The evening times., 1895-08-24
TRACK AND STABLE.

There was not q horsemau in Washing.
ton last night who was not talking about
the Futurity, to be ruD to-day. There was
nothing in the race except Handspring,
according to the judgment of twoout ofevery
three who ventured guess as TO the result.
This is the eighth time this event-las been
run The first Futurity was run in 1855.
The distance is three-quarters of mile.
With oneo exception. the race o fto-day
viii be worth more money than ever before.
The value of the race each year has been as
follows:
1888, S41, 200; 1889, S54,s5O; 1890,
S67 .9T5; 1891. $61,9T5; 1899, $40 $50;
1898. s4s,1 1855; 1894, SA9,O1O; 1895,
S67, ,125.
The winners of the Futurity. with their
weights, jockeys, and time, have been as
follows:
Proctor Knott. liz, Barnes, 1;15 1-5;
Chaos, 1O9. Day, 1:16 40; Potomac 115,
Hamilton, LA 1-5; His Highness, 130. ].
Mclaughlin. 1:15 1-5; Morello. 11s, Hay
wood, lie 15; Domino. 13O, Taral,
1:l2 4-5: Butterflies, 1i2, Griffin. Ill.
-Four times the favorite has won the Fu-
turity, and three times the favorite has
lost II. Proctor Knott was u Z to favor
ond. In 1889 ST. Carlo was favorite at
10 2. but Chaos won at 8 TO /. In 1890
Potomac was favorite at g to and won.
In 1891 Dagonet was favorite at o TO 2,
bu, His Highness, at 7 to 2, won. In 1892
Lady Violet was favorite at Il to o, but
Marello won at to g. In 1898 Domino
was favorite at 6 to 3 and won, and in
1894 Butterflies, a 4 to 0 favorite, won.
.t,sc .rf.a Of -.far-
Is doomed 10 lose.
Joe Patchen has disposed of Robert j.
and John X. Gentry, but another horse has
loomed into sight that seems TO be able to
give him a race, and IL is probable that
the harness horse brigade will not rest
content until the new conner has been tried
against him. This new candidate for king
of the turf is Fidol. He started the season
with a mark of 2:10 Ia. and before any
of the trotters or PAGERS had been halfway
seasoned paced a mile at Davenport, Iowa,
in the wonderful time of 2:05 1-2. He has
paced many heats in races since that time
very fast whenever 1t has been necessary
for him 10 do SO to win, and recently he
took a record of 2.O4 1-2, and even this
from the way he has been going seems to
be quite within the limit of his speed. 1t is
not unreasonable TO believe that the horse
that beats Fidol will have to put in at least
heat or two under 2:04, and none of them
have done that SO far this year, though it
Is claimed Patchen can do it if he has to-
The marvellous performa nee OF the four
year-old mare Benzetta has set the whole
trotting horse fraternity to talking. Her
second heat at Buffaloin 2:0T 1 y was looked
upon as a splendid performance, but when
she was pushed out by Klamath in the fourth
heat in 2:O6 3-4, she registered the fact
that she is a worthy foe for 4 ny of the trott-
ers Of the year, not excepting Azote, Ally
or any of the rest of them. Benzetta opened
the season with a record of 2:12 3-4. She
appears to be about the ouly trotter, now
that the fast oues Of last year seem to be
out of it, that ca n give the honest old Azote
a race, aud as this is a season OF match
making it is within possibility that the
two may be brought together.
Consultations Concluded.
The second round of the consultations in
the Cairo Tennis Club tournament, now
in progress at the club court, corner of
Sixteenth and U streets northwest, was
completed yesterday. II
First round-Muzzy beat Crist, 10. 6-4,
7-5; Weed beat Young, i6-3, 6-1; Boyle
beat Wise,7-5, 6-4; winsfield beat Fed
crime, 60, 6-3. Second rouhd-Weed beat
D. hoo inc in1