The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-31
THERE WERE FORTUNES GAMBLED AWAY
And a Comfortable competencv Wa.
the stake Of SIS, 900.
Thirty Thousand Spectators cheere
His HIghness at Sheepshead.
How tho Great Futurity Was Fought
and Won Saturday.

New YORK, August 29.-The most sensa
tiOnal Futurity ever run was theIone decided-
at the Sheepshead Bay course today. 1t was
sensational because Ed COrrigan. the owner
Of the colt Huron, refused to abide by the
decision OF the executive committee Of the
club, that his horse was not eligible TO start,
and invoked the aid OF the courts; because
the colt that finally won carried 100 pounds.
and because Of the brilliant manner In which
the contendlng horses were ridden. When
Ed C0rrigan was victorious In his legal Skin
mlsh with the club sud secured mandatory
injunction, 1t was thought there would not
be any further trouble. but the club officials
were found not to recognizes the horse in any
way whatever. When his jockey, OvertOn,
went to weigh In, he was not allowed TO pass
the scales, anc then Corrlgan was fighting
mad. In company with his lawyer, he de-
manded that his boy be weighed, which wes
finally done. The colt was not given
number, however, and there was no betting
against him. The colt ran and finished sec
ond and now Corrigan will have to sue the
club for the $5,6G6 that belongs to the second
horse.
The day was perfect. the track In fair con-
dltiOn and $1,000 people were present. Just
before the race wild rush was made for the
betting ring and the scene that followed was
lndescribable. For moment men seemed
to lose all control OF themselves and nothing
was thought Of but betting. Gideon,
His Hlgness and Merry Monarch were the
favOrites. Two TO one was offered first
then five to two; then three to one, and final
ly at the close four TO one. In the meantime
DragOnet money had been rolling Into the
b0okers' hands In regular stream. First
there was three to one and at that price
tens OF thousands Of dollars were wagered.
The bookers at last were compelled to stop
and five to two was the closing price.
Finally the blast OF the bugle was heard
and the cry went up They are at the post"
A rush was made for the open at two false
alarms and then the shout went up They are
OF" YOrkville Belle was first TO show but
the advantage was slight and Mars, Anna
b.. Lavish, Tringle and His Highness Tapped
on her with the rest not length away.
| TheiY oIkYille Belle, for quarter OF mile,
was In front followed by Merry
Monarch who was capped by Huron with
Anne next. Then Dagonet took the lead and
His Highness and Huron both moved up.
As they swung into the stretch there was
little 20 choose between Huron, His High
ness, YorkVille Belle, Dagonef, Mars and
Bashford
Suddenly Oyerton shot Huron to the front
and although there was not man on the
grounds who had bet on him they all eheered
and yelled. Mclaughlin saw Overt0n's move
and sent His Highness after him. Murphy
was improving his position on YOrkgille
Belle and In few strides Huron and His
Highness even were dropped by the Belle.
Amidst the greatest excitement ever seen on
an American race course, Ills Hlghness
dashed In a winner by a length over Huron
who beat Yorkville Belle half a length for
the place with Dagonet a length away. For
ten minutes the excitement continued and
then died away and the rest OF the races
were looked at With very little interest.