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i i : : : t INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE FUTURITY STAKES TO BE DECIDED AT BELMONT PARK TODAY : 4 Today is Futurity day. Great crowds of racing enthusiasts will journey to Belmont Park, the palatial home of the Westchester Racing Association, to witness the twenty-eighth running of the most coveted and most important two-year-old race of the year. The history of the Futurity, replete with luster and romance attached to no other stake in American racing, is familiar to all lovers of the thoroughbred. Its list of winners include the names of -such remarkable race horses as Proctor Knott, Morello, Domino, Ballyhoo Bey, Artful, Colin, Novelty and many others. While deploring the absence of Sun Briar and Lucullite from todays decision of the Futurity, a field of high-class youngsters will struggle for this rich turf prize and the winner will have earned the right to be included in the list with the stars of other days. The tabulated history of the Futurity Stakes is here presented: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 18S8 Proctor Knott Barnes. .112 Salvator 108 Galen 115 0,900 1:15 1S89 Chaos DaylOO St. Carlo 122 Sinaloa II. ...105 54,500 1:10 1890 Potomac Hamilton. .115 Masher . 108 Strathmeath ..124 07.675 1:14 lS91His Highness... J. McLaughlin. .130 Yorkville Belle 115 Dagonet 10S 61.075 1:15 1892tMorello Hayward..llS Lady Violet 118 St. Leonards.. .115 40,450 1:12 1893 Domino .. .Taral. .130 Galilee H" Dobbins 130 4S.S55 1:12 1894 The Butterflies ....Griffin. .112 Brandywine 108 Agitator 110i 48,710 1:11 1895 Requital Griffin. 115 Crescendo 114 Silver II 108 53,190 1:11 " IS96 Ogden -.; Tuberville. .115 Ornament 11C Rodermond ...115 43,700 1:10 1897 LAlouette ...Clawson..H5 Lydiah 115 Uriel 115 34,290 1:11 1898 Martimas H. Lewis. .118 High Degree 113 Mr. Clay 110 36,010 1:12 1899 Chacornac ....Spencer-.114 Brigadier 10! Windmcro 112 30.030 1:10 1900 Ballyhoo Bey T. Sloan. .112 Olympian 112 Tommy Atkins. 129 33,580 1:10 1901 Yankee OConnor. .110 Lux Casta 10! Barron 112 30.S50 1:09 l902Savable Lvne..ll9 Lord of the Vale 117 Dazzling 116 44.500 1:14 1903 Hamburg Belle Fuller.. 114 Leonidas ....V-:: The Min. Man. 122 30,000 1:13 1904 Artful .Hildcbraud..ll4 Tradition 127 Sysonby 127 40.830 1:1144 1905 Orihondalo Redfern..ll7 Timber 119 Belmere 117 32,980 1:11 1900 Electioneer .Shaw.. 117 Pope Joan 110 De Mund 123 30.SS0 1:13 1907 Colin W. Miller. .125 Bar None 117 Chapultcpcc ...117 26,040 1:11 190S Maskette Nottcr..ll8 Sir Martin 127 Helmet 123 26.110 1:11 1909 Sweep BtitwelL.126 Candleberry 117 Grasmere 122 24,100 1:11 1910 Novelty C. H. Sliilg..l27 Bashtl 118 Love-Not 114 25,300 1:12 1913 Pennant . . .Borel. .119 Southern Maid 119 Addle M 114 15,000 1:15 1914 Trojan C. Burllngame. .117 Kaskaskia 120 Harry Junior.. 122 10,010 1:10 1915 Thunderer .. J. Notter..l22 Bromo . 126 Achievement .123 10,590 1:11 1916 Campfire J. McTaggart. .125 Rickety ...... . 122 Skeptic 122 17,340 1:13 Huron finished second, but was ignored as a starter by the Coney Island Jockey Club. tDistance re- rtduced to 1,263 yards 1 foot. Increased to full 3-4 mile. Run at Sheepshead Bay until 1910. Run at Saratoga by special arrangement in 1910, 1913 and 1914. No racing in 1911 and 1912.
