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FAILURES AS PROGENITORS j Fev Futurity Winners Have Achieved Success! in the Stud. r l i RY C. J. FIT. GERALD. XEW YORK. X. Y.. December 25. A review of the Futurity, Hie greatest racing feature for two-year-old thoroughbreds in this country, .reveals the fact that few of those which have finished first in this stake .have done much for posterity. In com- I parison with results achieved by the winners of the classics abroad their accomplishments are negligible. Xone of the colts which have achieved distinction through the race during tin- thirty-one years It has been held has sired a colt or filly eligible to start that was capable. of annexing it. Xor has any of the five mares that have been successful given the turf a Futurity winner. Artful. Maskette. The Rutterflies and Hamburg Relit; were all splendid individuals a in! should have made good in the 7 stud. The fifth. LAlouetlc. was an accident. She i1 in was extremely lucky to win. as Previous, which was a left at tin; post, was twenty pounds her- superior, f Artful was the best filly of her day and William C. Whitney, her owner, was eager to match her against Sysonby at Rrigliton Reach in 11105 to run a mile ami an eighth or a mile ami a quarter for ;l 0,000 a side. Mr. Kcene declined when 1 the race was as good as made. Artful to date is. t a failure in the stud, though there are indications I that she will yet make good through her daughter 1 Paintbrush. Maskette was taken to France by f Mr. Vamleibilt. She has achieved great distinc- i lion as a matron in that country and is one of the 1 most highly prized of the many fine mares which r passed to A. K. Macoiuber when he took over the a stable of the late American sportsman. She must be considered the best breeding prospect of all tin; mares that won the Futurity. The claim of The 1 Rut terf lies for greatness must come through His : Majesty by Ogtlen. whose Smoke Screen ami Rank- sia won some good races during the past season. 1 Hamburg Relic, like LAlouette, has done little for posterity. 1 Of tins, .twenty-two colts Rumiuo- fttuuleil.. a. -family through his son Commando, anil history 1 will accord liini a place of prominence. Ogtlen sired 1 a really giod horse in The Finn, and Sweep. which 1 has already sired some good horses, among them ! Eternal, begets so much speed that he must he considered a success. Potomac was buried at Hurri- 1 cana. His Highness died young on his way to Kentucky, where he would have had good mares. Morcllo also died prematurely. Requital sired sonic fair perfoimeis and will live through his brood mares. Martimas was kept in Canada, where he sired many superb half-bred and thoroughbred hunters, having little chance to beget raits horses because of the few clean bred mares in the vicinity of Hamilton. Yankee will also lit; known as a sire of hunters. Comiiston, Down East and other champions being by him. BALLYHOO BEY A FAILURE. Of the others Rallyhoo Hey was a failure and so was Savable. though neither had much chance to show their prepotency. Onnonilalo sired Purchase, anil Onuesilale. a flashy but uncertain performer. Electioneer gave the turf a fair horse in lo Ray. and then went to Camilla where he was muted with nothing but cohl-bloodetl dams. Colin has one fair performer to his eredit in On Watch, but he cannot be classed as a success in the stud as yet. Novelty went to France, where he won on the flat and over! j the hurdles, after which he was shipped to South ! America. Of the remaining Futurity winners none has been in the stud long enough to show his I quality. Pennants cols are said to lie promising, and I he same is true of both Thunderer and Camp-fire. Papp has been gelded and is a steeplechaser in France iu the colors of W. T. Wilkinson. This leaves Trojan. Dunboyue and Man o War for consideration. There is a lot of discussion as to whether the latter is a chance horse. The fact j that his sire was a high-class horse and the sive of his dam was a winner of the Triple Crown, while he himself was a veritable Titan, favors the belief that he will sire a great horse. Will he lit; the first to break the Futurity spell which has lasted for thirty-one years? The Futurity is the oldest of the breeding prizes of the American turf and witii its traditions and values has done much for the thoroughbred. It carries a greater sentimental appeal than any oilier turf fixture, anil the action of the Weslchostcr management in adding SlO.OllO to the stake will no doubt result in an increased entry for the race in Vys.i. These nominations are due to close on January .". next, and it is the expectation that the value of the race will exceed that of any previous vear. High -water mark was reached in 1800. "when Potomac won. with his stable companion Masher in second place. There is little doubt that some day 00,0.00 or more will he the value of the race. Racing secretary Earlocker of the Westchester Racing Association, who is now in Kentucky on a , visit, reports the greatest tlegree of interest in the Futurity. Taking into consideration the fact that the other events to be decided at Relinont Park, which closed recently, had a fluttering increase over previous years, it is believed that the Futurity Tor l!2:s will break all records. The premiums to the nominators of the dams of the first three in tin; race are an incentive to the breeders of the country to patronize this greatest of tests for juveniles. The fact that 2.000, .,250 and 00 will he paid out of the stake to tliose who name the dams or the first three preserves the interest of everybody connected in the remotest way with any of tiie candidates tip to the very day of the race. The additions which have been made for the accommodation of the public at Relinont Park will be none too large to take care of the crowd "which will gather to see the Futurity of 102o anil those that come after. t
