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BIG FIELD TO GO IN THE FUTURITY Fifteen Two Year Olds Will Probably Start in Americas Most Coveted Race Next Saturday Xew York September 11 It is with anxious eyes that owners of the best twoyearolds are1 are1watching watching tin work of their respective candidates for the rich Futurity which will IM the feature of Saturday the closing day at Belmont Park That it is an open race is conceded on all calculations made so by the absence of the tvo l est youngsters in train ¬ ing Billy Kelly and Eternal EternalBilly Billy Kelly has proved himself tlie champion two yearold of the year while Eternal showed in the Hopeful the richest nice of the year that bt belongs close to the top of the first division divisionHad Had this pair of youngsters been eligible it is more than probable the field for this years Fu ¬ turity would have been much smaller than it will be The openness of the race as it stands will call out several horses of really minor importance which would not have taken part had Billy Kelly and Eternal l eeii among those present presentA A careful survey of the probable starters shows that fifteen colts and fillies may go to the post among them being Purchase Star Bealm Lady Itosebud Lads Love Star Hampton Mormon Bod gers Sir Barton Elfin Queen Vindex Pigeon Wing Thunderstorm Hannibal Dunboyne and Joy ¬ ful fulElfin Elfin Queen is among the doubtful starters Little lias been heard of her from training camp and she may not be fully recovered from her ailment ailmentMinus Minus the leading stars the Futurity this year may not go to the best colt or filly of the year as has frequently been the case in previous years Sometimes it is just as well for racing that a stake of this kind goes to one of the lesser lights in rac ¬ ing as it encourages the smaller owner to battle on for turf honors and refutes the belief thnt ill such rich prizes are won by the millionaire owners ownersThere There was a time when the Keene the Whitney tin Belmont and one or two other fashionable es ¬ tablishments wen looked upon as almost Mire win ¬ ner of the Futurity and it must be admitted few are the occasions when the rich prize has gotten into the hands of the poorer owners ownersIS IS A DECIDEDLY OPEN RACE RACEThis This year there is considerable doubt regarding the winner In fact it will not be surprising to see the favorite forthe race quoted at 4 to 1 or better Tie uncertainty of the field iinil incidents that are likely to happen in the running of the race has made this years renewal one of the most open in its history historyHandicappers Handicappers discussing the choices differ wide ¬ ly Some say Dunboyue will b the choice while others are just as confident that the Wilson pair Thunderstorm and Hannibal will head the list The Whitney pair Vindex and Pigeon will have a fol ¬ lowing as will the Brighton Stables promising colt Purchase The more one tries to pick a fa ¬ vorite among those mentioned as probable starters the more l ewildering becomes the race raceThe The unexpected has happened frequently in Fu ¬ turities of the past In 1892 the victory of Mor ello a horse trained by Frank Van Ness and owned by a Philadelphia newspaper man upset all the cal ¬ culations of the fashionable set Again in 1890 Mar ¬ cus Daly won with Ogden which was discarded in the calculations owing chiefly to his rider Doc Tuberville not being counted among the aristocratic jockeys jockeysThe The following year the race went to LAlouette a fillv from the stable of L S and W P Thompson She was the despised one of three starters from this stable yet she won the race probably because of her mud running proclivities for the event that year was run over a tnick knee deep Then came Martimas the Canadian horse which beat a good band of racers Nine years later Billy Lakeland won with Electioneer and in 1514 the prize went to Trojan belonging to the Quincy Stable Like several other Futuritys this nice was run over a trad that was anything but desirable excepting for a stout mud runner runnerIt It is doubtful if there ever has been a Futurity in which the field was apparently so evenly matched as in the coming one So closely tlo a majority of the representative starters seem to IM on public form that the slightest happening in the race may turn the tide of victory into defeat and vice versa From versaFrom a spectacular view it should be an inter ¬ esting contest and there is a imssihility that the whole field will race up to the judges in close alignment
