The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-25
REQUITAL IS WINNER
Jockey Griffin Wins the Fu-
turity Race and s53.750.
wTu DAVID oiDEoN's HORSE.
rs. Third Successive Year for This
breeder A Great Contest, and
the -peedlest Beast Won.

rx~ Ysrk. Aug PA better day for
.-~ss racing could not have been desired
- .hat which was given for the race
- sss Fufurlty stakes today. won by Pc
-s4rzI Tne track was RI perfect cond.-
Ear. the sky was clear and tae crowd was
,s-r. Tne great crowd watched the
~-yse races mat preceded the big event
- ssupa.leace. ard when the Futarity
80 rso every seat in TIE grand stand was
fsIsg. and there were few vacant spots
GA TIRE ia-n-
xs4.45 O'clock when the bugIe called
80 horses 20 the post, and twenty OF them
-srsses 10 the stretch past the grand
800 They seemed 70 be In good temper
al condition. with the exception Of Ak
ar. gho Elange3 badly. and in one OF her
sansns szjare9 Handspring lie vas bad
i cur Il tie hoSk, bat ran q grand race
Il site OF il. After a long delay al tire
raxf IA which there were several break
swavs the red flag Of the starter whiSlsed
,hyoagh the air. and there was q dali roar
from the crowd.
TARA, vas alert and was the first 10
show on Peep Day. Then came Re-
o,tstai. followed by Formal. cFescendo,
silver II. and the others close up. to an
sTeelIsu. start They did not vary much
n uosltion IL the run 20 the eighth pole,
rrt when they reached the quarter creS-
esaao had the lead only head in front
a. Axiom. who was a head in front OF Re-
a,...al. who was leading Formal A bian-
ket would have covered all four horses.
ssr as early as that IL could be seen that
Esuuiial vas the strongest. Silver H.
vas running sell In nth place. Hand
s2r:ng was sixth. in spite Of his injured
lee but he was not strldlng true. and was
ssr from being the great colt who dis
cJseG OF hts opponents so easily in the
arrfa~xfN
50 close together were the twenty that
Il BOXED like a charge Of cavalry IN par
si-eo!ored uniform. As they flashed past
the ttree-eigatl1s pole. with nearly half
Ire distance run, Cregcendo had increased
bis lead ever Axiom to half length. At
tie half mile pole, where tire Futhrity
course comes into the main track. is the
SPOT where the faltering usually comes.
and there IL was that the fleet illiy Axiom
had gotten fourth CreScendo was stin
leading BIZ half a length. and Requital
still burg on. Handspring's white nose
xas not far behind. in fourth place. For
nal was there. too, and Silver H., Hast
inss and APPRECIATE hung on like grim
DEATH
The squadron Strengthened out for the
quarter mile dash bIlt il was badly dis
ordered. With each stride the leaders
sidened the gap between them. and the
main body. The five eIghthg pole was
close al hand, when the dark blue Jacket
Of Griffin went past Carr like a whiri-
wind and Requital was In first place
Then Carr began 10 fog Crescendo. At
Tie last pole. with only a furiong 10 90.
ReGuIial had a length the best of il and
vas going easiiy. Crescendo was no
longer dangerous. but Silver II. was COM
sng fast out OF the bunch while Hand
spring was fourth. with a good bit Of
lie let. Hastings had climbed into fifth
place, while Formal was sixth. gradual
" ios.rg ground to APPLICABLE. hundred
yards was LETT To run, and only two were
left
The squadron OF cavalry had been brok-
en into ar irregular body. strung out into
sixteenth OF a mile. with Requital gall
ioping easily al the head and Crescendo
hboring along a length and half behind.
Then came Silver H., Handspring. Hast
iags and Appiegate. with no daylight be-