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H. P. WHITNEY WINS THE FUTURITY BUNTING, A BAY COLT BY PENNANT--FRILLERY, CARRIES THE POPULAR BLUE SILKS TO VICTORY IN AMERICAS MOST COVETED JUVENILE RACE NEW YORK, X. Y., September 10. II. P. Whitney won the historical and valuable Futurity at Belmont Park today with his bay colt Bunting, a son of Pennant Frillery, that was bred at his noted Brookdale Stud. When the popular blue silks were carried to victory in one of the most sensational finishes ever seen in the running of this famous race, the 25,000 spectators that filled the palatial home of the Westchester Racing Association accorded the winner one of the most enthusiastic ovations ever given n horse on a metropolitan race course, and the handsome colt raised his head proudly as if realizing fully the glory of his great achievement. Today was the thirty-second running of the Futurity and conditions were never more auspicious for the decision of this most coveted of two-year-old races. Twenty-two of the twenty-four carded starters paraded to the post for the. great race, H. P. Whineys Cherry Tree and Rocket being the only absentees. Like a detachment of cavalry advancing in company front of the field they swept down the course when the barrier was raised. Roulette was away in front, but quickly fell back and Galantman set ont and made the pace, closely followed by Whisk-away and Dream of Allah. This order was maintained for a half mile, when Bunting, responding to Coltilettis call, moved up into closer contention. Coming through the stretch with a great display of speed, he overook Galantman and, after as great a finish as was ever Staged in this rnce, outgamed the Waterbury colt in the final strides and won by the, small margin of a head and brought home fame to hist owner and the 9,700, the winners share of the: rich prize. Surf Rider, leased for the race by the Rancocas Stable, appeared to have a good chance to pull up on the leaders as the racers swept by the eighth post and lie held on well at the end to beat .the rest of the field for fourth position. The time for the Futurity, 1:11, was two and four-fifths seconds slower than the track record for the three-quarters of a mile on the straight course, made by Jack Atkin in 1908. It was a fifth of a second better than Man o Wars record in the same race two years ago. Colin, in 1907, and Masketto, in 190S, with 1:11. are the only Fu. turity winners which ran it in faster time. The 0,700 which went to Harry Payne Whitney by virtue of Buntings victory, includes ,000 as the breeders award, Bunting having been bred at Mr. Whitneys Brookdale Stud His sire, Pennant, won the Futurity under the Whitney colors in 1913. Galantmans close approach to triumph in the Futurity was worth ,1G to his owner, L. Water-bury, and 00 to Henry Oxnard, who bred the Superman Galanta colt at his Blue Ridge Stud in Virginia and named him for the stake. E. B. McLean collected ,583 by virtue of Dream of Allahs third place in the race and also the 50 which was set aside for the nominator of the third horse. The public backed the Whitney entry well and the layfers suffered heavily. The popularity of Buntings triumph was clearly shown by the spontaneous outburst of applause that greeted his return to the judges stand. GOLD CUP TO MAD HATTER. The much-desired return meeting between Grey Lag and Touch Me Xot came with the running of the Jockey Club Cup, fourth on the card. Rancocas declared to win with Grey Lag, but Mad Hatter set the pace from the start and came to the end of the two-mile distance two lengths and a half in front of his stable companion. Touch Me Xot trailed Grey Lag by fifteen lengths in third place and Damask, the only other starter, was eight lengths further back. Mad Hatter won for Rancocas ,000 and the ,500 gold cup that accompanied the winners share of the money. Sande took Mad Hatter into the lead at the sti.rt and kept him there throughout the two miles. The son of Fair Play Madcap galloped along easily all the way and was not seriously challenged at any time. Grey Lag came up with a reserve of speed in the stretch and closed steadily on Mad Hatter, but could not overcome his stablematcs lead, although Sande had the older horse eased up in the closing strides. Touch Me Xot failed to show any of the flashy speed that marked his race in the Jerome last Thursday when he dethroned Grey Lag as champion of the three-year-olds. He trailed his opponents in the first mile and never threatened the Rancocas pair seriously. He easily held Damask safe for the short end of the purse, however. The time for the two miles, 3:22, was only three-fifths of a second slower than the track record for the distance. Mad Hatter covered the distance at a rapid clip, the following being the fractional time of the race: 24, 48,. 