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K p u ■• it it w 4 4. II v ii is |. ii it. ,] ,| 1 t t ri u 1 . . J . " of s ] J . I ■ 1 1 , ■ , , . 1 1 , , 1 , , . . 1 1 J 1 [ T I i e e e 1 1 s a FUTURITY NEAR AT HAND FAMOUS TWO-YEAR-OLD CLASSIC TO BE DECIDED AT BELMONT PARK SATURDAY. Harry Payne Whitneys Thunderer Likely to Rule Favorite — Field of Good Size and Quality Assured for Race. Sew York, August 30. — There is no race in this "imii.v that has a- much sentiment connected with as the Futurity Slake- for I wo -yea r-olds. which will be run ai Belmont Park on Saturday. September during the autumn meeting of the Westchester Uacing Association. The fact that if is the BMS| valuable prise for which thoroughbreds contest in the United States-it will be worth upwards of 0,000 this autumn not atone resnonsflde for the glamor surrounding I here 1-. above and beyond the financial return, the satisfaction which comes to every man when he doe* something better than his fellows and the fail lhat the breeders of th lir-l three horses shale in the spoils, ke OS the intercsl in Ihe race aliv. from the dav the dam is named for Hie prize. It is the race that .very breeder of thoroughbred- hopes to win -ome dav and it wa- worth tuT.673 lo the winner in 1800. originally raced a- ihe feature Of the autumn in., ting ot th,. Coney Island Jockey Club in isss it endured a- a pan of that organisation* program until Ihe big track Bear New York was Closed to In- public, and I..,- three years it was run at Sara loga. This season it has been transferred to the Westchester Pacing Association by the Coner Island Jockey Club and henceforth ii will be a part of the Belmont Park program in the fall just as tbe Sub urban Handicap will be the big event on the opening day of each spring. Belmont Park would appear to be Ihe titling home Hie Futurity as the Westchester Pacing Association has a three-quarter mile track that is a* straight as a aun barrel and ihe beat hone should win over ii every time with ordinary racing luck It wa- not -, .,1 Coney I-kiiid. where there was an elbow hall way home which meant disaster to the horse rawing an outside position at the start if the i" I .i n ■; know the ahorteet way to the hhlsb. I her-.- have been many memorable contests for the Futurity in the past. Who can forget ihe dav when Auuust Belmont, father Of the present head of the Jockey Club, ran first and second for il with Potomac and Mash.-r. respectively, colls of his own bleeding, and gathered in 377,000 in cash as owner and breeder, or thai afternoon when Sam Bryant lowered the -oloi-s of millionaire J. P.. llaggin with bis bald-faced and white legged gelding Proctor Knott, which beat Salvator after a thrilling battle tor half a mile. The winning of that race meant comparative affluence to Hi,, lank Kentuckian whose racing Jacket had embroidered upon its back a game cock high of station and crowing lustily. The prize has laid n lo rich and poor alike and the glorious uncertainty of racing has been exemplified time and again 111 contests thai have made turf history. The Clause in the conditions governing the event affecting breeders is worthy of comment. It is stipulated that the nominator of the winner shall receive ,000, of Ihe second hor-e 3500, and of the third .*Jo». whether the animal is the propertv of the nominator on the .lay of the race or bears some other color-. A nomination for the Futurity gives an added value to a yearling when it is led into the sale ring and ii is this featnn which has created the popularity which will make ihe Futurity a permanency as long as horses race 111 this country. The running of the Futurity at Sheeoshead Bay always meant a gathering of the racing clan* from far and near and perhaps the largest crowds ever seen on a race track in thi- country have been on occasions when this prize was being decided. It was in this race that easl met west and while the east aeaerally conquered, the west scored sensation ally in 1800 when the late Marcus Dalys Ogdeo won. The west wa* again victorious in 1905 when the Ormondale stables William OBrien Maedoa OOghl Ormondale shoy,.,i the way home. while Canada had its inning in istis when the late William Heudrie won with Startimaa. Th.- names of away famous boraea figure in the lisi of winners in the I wciily -live years the race has been run. There are no fewer than -ixlv-ix colts and fillies eligible for this prize nexl Saturday, but judging From Hie manner in which the youngster* engaged have been performing there will not be more than fifteen starter* and tin final analysis may bring it nearer to leu. Dominant. Friar Buck. Bulsc. Chicle, Pus- in Boots and other t vvo-yoar olds that have -hown high class arc not eligible, though Friar Book was originally nominated and his name-an pears .111101, g those declared al 810. The disappearance of these makes it a mack more open contest, though it is now" alnio-t certain thai the big chestnut coll Thunderer, by Brooaaattck out of Jersej Lightning, in the Whitney stable, arhieh will sjrt.rt L. S. Thompsons silks, will be the favored candidate because of his. good showing iu his only -Ian ai Saratoga. This brother to Regret has sins and the finest sort of action to commend aim to the public. He will have an allowance also, which en hauecs his chances of victory. Mr. Thompsons own colt, Broino. will also probably be sent lo the peat. but Thunderer appears to hold him sale. Mr. Belmonts color* will probably be bOTBC by St. Bock, an unusually attractive son of Bock Sand, and of SI. Priscilla. the dam of that good horse Priscillian. Libyan Sands and Lord Bock Vale, other sn; s of Bock Sand in the same stable, are eligible, but St. Bock- recent race- would make him the logical candidate. James Butler ha- Paddy Whack and St.ui-engaged, while Senator I. . Camden, of Kentucky. haa that g I colt. Mar-,- Henry, named in honor of the veteran editor of tbe Louisville Courier-: Journal. »«otber candidate from Kentucky is Thomas C. McDowell* Piimero. a son of Voter, which should go vv.ll if the course i- fast. Glfford A. Cochrans hopes will be pinned on Air Man or Feminist and he may elect 10 start lx.th of them. Celandria will be the candidate of the Flkw o,| Park Stable, while Achievement will represent Richard F. Carman. John E. Madden must depend upon Sir Vivian, a bn ther of St. Martin, a horse of quality, and him self second to la-k.tte for ibis same race in 1808 with 127 pounds in the saddle, while Kilmer will represent W. A. Prime. Ormesdale will boar the colors of Richard T Wil-ou. and if this big rolt sh.uld be in the form he disi. laved a! the Belmont Park -ping meeting his chances would he second to none. He trained off. however, before coming to Saratoga and in his only atari at thai point was crowded into the fence and did not have an opportunity of -levving his cue form. He may rind In- speed, however, iu the Futrilv over a course Li which he has always displayed a liking, having been trained at Belmont Park, the Wilson head quarters for years. The liitiiiily will 1.0 doubt draw visitors from all over the east, but il is not the only attraction for Saturday, as the Beluiont Park Autumn Haudicap for three-year olds and upward at one mile and an eighth, and the Amateur Cup. for gentlemeu rider-. will be decided on the same day. The early days of September will see a return of society folks treni mountain and anaahom and there will undoubtedly t«- a generous outpouring if that portion of the community which looks BOOB the meetings of the Westchester Racing A—ociatloa as the fashionable events of Hie spring and fall.
