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GREATEST AUTUMN SEASON New Yorkers Anticipate Some Wonderful Racing in the Fall Sport Begins at Belmont Park Famous Futurity the Out ¬ standing Feature New York followers of it tin greatest autumn autumnwtsiii wtsiii of spurt that has Ixin seen on the metro ¬ politan tracks in many years The wonderful att mla ne sit Use spring meetings and the revived Interest displayed in the mcing prompted the Jockey In1 to extent the fall season to fortyeight days tii longest since the restoration of the sport in the Kuipin slate il 1913 1913Ii Ii Iiiioiit Park will lie tin scene of the first meet iii tin Westchestcr Racing Association holding forth from September 2 to September 11 a period of twelve racing days An attractive list of stake events have been arranged with the famous and highly oveted Futurity as the outstanding feature No twoyearold race or any other race for that matter ever framed in tin Tinted States has had tha glamour and appeal of the Futurity It is for twoyearold colts and fillies the dams of which were named when they were bred and the fact that the original nominators of the first second and third horse at the finish have a share in the prize money is a contributing influence in making the race the popular feature it lias been since the lay it was first contested in 18S8 at the Coney Island Jockey Clubs superb course Shecpshead Kay KayConceived Conceived in the fertile brain of James G 1C Lawrence then secretary of the Coney Island Jockey Clu it was designed to stimulate the thoroughbred breeding industry of the Vnited States and in this it has succeeded in an extraordnary degree It engaged the attention of the multimillionaire with his band of richlybred matrons in blue grass or alfalfa pastures and it cast a spell nj on the poor man witli a mare or two the blood lines of which kindled the hope that a winner of the great classic might come from his paddocks It is the lure Avhich has tempted many an enthusiast ns he sat at the sales ring and bid on i mare the blood of which he thought would nick with that of his favorite sire sireThe The original nice was won by Proctor Knott a baldfaced gelding by Luke Blackburn with the negro Jockey Ilarres in the saddle and in second place came Salvator by Prince Charlie destined afterward to l o one of the stars of the turf with Galen a Missouribred and owned colt third It was a triumph for Kentucky and democracy and Si Bryant owner of the winner with his red hair and beard and long boots was the most pcturesiuie figure Now York Insisted that uitnmn Proctor Kimti Sam Uryant and Uarnes have all passed these many years but there isnt i breeder of thorough ¬ breds todiy big or small who doesnt know the story of that race and in whose breast there is not an ambition to win a Futurity FuturityOF OF GREAT MONETARY VALTJE VALTJEWith With the exception of two veals 1011 and 1912 the Futurity has been contested either at Sheeps lieail Uay Saratoga or Pelmont Park and its his lory is a barometer of the sjKirt in the United States from 1SSS to the present day When Iroctor Knott won the race it was worth over jrMl So givat was the interest in the new race that the total nominations the following year exceeded the initial offering by about thirtyfive per cent and the tidy sum of SU307 was divided between Chaos St Carlo and Sinaloa II this trio fighting their way tlirnigh a band of twentythree starters Still great T in popularity was the year 1S9O when the high watir mark for the event was reached with over 77 HH ns the reward of Potomac Masher and Strathmealh StrathmealhFrom From that vear the value varied with the vicissi ¬ tudes of the times until in J913 when Pennant won for Harry Payne Whitney from Southern Maid Addie M and five others its value was but 15 l o net Through all these years however the faithful in Kentucky California Missouri New Jersey New York Virginia and every other state where grass growns green and pure water runs have kept the trriditions of the nice alive aliveT T ross value of the Futurity this year will l e 15000 so the net value to the winner will IK UK largest since Novelty voii in 1910 1910Upsides Upsides the Futurity the Wcstchester Kacing As ¬ sociation has provided a number of popular fixtures that will bring together the stars of the respective divisions The Municipal Handicap of 2500 added at one and onehalf miles is for threeyearolds and over as an the Uclmont Park Autumn Handi p of 1500 added and the Nassau Stakes of 009 guaranteed The Jerome Handicap of 1500 uided is for threeyearolds the Manhattan and Autumn Uighweight Handicap for all ages while for the twoyearolds the Champagne Stakes the Nursery Handicap Mineola Stakes and Tomboy Stakes are expected to furnish some highly enter ¬ taining racing among the juveniles juvenilesDevotees Devotees of the sport through the field will see a steeplechase race each day of the meeting and he Corinthian and Uroadhollow Handicaps are the stake features provided for the jumpers jumpersPlenty Plenty of racing material is assured for the coming meeting it Uelmont Park with practically ill of the crack horses now racing at Saratoga with engagements in the fall fixtures to be run at the beautiful home of the Westchester Kacing Associa ¬ tion tionIt It is anticipated that one of the largest crowds f the year will be present at Uelmont Park on Lalmr day September 2 the opening day of the meeting which all forecasts point to the most successful one eer held in the fall of the year at Americas largest and most pretentious racing course
