The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-25
Six FurionEs Run I'm 1sI1 2-5, Within
Two-Fifths Of n Second of the Tlns
Made by Butternfes Last Year.
GOOD RIDING BY GRIFFIN
WON FIVE RACES YESTERDAY AND
EARNED $53,75O FOR GIDEON.
Crescendo Second and Silver III Third
I'm the Great Contest-NfIe by
Linda at ST. Louis fu 1s41.

horse-racing could not have been desired
than that which was given for the race for
the Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay to-
day. won by Requital. The track was IN
perfect condition, the sky clear and
the crowd was large. The great crowd
watched the three races that preceded the
big event with impatience. although they
were interesting. and when the Futurity was
run every seat in the grand stand was filled
and there were few vacant spots the
lawn. while the roof was filed. for there
the best places could be found TO watch
the contests.
| 1t was 4:i5 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 played badly and in one OF her jumps
injured Handspring He was badly cut in
the hook, but made grand race in spite
| Of It,
After a long delay at the post. in which
] there were several break-aways, the red
| flag OF the starter swished through the air
and there was dull roar from the crowd
Taral was first TO show. on Peep-o'-Day.
Then came Requital. followed by Formal,
Crescendo, Silver III and the others close
up. to excellent start. They did not
vary much in position I'm the run 90 the
eighth pole but when they reached tho
quarter Crescendo had the lead, only head
in front OF Axiom, who was a head I'm front
Of Requital. who was leading Formal. A
blanket would have covered all four horses
but as early as that 1t could be seen that
Requital was strongest. Silver III was rum
ming well in fifth place. Handspring Was
sixth. in spite of his injury. but he was
not striding through. and was far from be-
ing the great colt who disposed OF his op-
| ponents so easily in the spring. Applegate
came next. So close together were the
twenty that II looked like charge OF cav
airy in parti-colored uniforms. AS they
flashed past the three-eighths pole, with
nearly half the distance run. crescendo had
increased his lead over Axiom TO half a
length. At the half-mile pole. where the
Futurity course comes into the main track.
is the spot where the faltering usually
comes, and there IL was that the fleet filly,
Axiom. had got enough. Crescendo was still
leading by half length and Requitai still
hung on. Handsprings white nose was not
far behind, in fourth place. Formal was
there. too, and Silver III also. Hastings and
Applegate hung on like grim death.
THE DASH FOR HOME
| The squadron Strengthened out for the
| short quarter-mile dash for home but IT
| was badly disordered. With each stride the
leaders wldened the gap between them and
| the main body. The five-eghths pole was
close at hand as the dark-plue jacket OF
! Griffin went past Carr like whirlwind-
Requltal was in first place Then Carr be-
| gan to fog Crescendo. At the last pole.
with only furlong to go, Requital had q
length the best OF it. and going easily
Crescendo was no longer dangerous, but
Silver III was coming fast out Of the bunch.
while Handspring fourth with good
bit of life left Hastings had climbed up
| into fifth place. while Formal was sixth
rapidly losing ground to Applegate. A hum
| dred yards were 10 be run and only Two
were left The squadron OF cavalry had be-
come an irregular BODY. strung out over
sixteenth of a mile, with ReQultal galloping
easily at the head. and Crescendo laboring
along a length and a half behind. Then
came Silver III, Handspring, Hastings and
Applegate with no daylight between them.
the rest strung out, with Axiom at the tall
end of the procession. Griffin steadied Re-
fifths seconds after the fall of the flag ne
crossed the imaginary line amid the cheers
Of 1000 spectators, a length 10 the the GOOD; GOOD
| had ne chosen. Crescendo was fogged into
second place, four lengths in front Of the
serng noni .0is by neck with the hish-priced
/ Hastings FIFTH and Applegate sixth.
Thus Griffin won his fourth consecutive
Jockeys chair while the crowd cheered. BY
| this ride he made x3,150 for David Gideon,
who. by the aid of John Hyland. one OF the
| best trainers in America, landed his third
| Futurity and the second I'm succession. the
| Butterflies being the winner year ago and
His asSnss so, e @ and f0s svsp
| s2667 as third money. The Brookdale stud
gets 5000 for breeding the winner; $50 49,.
| goes to the breeder Of Crescendo and 400
| to the breeder Of Silver III.
THE OTHER RACES.
In the first race there was some brisk
betting. Religion being the favorite. Kam-
sin won easily, while Religion could do no
better than second. Domino was an odds-on
| favorlte for the second event. The long de-
lay at the post told on Domino. with his
! heavy weight and when Taral called upon
him, he could oniv get within a hands
breadth of The Butterflies. II was a pretty
race, for three-eighths from home they
were all driving, and Griffin managed 20 get
| The Butterflies home in front by desperate
| work. Out OF fourteen entries in the third
race eleven went TO the post. with Hugh
soon snna and "a was % never headed. although DOG.
gett drove Weinberg hard. There was
close fight for third place. when, at the
Thus Griffin landed the third consecutive
race Of the day. and with new record for
| the distance. Griffin rode Dorian 10 VIC
tory in the fifth race. making his NTH con-
| sccutive win. Dorian was an odds-on favor
| fte for the race. and at no time was n
| danger. In the last race, eight started
with Sun Up the favor.te. who won COM
! fortably. Summarizes:
First Race-Five furlongs. Kamsin, lo3
| (Griffin) 3 TO /, won: Religion. 100 cThorpc,s
| 10 l. second Emotional. "a tkeefe), 20
! l, third. Time. 10e 2-5. Lorien. Brisk. Pre-
d.cament, Yankee Doodle. Peconic, clissie
| B., Onaretta. Ostler joe. Heyward. Delo-
! rando end Annie Baron also ran
| Se-or~-F Fail handicap; Futurity course.
| The butterflies. lo9 (Griffin). TO ?. Won.
Domino 1s3 (TaraD TO s. second; Rey Del
| Carreres Il2 (Perkins). TO l. third. Tine.
| 90 l-5 Ed Kearney. Bellicose. Egbert. Har-
| rlr.gton and Rub.con also ran
Third-Six furiongs; selling Waltzer. 10
| (Grifin). 10 TO 1. won; Weinberg. JOG Do{s
| gctt) 10 ., second: Arapahoe, 81 tMcclain)s
to :, third. Time, LIZ 2-5. Hugh Penny.
| Chesapeake. Lustre. Laza. Fred Douglass,
Ina. Second Attempt and Burgundy also
Fourth-The Futurity stakes: Futurity
| course Requltal, 1i5 lGrlffin). 10 ]. won.
| Crescendo. 1l4is H. CARR, 20 TO !. second
Silver IL, los (Ballard), 20 to I. third Tine.
Ill 2-5 Handspring. Hastings, Applegates
Formal. Roundsman. Intermission. ScokEans
Refugee. Whippeny, Mormon, Palmerstons
Cassette. King OF Bohemia. Hazcley. Niu-
rod. Peep-c'-Day and Axiom also ran -
Fsfth-one mile. Dorian. - <Gridn>. -
y Z. won; polabra, y GiAyton)s - ~