The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-25
REQUITAL is KING
WINS GREAT FUTURITY STAKES
AT SHFEPSHEAD BAY.

Conditions for tho Event Of tho Year are
Perfect and Grand Race is tho Result
-Requital is Seen to be a Strong One
Five-Eighths Pole He scoots Past Cres-
cendo and stays There-Handspring
Grieyouslv Observation-Disclosures Grand
Stand Finish.
New York, Aug. PA better day for
horse racing could not have been de-
sired than that which attended the
Futurity stakes today. won by Requit-
al. The track was in perfect condition,
| the sky was clear and the crowd was
| large.
The great crowd watched the three
| races that preceded the big event with
Impotence, and when the Futurity was
! run, every seat in the grand stand was
filled and there were few vacant spots
on the lawn.
1t was AS o'clock when the bugle
called the horses TO the post and
twenty of them paraded up the stretch
past the grand stand. They seemed
TO be in good temper and condition,
with the exception of Axiom who plung
ed badly and in one OF her Jumps IN
! jured Handspring. He was badly cut
| in the hook, but ran a grand race in
| spite of il. After long delay a the
post in which there were several break
Always the red flag of the starter swish
ed through the air and there was dull
roaring in the crowd.
Taral was alert and was first to
show on Peep o'Day. Then came Re-
quital, followed by Formal, Crescendo,
Silver ii and the others close up to an
excellent start. They did not vary
much in position in the run to the one
eighth pole, but when they reached
the quarter Crescendo had the lead
only a head in front of Axiom, who was
a head in front of Requital. who was
leading Formal. A blanket would have
covered all four horses, but as early as
that it could be seen that Repuital was
strongest. Silver ii was running well
in fifth place. Handspring was sixth
in spite of his injured leg, but was not
striding true and was far from being
the great colt who disposed of his ops
ponents so easily in the spring. Apple
gate came next. So close together
were the twenty that it looked like a
charge Of cayarly in parti-colored uni
forms.
AS they flashed past the three-eights
pole, with nearly half the distance run,
Crescendo had increased his lead over
Axiom to half a length. AT the half
mile, where the Futurity course comes
into the main track. is the spot where
the faltering usually comes and there
it was that the fleet FLY Axiom had
got enough. CreScendO was still lead
ing by half length and Requital
still hung on. Handspring's white nose
60 bob nd in
Formal was there too and Silver III.
Hastings and Applegate hung on like
grim death.
The squadron Strengthened out for
the short quarter mile dash for home
but it was badly disordered. With
each stride the leaders widened the
gap between them and the main body
The five-eighths pole was close at
hand and when the dark blue jacket
of Griffin went past Carr like a whirl-
wind and Requital was in first place,
Then Carr began to fog Crescendo.
At the last pole, with only furlong to
so, Requital had length the best of il
and was going easily. Crescendo was
no longer dangerous but Silver II was
coming fast out of the bunch while
Handspring was fourth with good
bit of life left. Hastings had climbed
into fifth place while Formal was sixth
rapidly losing ground to Apologize. A
hundred yards was left to run and
only two We're left. The squadron of
cavalry had broken into an irregular
band strung into a sixteenth of a mile
with Requital galloping easily at the
head and reScendo Iaboring along a
length and half behind. Then came
Silver II, Handspring. Hastings and
Apologize with no daylight between
them. The rest strung out with Axiom
at the tail of the procession. Still
Griffin steadied Requital, and min
ute, eleven and two-fifths seconds at
ter the fall Of the flag he crossed the
imaginary line amid cheers of $4,000
spectators, a length to the good, altho'
he could have made it more had he
wished Crescendo was fiogged into
second place, four lengths in front of
the next horse, Silver II, who only
beat Handspring by neck, with the
high priced Hastings fifth and Apple
gate sixth. Thus Griffin won his fourth
consecutive race of the day and was
hoisted into the Jockeys chair while
the crowd cheered.
BY this ride he made S53,750 for David
Gideon who by the aid of John Hyland
one of the best trainers in America,
landed his third F'uturity and the
second in succession. Butterfly being
the winner : year ago and His Highness
in 1891.
s.. 1888 and Silver III received S2,667 as
third money. The Brookdale stable get
$4,000 for breeding the winner. $500
goes to the breeder of Crescendo, and
s., 900 to the breeder of Silver II.
In the first race there was some brisk
betting, Religion being the favOrlte.
Kamsin won easily while Religion
could do no better than second. Do
mino was an odd-on favorite for the
second event.
The long delay at the post told on
Domino who was heavy-weighted and
when Taral called upon him he could
only get within a hands breadth of The
Butterfly. 1t was pretty race for
three-eighths of a mile from home They
were all driving and Griffith managed
to get The Butterfly home in front by
desperate work.
Out of fourteen entries in the third
race. eleven went TO the post with
Hugh Penny as favorite. Walter took
the lead soon and was never headed, al
though Doggett drove Weinberg hard.
Griffin thus landed the third successive
race OF the day and with a new record
distance Griffin rode Dorian "a victory
in the fifth race making his fifth sue
cessive victory. Dorian was an odds-on
favorite for the race, and al no time
was in danger
In the last race. eight started. Sunup.
the favorite, won comfortably. Sum-
maries:
First receive furlongs. selling:
KamSin. 70 /. won; Religion. 70 l.
second; Emotional, S TO /, third. Time
Lee %.
Second-Fari handicap. Futurity
course: The Butterfly, 70 >. won:
Domino. 8 10 3. second: Rey Del Carers.
toa. third Timee ! 90 As
Third-Six furlongs, sling: Walter,
10 to l. won: Weinberg, TO - second;
Arapahoe : TO l. third Time l.Is o-5