The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Big FUTURITY RACE
THE ATOMS ALL MADE
FOR TO-DAY'S GREAT
CONTEST.
EIGHTEEN STARTERS ARE LIKELY

David Gideon's Pair, RequitaI ans
HazIet, Show Fast Trials at Sleeps.
head Bay--Other Candidates dc
Good Work--AxiOm and iii andsprin;
to Run for Dwyer--A pplegate is il
the Best Condition.
NEW YORK, August 23.--Hotel mer
here begin to realize that the Futurity
will be run on Saturday. Horse
men and racegoers from distant cit
les are arriving on every train. Al
many hotels rooms have been engaged
by telegraph. The faces of well known
racing men may be seen during the din
ner hour at any of the leading uptown
hotels and cafes. The all engrossing
subject talked about is the Futurity on
Saturday and the brilliant outlook for
racing at the fall meetings to be held in
this neighborhood.
The final preparations of the Futu-
rity candidates are nearly all made, and
the number of starters has been re-
duced by accidents or by disappoint-
ments. Handspring and Axiom will go
to the post in the interest of P ]. Dryer,
both fit and ready. Handspring will be
ridden by Sims, and if no starter appears
under J. 0. Donner's colors Doggett
will have the mount on the FLY. In
McCafferty's stable three are fit, and
Applegate is the best of the lot in public
form, although Jefferson and Wishard
are unknown quantities. McCaferty
will ride the first named, but the jock
eys on the others are doubtful.
Apologize is in the best Of condition,
and his owner thinks his chances are as
good as anybod's for the rich stakes.
The Blemton stable will start two, at
least, and maybe three. Hastings, of
course, is at the head of the lot, and Per-
kins will be the jockey. Hamilton has
been notified to be ready to ride either
Merry Prince or Refugee, and it will pro-
badly be the former, as he has been able
to run away from his stable companions
in the trials. In yesterdays work Hast
ings would only go three quarters IN
1:19, but soon after he went a half in
40 "a seconds. The trial is rather puz
zling to some of the colts ardent ad-
mirers.
Gideon has two good colts in Requital
and; Hazlet, and Griffin will probably
ride the former He was sent six fur
longs yesterday in ia 4, going easily,
while Hazlet covered the distance in
little under 1:16. There is much talk at
the tracks about Requital, and he is
looked upon as the most promising of
the lot. He looked every inch a race
horse when he was stripped for his trial.
There is no nonsense in Requitafs make
up. His disposition is such that he can
be easily placed, and this gives decided
advantage in a race. He worked as if
he liked it, and his smooth, frictionless
way of going is extremely pleasing to
expert turfmen. Requital had no trouble
in Keeling off six furlongs in the ex-
tremely fast time of TIA ga OF course
a majority of the onlookers were carried
away by Requital's superb performance.
Taral thinks he could win with him.
Hazlet is by no means an impossibili
ty, but he seems now to be little short
of the standard required for a Futurity
winner this year, when the class of en-
tries is so high. He was hardly noticed
yesterday, although he covered the six
furlongs in 1:16.
David Gideon, the owner of Requital
and Hazlet, was present at these trial
races. He made no outward sign that
he was elated over the trials. When
asked "What do you think Of your
chances to win the Futurity the third
time ~ Mr.. Gideon smiled and said:
81 believe that the horses engaged in
the Futurity this year are superior lot
Hastings, Apologize, Handspring and
some of the others have proved their
right to be regarded as high class in ra-
ces that called upon their every quality
for the severest Of tests. Now, every
body will know just what Requital and
the other horses have done in their work
for the great race on Satur-
day, so that can safely say, without
prejudice or bias, that, on the strength
of performances and his trial to day,
believe Requital has an excellent chance
to win the race. / know from expert
ence the many accidents that are likely
to happen before a race that initiates
against horses chances; hence it would
be absurd to predict that any one of the
candidates in such formidable field had
more than good chance to win on Sat
urday."
John J. McCafferty is not at all
alarmed by the fast trials of thesFntu-
rity candidates that will be opposed to
Apologize on Saturday. Apologize is in
splendid condition, and McOafferty makes
no secret of the fact that be believes APP
plegate's chances to win to be equal to
those of any of the candidates for Futu-
rity honors.
Crescendo, the California champion,
is almost certain to start, although, when
sent out yesterday, he could only do
1:16 for six furlongs, and was distressed
at the end. The prize is SO valuable that
he will be sent to the post, although the
colt was dangerously i'll at Saratoga and
is slowly recovering from its effects.
Mormon is another colt that is almost
sure to face the starter. 1t is uncertain
that the Keene colors will be seen at the
post, as Lakeland, the trainer, dislikes
to start horses when he believes them to
be outclassed.
Matthew Byrnes gives the wiseacres a