The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-10
RICHEST EVER RUN
KENTUCKY FUTURITY STAKES WON
BY BENZETTA.
Worth Thirty one Thousand and Bet
ter To the Lucky Three-year-old
Benzetta Cuts Up Like Hoyden
bit Runs Round the Fieid-Long
Odds at New York.

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct 9.-The richest
trotting stake ever decided in the world
was that of the Kentucky Futurity for
three-year- which was trotted here
this afternoon in tie presence of 5000 peo-
pie The weather was clear aud cool,
with slight wind, the track very fast. OF
nine three year-oids that faced the flag. E
W. Ayers chestnut filly, Benzetta. by On
ward, dam Beulah by Harold, was the IA
vorite over the field. She was unlucky
enough TO draw the outside position and
acted SO badly in tine successive ricoohet-
ting that it looked as if Gus May, her dri
yer, would never get her away. Coming
Gown for the fifteenth time he got
her steady, and although she got off in the
last division, before furlong was trotted
she WAS mistress of the situation. Rich
in Ham bletoniar blood. her gait was pure
and fsultless and without being struck
lick, she swept past her field OF brilliant
youngsters and before the half-mile pole
WAS reached she was leading by two full
lengths. She Was never In trouble and
came home an easy winner with four
lengths to spare. The second and third
heats were simply PROFESSIONS and are not
worth describing, as BenZetta far out
classed her field. Ii WAS no trotting at
all and she won the race easily.
= he speedy bay colt Futurity by Hindor
Wilkes, and the colt Axonite by Axtell,
made pretty fight in the second and
third heats for the s., 900 second money,
Celaya having finished second in the first
heat. The Hinder Wilkes colt proved the
speedlest of The two and won second
place, while Axonite, although finishing
third in the second and third heats, lost
the thousand dollars that went to the
third horse, it being given to Celaya, a
r. " hr al
the sensational Wilkes Boy, which up to-
day had won more money than any FLY of
her age in the world, disappointed her
hackers by failing to get piece of the
money.
The unfinished 2:26 class from yester-
day WAS won by Josie Allen quite cleverly.
The first regular race on the program, the
PA class, was red contest, Billy Bolton
taking the first two heats, Wistful the
third and Token the fourth.
The fourth and last race for the 2:1S
class pacing was unfinished. the favorte,
Pattie ID, winning both heats decidedly
easy.
In the 2:2s class trot.ing. purse $500,
Josie Allen won second and third heats.
Time, 2:l74. Ollie X won second and
third heats Time. 2:l7$l; PIG Ollie X.
won first heat. Time, 2::2l Prince Edsall,
Dick Richmond, Julia Coulter, Ella Bel
mont, kaLar McGregor and Camlet also
started Penelope and B. G.. drawn.
In the PA class trotting, purse 81, 900,
Token won fourth, fifth and sixth heats
and race. Time 217i4; PIG; 2:153l. Billy
Bolton won first ana second heats. Time
2:l515; 2:l451. Wistful won third heat
Time not given. Answer distanced fifth
heat. Courier, Little &, Judge Fisher
and Dollie Wilkes drawn. Margrave also
started.
Kentucky Futurity, valued at s3I 1sO. for
thrrt. year plJS- Eortl Stl) dRD tn r1iupar
BenZetta won in The straight heats Time
2:l6a4; 2:l6l4; 2:I41z. Futurity, Celaya,
AxlnIte, Nellie A, Lyric, Alkoran ana
Billy Parks also started. Norvandine
drawn.
In the 2:1S class. pacing, purse $500 (un-
finished) Paitie ID. won first and second
heats. Time 2:l3$l; 2:l6. Contab, Ellen
&, Charlie ID. Dooi Peet. Bright Light,
Tom Shirley. Hylie 4, and Chester Burr
also starteu