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NEW ENGLAND FUTURITY TO BE DECIDED SATURDAY 25000 ADDED PRIZE Plenty of Opposition Develops for Frank Carreauds Time Alone Some of the Best Youngsters in the theCountry Country to Face the Barrier for forRace Race May Gross 34000 PAWTUCKET R I Oct 26 With a field that includes some of the classiest twoyear olds of the entire country Narragansett Park on Saturday presents the feature race of the New England racing season the 25 000 added New England Futurity This rich stake for which entries closed January 27 1936 with 637 nominations still has sixty five eligibles for which the third payment of 100 was made on July 10 of this year The total value of the stake this year to the winner will be over 34000 after deduction of 5000 for the second horse 2500 to the third horse and 1250 for the fourth horse Under the terms of the Futurity the nom inator of the winner receives 2500 the nominator of the second horse receives 1 250 and the nominator of the third horse 750 The breeder of the winner receives 600 whether or not they are owners of the horse at the time of the running of the race raceREAL REAL HORSE RACE RACEThis This years running of the Futurity more than ever shapes up as a real horse race Two weeks ago the experts were ready to concede the stake to Frank Carreauds Time Alone after that colts impressive perform ance in winning the Pawtucket Handicap Developments of the past week however have changed the complexion of things en ¬ tirely Owners of other promising juveniles instead of being frightened off by Time Alones remarkable race welcomed the chance to match their youngsters against the Carreaud colt Consequently the field that faces the barrier Saturday for the mile and seventy yards test will be the best band of youngsters to meet in New England this year yearWhile While Time Alone may still rule the public choice Alfred G Vanderbilts Impound will not lack for supporters Neither will Joe Wr Browns Cohort colt T M Dorsett or W L Branns Challenger colt Challeden Wheatley Stables Gilded Knight Wallace Farms Olney Calumet Farms Easy Mon or M Maddens Pharaboy And there are other possibilities such as George D Widen ers eligibles Birch Rod and Exploded W H Gallaghers White Topper and Forty Eight and Arthur Hullcoats West Acre There is class In large gobs in the list of probable starters Saturday class enough to dispel all danger of this second running of New Englands own stake being just anothei onehorse race raceTIME TIME ALONES FAST WORK WORKMost Most of the horses listed are already on the grounds and several of them have turned in impressive workouts Time Alone work ¬ ing between racing on Monday turned in a mile in 141 on a track that was knee deep in mud T M Dorsett working Wednesday morning on a slow track whirled Continued on nineteenth page NEW ENGLAND FUTURITY TO BE DECIDED SATURDAY Continued from first page the mile in 141 and finished well in hand Trainer Bud Stotler made a special trip here Tuesday to watch the A G Vanderbilt Futurity hope turn in a mile in the mud in 144 And so it goes Owners and trainers with the rich prize ir view are sparing no effort to tune their charges to fighting pitch for Saturdays ruelling test testWhile While El Chico is generally regarded as leader of the twoyearold division this year Porters Mite winner of the Belmont Futur ¬ ity and Eight Thirty another leading juve ¬ nile are not eligible for the New England Futurity there Is no doubt but that the winner of Saturdays stake will be accepted in the charmed circle of champions The New England Futurity in two short years has become a scale by which the prospects of weighedThe Kentucky Derby candidates are weighed The first running of the Futurity in 1936 gave New Englanders their first closeup of two juveniles which less than a year later were to make stout bids for the famous Blue Grass Trophy The inaugural of the Fu ¬ turity was won by Reaping Reward with Pompoon a close second In the 1937 Ken ¬ tucky Derby Pompoon finished second to War Admiral with Reaping Reward a fight ¬ ing third thirdBesides Besides bringing together the best in horse ¬ flesh the New England Futurity will be a magnet for the tops in the world of sport and entertainment Alfred G Vanderbilt and his trainer Bud Stotler will be there so will William Woodward George D Widener and his brother Joseph Widener Frank A Carreaud will watch his Time Alone strive for victory and W L Brann will be there to watch Challeden Joe W Brown and his trainer J B Theall will be cheering for T M Dorsett and Sunny Jim Fitzsim mons will be in the paddock to saddle Gilded Knight KnightFrank Frank Ortell of the New York World Tele ¬ gram will head a delegation of sports writers and celebrities of the radio and the screen will be prominent in the clubhouse Special trains will run from Boston and New York and special busses will bring crowds from all over New England EnglandThe The Futurity will be the sixth race on the program and post time will be approximately 340 Most of the major networks will carry detailed descriptions of the race and news reel camera men will cover all angles The New England Futurity comes bit once a year and this year it comes on Saturday October 29 when once again all roads will lead to Narragansett Park
