as the kingpin in Canadian turf affairs But yesterdays triumph will probably put Hendrie Henries on top in the estima estimate ¬ tion ion of his small army of friends in Hamilton Ontario where he owns a big iron foundry Hendrie Henries is said to be a good sportsman and nobody could be found last night who begrudged him his honors won so fairly
