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CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE FUTURITY. This afternoon will bring about the twentieth annual running of the most valuable event of the American turf for two-year-olds. Through a combination of circumstances the sum that will fall to the owner of the winner will be less than has ever before rewarded the possessor of a Futurity winner, but thai Is not an Item that will particularly affect any one except the owner. The thousands who will flock to the track will applaud the winner as enthusiastically as if lie had won double the 4,040 that will be his share of the stakes. It will be sufficient for them that another Futurity has been run and they have enjoyed the pleasure of viewing its running and greeting the. winner with noisy acclaim. The Futurity bat generally been won by horses belonging to rich men, hut in its first running a poor man was raised Ito affluence when Proctor Knott won for Sain Bryant, and in 1000 Billy Lakelands Electioneer also won It for a good man who needed the money. The second Futurity fell to William L. Scotts Chaos and Mr. Scott was a millionaire several times ovei. The senior August Belmonts Potomac won next. David Gideons Ills Highness followed Potomac and it lias fallen to Gideon to enjoy a greater measure of success in reaping Futurity honors that has rewarded the aspirations of any other owner, his The Butterflies and Requital having, won in addition to His Highness, iln the ownership of the latter two John Daly was his partner. A poor mans horse was again first when the mighty Morello Avon for Frank Van Ness in 1S92. In the next year James R. Keene won his first Futurity when Domino carried 130 pounds to victory. Chacornac won it again for him in 1S00, so that if lie wins it again today his record in connection with the race will equal that of David Gideon. Mr. Keene is a very wealthy man. In 1S90 Marcus Daly came out of the west and won with Ogden. Mr.. Daly could have dropped some millions in the street and not uave been aware of having lost something. Then the Thompson Brothers, L. S. and W. P., heirs to the millions of David D. Withers, won with LAlouette. The Canadians had their only triumph when Marti-mas won in 1S9S. Mr. Hendrie died recently, leaving a great estate. William C. Whitney won witli Ballyhoo Bey in 1900, John E. Madden witli Yankee In 1901, John A. Drake with Savable in 1902, Sydney Paget with Hamburg Belle in 1903, II. B. Duryea with Artful In 1901, and W. OB. MaeDonough with Ormomlale in 1005. All of these men without exception were of the millionaire or more class. The record of the Futurity to date is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 1888 Proctor Knott Barnes. .112 Salvator 10S Galen 115 0,900 1:15 1SS9 Chaos ..Day. .109 St. Carlo . ...122 Slnaloa II 105 5400 1:114 1S90 Potomac Hamilton. .115 Masher 10S Strathmeath ...124 07,075 1:141 1891HIs Highness. J. McLaughlin. . 130 Yorkville Belle 115 Dagonet 10S 01,075 1:151 lS92tMorelIo Haywurd..llS Lady Violet US St. Leonards ...115 40,450 1:121 1893 Domino Taral.,130 Galilee 115 Dobbins 130 4S.855 1:121 1891 The Butterflies Grlllin..ll2 Brandywine ins Agitator 110 4S.710 l:ll" 1895 Requital Grililn. . 115 Crescendo 1141 Silver II 10S 53,190 1:115 1S90 Ogden Tuberville. . 115 Ornament 110 Rodermond 115 43,790 1:10 1S97 LAlouette Clawson..ll5 Lydiun ns Uriel 115 34,290 1:11 1S9S Martlmas ..- H. Lewis.. 118 High Degree 113 Mr. Clay 110 30.C10 1:12 1S99 Chacornac Spencer. .114 Brigadier 109 Wlndmere 112 30,030 l-lo? 1900 Ballyhoo Bey T. Sloan.. 112 Olympian 112 Tommy Atkins. 129 33.5S0 l:lo" 1901 Yankee OConnor. .110 Lux Casta 109 Barron 112 30,850 1:091 1902tSavable Lyne.,119 Lord of the Vale 117 Dazzling 110 44,500 1:14 1903 Hamburg Belle Fuller.. 114 Leouldas 123 The Minute Manl22 30,000 1:13 1904 Artful .. Hlldebrand.. 114 Tradition 127 Sysonbv 127 40,830 1:114 1905 Ormomlale Redfern. .117 Timber 119 Belmere 117 32,900 1-112 1900 Electioneer .Shaw. , 117 Pope Joan 110 Do Muud 123 30.SS0 1:135 Huron linished second, but was ignored as a starter by the Coney Island Jockey Club, flistance reduced to 1,203 yards 1 foot. Jlncreased to full .1-4 mile. In the following table the eight carded starters for the Futurity are given, witli their weights; the edds quoted In New York last night; the jockeys, engaged to ride in the race today; the record of their previous performances, with the distance, time and weight in their best races, anil their total winnings to date: Owner and Dorse. Wt. Odds Jockey. Sts. 1 2 3 Up. Dis. Time. Wt. Winnings. J. R. Keenes Colin 125 2-5 W. .Miller... 7 7 0 0 0 3-4 1-12 12" 1 SOI J. R. Keenes Restigouche ....120 2-5 Notter ..... 4 1 2 0 1 .1-1 1-15 loo oV0 F. Burlews Chapultepec 117 10-1 Finn 10 2 3 0 5 3-4 1-131 114 14170 F. J. Farrells Jim Gaflney ....130 10-1 W. Knapp..S 2 4 0 2 .1-4 1-15 m "i175 R. T. Wilson, Jr.s Beaucoup.. 119 40-1 E. Dugan. . . 0 12 12 .1-1 1-14 110 "V-0 II. P. Whitneys Bar None... ,117 S-l J. Martin... 5 0 2 3 0 VlOO J. E. Maddens Meelick ......119 10-1 Radtke ....C 12 12 5 1-2 f 1-005 11 4110 A. Belmonts Fair Play 1R 10-1 Horner ..... 0 3 1 1 1 3-4 1-14 in nW, Coupled as J. R. Keeue entry.
