Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
CAN YOU PICK THE WINNER?
A GREAT FIELD FOR THE FUTURlTY
Indications Are 1t Will Be the Grandest 2 Year-0ld Race Ever Run in
 America.

New York, Aug 23.-The eighth Futur-
 ity race will be run at the Sheepshead
 Bay course of the Coney Island Jockey
 club tomorrow. Indications tonight are
 that it will be the greatest 2-year-old
 race ever seen in this country. In no
 previous year have there been so many
 2-year-olds that class in the first flight,
 and tonight horsemen appear to be all at
 sea as to the probable winner. Hand
 spring, Hastings, Applegate, Requital, Axiom, Crescendo, Jefferspn and Hazlet
 are all high-class youngsters, very close
 together and any one Of these may De
 returned the winner.
 A Well-knoWn bookmaker, in speaking of the race at the Aqueduct course today' gave expression to the views held by the
 talent regarding the race when he said:
 Tt is going to be a close and exciting
 race, and any one of half dozen horses that I can name may be the winner. 1 am going to offer to 1 and take your DICK when the betting opens tomorrow. mat what l think of the race.
 z The race will be worth $6Io0V the greater portion of which goes to the Viii IT her. That every horse entered Will be sent along for this immense sum goes without saying.
 The track isl in excellent condition, and, with no rainfall tomorrow afternoon, IL should be almost lightning fast. super fintendent Clark has had 1t so thoroughly worked and prepared for the opening of the fall meeting until it is as nearly ideal as ever man may hope to see
 9 According to the entries sent out to- night. twenty horses have been elected to try for the great prize. The entries, with the weight assigned each horse and their probable riders, are as FOLLOWS:
 Applegate. 122. MeCafferty; Hastings, LIS. Perkins; Nimrod, 11S, --; Rounds man. 115. -; Jefferson, 115, Thorpe; Marry Prince, 113, Clayton; Crescendo, 113, Carr; Intermission, 112, Llttlei1eid; Axiom, 11O Doggett; King of Bohemia, JOS, -; Mormon, 10S, -; Hand spring, 12O, Simms; Hazlet. 11S, Williams; Palmerstone, 11S. Overton; Requital, ll5, Griffin; Beau IdealII 115, J. Reagan; For nal. 113, Penn; Refugee, 112, Hamilton; Whippany, 11S, -; Silver H. 1oS, Bal lard; Bon Home 10S, -; Wishard, 105, Reefe.
 terest the trials of the Futurity candi dates during the past few days. Requital, one of Dave Gideon's entries. has shown the best work of any of the candidates. He is credited with six furlongs in 1:15 fiat.
 Hastings, the colt which cost August Belmont S37, ,OO0 at the recent dissolution sale of Gideon & Daily, has shown the dis tance two seconds slower. Hastings, however, is a poor work horse. and turf men attach no importance to this slow trial
 Handspring and Axiom Phil Dwyer's hope, ran private trial this week, nnlsh- ing neck and neck in 1:16
 Silver IT. with Taral up, is said to have done the course in that time also easily
 The McCarty pair Applegate and Wishard did not perform up to eXpecta- tions. Applegate has apparently lost his speed. In his final trial yesterday he ran very much like a prohibitivo faVorite. He had no speed. His stable companion, Wishard did but very little better. It seems well nigh impossible for Apple gates work yesterday to be true; it was too bad In Applegate McCafferty had a sterling good colt He gave the colt severe spring campaign, and he trained slightly off during the Sheepshead Bay meeting. If he goes to the post in the best possible condition he will take lot of beating. He is topweight.
 Of Jefferson's real work but little is known He is a much better colt than the average turfite has any idea of. Nearly all of his defeats occurred when his owner had declared to win with Ap- plegate He placed no big stake to his credit and may be heard from tomor- row. Wishard has never done anything to warrant anyone supporting him to fin ish among the leaders
 Hazlet put 16 to his credit in his trial, while Crescendo, the Pacific coast crack, worked a fast five furlongs Despite his defeat by Recital at Saratoga recently | many shrewd horsemen believe that | Crescendo has chance for the race. | The other candidates for the prize have | gone the distance from 1:16 to 1:19 All | are in fine shape and if the weather con | tinues good the biggest crowd of spec | tators present at race track this year | will see the Futurity of 1895 decided