1:13, 1:38, 2:03, 2:29, 2:55, 3:22. Sandes disobedience in racing away from Grey Lag after Mad Hatters other opposition had been left behind, in spite of the stables declaration to win with the sou of Star Shoot, drew a sharp reprimand from trainer Hildreth on the jockeys return to the paddock. There appeared to be no excuse for Sandes action, as Grey Lag had Touch Me Xot and Damask easily beaten before reaching the stretch. In making the presentation to Harry F. Sinclair, Rancocas owner, of the ,500 gold cup which accompanied the winners award in the race, president August Belmont congratulated him on possessing a horse with the staying qualities necessary to win the coveted trophy. Mad Hatter and Grey Lag both proved themselves to be real stayers by running one, two in the race at such a fast pace. The first race fell to Bantry Pass in easy fashion, with Bellatrix second and Evil third. The dash was under claiming conditions at five and a half furlongs. Bantry Pass got away in front and stayed there all the way. She set a dazzling pace, running the five-eighths in 59 and was eased up at the end. Bellatrix, under Sandes vigorous riding, followed the leader in closest pursuit and finished gamely, though unable to gain on the Sea King filly. Evil raced along in third place throughout, while Deep Sinker and Jug trailed in the rear. The latter was sore going to the post and ran accordingly. The Corinthian Steeplechase, at about two and a half miles, one of the stake features of the afternoon, drew five fair jumpers to the post. Houdini, making up for his not exactly faultless fencing by good speed on the flat, earned the ,325 that went to the winner, leading Lytle home by two lengths. Skibereen was third, hroe lengths back. Both of the other starters, Earlocker . and St. Charlcote, pulled up lame. Old St. Charlcote had served hisjiurpose- " when-half the race was run. lie set the early pace, closely pursued by Skibereen. From the tenth to the fourteenth jump the entire field ran almost as a team, with scarcely five lengths separating the leader from the last horse. At the fourteenth fence St. Charlcote dropped out of contention. Kennedy, recognizing his mounts condition, eased the veteran up in the last quarter; Mahony, on Earlocker, persisted with the Fair Play gelding even after he began to show unmistakable signs of lameness and gave him a hard drive at the end in an effort to take the short end of the purse from Skibereen. GREAT SPEED WINS FOR HOTJDINI. noudini and Lytle did not begin to draw away from the remainder of the field until the last quarter mile. Until that point in the running, any one of the four leaders appeared to be a possible winner, but then Houdini and Lytle came through with a burst of reserve speed and fought it out for the prize. Houdini lost ground at each of the last three jumps, but he showed good speed on the flat and won easily at the finish; The new scratch rule promulgated by the stewards of the meeting worked to perfection in its first tryout. Xot a single absentee was posted on the board for the overnight dashes. The only three absentees of the day, Syrdarya in the Corinthian Steeplechase, and Cherry Tree and Rocket in the Futurity, were not needed to make their respective races interesting, as both were well filled. Predictions that the new rule would result in cutting down the number of entries were not borne out. Xot only was the Saturday card better filled than any during the week in its overnight dashes, but the entries for Monday show an increase over most of the programs of this week. .7. L. Hollands colors were carried to their first victory since the owners return to racing when Sweepy scored over a good band of two-year-old sellers in the fifth race. Fair Virginia was a length and a quarter behind the winner under a drive to outlast North Wales for second place. Sweepy was in front from the start and held his opponents safe all through the five and a half furlongs. Fair Virginia and Clinchfield promised to fight it out for second money entering the stretch, but Clinchfield tired in the final eighth and gave way to Xorth Wales, the latter just failing to get up for second place. George D. Wideners colors were carried to victory in the Far Rockaway Handicap by his consistent TJltimus filly Last Straw. The Armonia Stables Aiken set the pace through the early part of the race with Last Straw in close pursuit. After going half a mile, however, Aiken decided that he had run about enough and dropped back to last place. Dimmesdale, after a slow start, drew up steadily under a hustling ride by Fator, but could not overtake Last Straw. He met with considerable interference. Dry Moon was third. Valor was bid up and sold back to the Rancocas Stable for 0,001 following the running of the first race yesterday. Miller Henderson has purchased from A. K. Ma-comber The Peruvian and The Dictator. He has also bought the two-year-old Sword from J. E. Madden. The trio were started on their way to Havre do Grace last night to campaign in Maryland. James MacManus announced yesterday that his filly, Mary Patricia, was cut down in the race which she won on Friday. Two yearlings which were bid in at Saratoga sales by the late S. A. Clopton have reverted to the Himyar Stud ownership and will be returned to Lexington next week. J. Miller will accompany them. Robert McKeever and his contract rider, W. Obert, arrived at Belmont Park with nine horses, including Fifty Fifty, which has -won frequently during the Canadian campaign of the stable. McKeever has engaged stable room at Aqueduct.
