New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-25
THE FUTURITY OF 1890.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE RICHEST STAKE
IN THE WORLD.
"A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AND CON

a LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AND CON
SHERATON OF THEIR PROSPECTS.
With field of fifteen starters the value OF the
Futurity Stakes of 1890 will be 10000 Inc 'o''''
number of entries received 915 OF Which 3ol were
declared out, leaving 354 eligible to start Last year
Futurity, with 515 subscribers and twenty three
starters was worth $50 $50 The stake is undoubt-
cdIy the richest IN the world Its first winner was
Samuel Bryant's chestnut geldng Proctor kDou' WIZ
carried liz pounds and was ridden by BARNES 7"i
vator 1OS pounds, Hamilton up, ran secoh'' """
Gaien, us pounds, with Turner Ill inc s'u"ie' "",
GOOD third There were fourteen starters. ana The
gross value WAS $4,000. TiDe-1 rs Is. Knott
was the fayorite at Z 10 g. The public were ehtifcB
satisfied at the time that the winner was the best
horse in the race though some sire~d Observer
changed their minds afterward. Talkauve. gfanuno-
ment Sam" Bryant said month before the race 'nd'
he would wn but he wisely bet against his Dis scu-
ing investing $4,000 Salvador straight ana
place, and several hundred on Auricoma with hho't
10 run for $4,000 ne felt that ne could afford 10 leu
him run loose and risk part OF the prize In hedgy'
The Coal Baron's star was in the ascendant idsV
rear and by one OF the most startling huhes vi te
decade his chestnut gelding Chaos. carving ~"
pounds and ridden by Day-poor, unfortunate poy i
won by the same distance as Knott had won py !"
,sss ST. Carlo the favorite with 122 pounds up
Harrison riding finished second, and Snaloa, loo
bounds Barnes in the saddle, was th1iu' HIM
.16 As The odds against Chaos at the opening
" the books were 20 to l. but at the close 10 was
he best procurable price. Mr. scott ana le" ln"
nate friends were credited with having backed MN
down and it was reported that their winnings on the
race were $4,000. The losses Of the pubho on OF
Carlo probably three or four times that sum- INC
result was CALLING disappointment. II was 'io
almost unanimous verdict that ST. Carlo ought to nave
won, and many turfmen still believe ihat Oalrlsoh
lost the race through over-cOnfdence
The Futurity of 1890 will be run next Saturday
the opening day Of the Coney Island Jockey Chbs
sall meeting is the third race on the programme.
The turf has sitting process as 1neX"raoie as iae'
1t eliminates in various ways-by subiracuoh' ""0n
we may call death; by constitutional disability, ny
pernicous training system. by the pure cuSseohess
of owners but principally by comparison. Cots ana
dlies we're nominated as candidates for the Futurlty
long before they knew they were going to be borl'
secretary Lawrence received notice that 0lo OF them
would do their best 10 turn out we'll so as 10 pe Oh
foot next Saturday to for his magnificent PRIZE
but since the of their sreS ana cams were SID
scrbed on tho entry blanks the process of eimina-
ton has been at work with fell purpose Of all that
army of subscribers it is not likely that more than
twenty will remain to face the starter and Of those the
public will decide that only four or five have the re-
motcst chance of winning II the entire lot OF DO
colts and FLIES sold by aucton-probabiy ooo
of them were-the aggregate amount paid for them
would be not Ess than 100000. Their feeding ana
training would cost at least 100000 more, making an
outlay of 81 100000. This seems an enormous sum
TO invest in the racing lottery, and it is not likely
that any man or any syndicate of men Will ever uhder
take to corner the market on two-ycar-olds. iet'
great as the amount is single youngster sod IN inc
paddock for 81 900 can, by winning the Futurty pay
dividend of seven per cent on the total capital OF
81 100000 A good racehorse Is one OF the most
desirable properties man can possess.