New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-05
W. L. SCOTS FUTURlTY'
CHAOS CAPTURES THE BIG PRIZE
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Is ooua DC asAeN -, nublic enthusiasm and public
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- - FL Rio Rey IN the r"'uin' NV w"
r..a - Knott nor salvador Last year rro0'or
49,, .r,oroances had been sunclehuy sohsauohn
Knott - 80 make him tho centre of attraction
aod s" o.. ,xovear.olds and TO excite the strongest
amont - the question whether he could add the
.,'.,,v 10 his Junior Champion But this years
s.r NJ the Junior Champion, Protection, was
~, ~ moor class who, as his owner said, was twenty
ssunds inferior to FL Rio Rey. The two fastest
s,e also Recare and Ruperta, were absent from the
rutr,ty ST. Carlo the favorte, and was gen
,r.uv expected 70 win, but there has been
,othinr in st. Carlos career to make people wildly
enthusiastic about him, or TO hall him one of the
mighty heroes of the turf None of the others that
uere likely 10 start for the great prize objects
NJ exceptional admiration or devotion on the part of
hrtnen II was for these that, although the
rrand stand and all the other buildings and the charm
NC grounds Of the Coney Island Jockey Club were
ven filed by spectators there no such tremendous
rush as was seen year ago, nor was the excitement
isplayed at any time over the Futurty and over the
,esult this year comparable to the STIR the agitation
and the shouting when Proctor Knott. Salvador and
alen crossed the line in their close and desperate
finish in 1885,
1t must be admitted also that the winner OF the
Futurity, Chaos, is by no means popular MORSE
nor has the stable to which he belongs anything like
the public following that rs drawn TO the Dwyer coor
Or Belmont's, or some others that might be named
Tn to Yesterday, Chaos had run nine races ana nan
won only twice. Among those nine performances
several had been extremely bad and there was nothing
remarkably brilliant about his two victories He won
a purse at Brooklyn, heavy track on May
FL beating Civil Service, Padshah, BLACKBURN
and some Others, all of them concedng him weight
His second success was in the Carteret Handicap al
Monmouth Park on fast track on August H. wheh
he Was first in a big field but carried only 107 pounds
and was receiving as much as dozen pounds from
some others in the race Surely these were hot
achievements to put Chaos in strong demand N the
,peculaton on the Futurty And yet reports OF fast
work in private had crept out and some who went
down to the track thought that Chaos had a good
chance of a place at least. Only select minor
ity however, fanoied that he could possibly defeat
St. Carlo Nearly all the trainers most Of the owners
and the great majority Of the shrewdest urfmen De-
neved that ST. Carlo would win. His form In May
was somewhat better than that which had been dis
PLAYED by any other horse In the since that time
and it was generally thought that he even faster
and better than in the spring. His owner and his
trainer both sangune, although the colt had
developed bad temper and it was necessary to run
him In hood. st. Carlo was a pro
nounced favorite in all the betting on
the race with the $40 900 colt King Thomas second
choice and Chaos sinala Penn p and Eberlee coming
next The odds against st Carlo in the various books
ranged from 5 to . down TO Q TO or less. Against
King Thomas the betting ranged down from to to
and 5 10 l. Against Eberlee, Penn p, Chaos and
sinaloa various prices could be obtained in the various
books, from 10 TO 1 down 10 and to 1.
Twenty three horses for the Futurity Cramercy
King Hazen Leighton and the Fanfan colt were
scratched but Cayuga, Price Fonzo and Flora Ban
were added the list of probable starters published
yesterday With twenty three starters the total value
Of the Futurity was .675. To W. L. Scott, owner
of Chaos and winner of first money, goes s52,926
To August Belmont owner Of ST. Carlo and winner of
second money, 81 1873. To E ]. Baldwin owner Of
sinaloa and winner of third money, 50 916.
The Fuurity this year a millionaires' race,
Mr.. SCOTS wealth is variousy reported at from
to fifteen millions of dolar; that of
Mr.. Belmont from five to ten
millions. Guesses at L. J. Badwn's riches are not
so frequent but his large possessions of real estate
In San Francisco aud various parts of California
certainly give him fair rank among Occidental
millionares. Last years Futurity was won by
poor man. Samuel Bryant, with millionaire's colt,
Salvador, second, and poor mans colt, Gaen, third
Nearly half Of the starters for the Furity Of 1880
men Of great wealth. for Mr.. Belmont sent three
to the post, ST. Carlo Padishah and Amazon. Mr.
Baldwin also sent three, snaloa, Honduras and San
tiago Mr.. Scott represented by only one, Chaos
John A. Morris started two, Cayuga and Kings Own,
while Senator Hearss candidate for Futurity honOrs
and treasures was his famous colt King Thomas.
1t would be unkind and cruel 10 pass too hasty
and severe a judgment on King Thomas when this
was his first appearance in public, but certainly his
running impressed no one favorably. Although he
carried only los pounds, and therefore, had i'm
mense advantage in the weights he conspicuous
In no part OF the race and at time showed a fash
Of speed. Unless he improve vastly on his
work OF yesterday, he will never win onetenth part
Of the money which paid for him, and indeed
many cynical and pejsimistc critics OF his appear
ance and action remarked sarcastically after the
race that the $4,000 colt was not worth more than
forty-twO cents.
1t was plain after the race that Mr.. Belmont
gained nothing by starting Padishah and Amazon.
Ihey were not OF the least assistance to st. Carlo
and neither OF them came getteing place. The
santa Anita stable of Mr.. Baldwin might also Just as
we'll have kept Honduras and Santiago their boxes
and trusted to Sinaoa alone. The two colts did alb
soiutely nothing. The FLY ran well and captured
third money. The winner Of the Junior Champion,
PROJECTION, was at hopeless outside price, and could
mover run fast enough 10 keep pace with the field.
hshoush Chaos won he cannot be considered at all
good colt, as the time was extremely slow, only
10 40. and Chaos carried only 100 pounds, the
l22 pounds OF St. Carlo 124 of Cayuga and other like
~eiehts IN the race. But, in fact, nothing be
clearer now than that the yearods this year. with
the exception Of FL Bio Rey, Recare and Ruperta,
and possibly few Others are a cheap and common
iot OF comparatively little value. Certainly there is
not one oil the t"ehythlee starters for the Futunty
that on bis running in that race is worth $4,000.
The start obtained without long delay. and
was excellent one. No horses chances were
destroyed seriously injured at the outset of
the race They came down the straight run stretched
across the track like line Of cavalry Chaos was
lucky enough 10 have drawn the inside Mace close
to the rail, and got off second His Jockey Dav lost
no time on him. and rode him all the way He said
himself after the that It was very hard and dni
cult run for the colt. and that he could not have won
II he had not kept Chaos close Ia the rails an a.