The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-25

NEW YORK, Aug. PA better day
for horse racing could not have been
desired than that which was given for
the race for the F'uturity stakes today,
won by RequitaL 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
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 4:45 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 humor and condition with the
exception of Axiom, who plunged badly
and in one of her jumps injured
Handspring. He was badly cut in the
hook, but ran a grand race in spite
of it.
'Theyr'e or"
After a long delay at the post, in
which there were several breakaWays,
the red flag of the starter swished
through the air and there was dull
roaring from the crowd Taral was
alert and was first to show on Peep
ODay. Then came RequitaL, followed
by Formal, Crescendo, Silver IL ana
the others close up to an excellent
start. They did not vary very mucn
in position in the run to the eighth
pole, but when they reached the quar-
ter Crescendo had the lead only
head in front of Axiom, who was
head in front of Requital, who was
leading Formal A blanket would have
covered all four horses but as cary ta,
as that it could be seen that Requltal
was strongest. Silver II was running
well in the fifth place. Handspring
was sixth in spite of his injured leg,
but he was not striding true and was
far from being the great colt who dlS-
tanced his opponents SO easily III the
spring. Apologize came next. 80 CLOSE
together were the twenty that it looked
like a charge of cavalry in partl-huro
uniform.
Ti,ree-Eighths.
AS they flashed past the three-elghth
pole. with nearly half the distance run
Crescendo had increased his lead over Z
Aviom to half a length At the haf
comes into the main track, is the spot
where the faltering usually comes, anu
there if was that the fleet filly Axiom
had gotten fourth. Crescendo was sun
leading by half length and Requltai
still hing on. Handspring's White nose
was not far behind in fourth place
Formal was there, too, and silver II.
Hastings and Apologize hung on lhe
grim death. ,+ for
The squadron Strengthened ou' ioa
the ouarter-mile dash, but 1t was
ba div disordered. With each stride the
leaders widened the gap between
them and the main body. The hVe-
eighths pole was close at hand When
the dark blue jacket of Griffin went
mast Carr like a whirlwind and Re
initial was in first place. Then carr
began to fog Crescendo.
ReauitaI Leads.
At the last pole, with only furlong
to go. Reouital had a length the best
of it and was going easily. Crescende
was no longer dangerous, but silver III
was coming fast out of the buncn
while Handspring was fourth with
good bit of life left. Hastings mac
climbed into fifth place, While forlna
was sixth, rapidly losing ground Z
| Apologize A hundred yards was lei
to run, and only two We're lett. Inc
| squadron of cavalry had been broker
| into an irregular body, strung out lnt(
"a sixteenth of a mile, with Requlta
galloping easily at the head ahC
| Crescendo laboring along a length ant
a half behind. Then came Silver III
Handspring, Hastings and Apologize
with no daylight between them. TIT
rest strung out with Axiom at the tai
| of the procession. Still Griffin steadiet
ReuuitaJ and one minute, eleven ant
! two-ffths seconds. after the fall O
! the flag, he crossed the imaginary lin
amid the cheers of $4,000 spectators, Z
length to the good, although he coult
have made it more had he wished.
The Third Futurity.
Crescendo was fogged into secon'
| place, four lengths in front of the mex
horse. Silver II, who only beat Hand
spring by a neck, with the high
priced Hastings fifth and Applegat
sixth. Thus Griffin won his fourt
consecutive race of the day and wa
hoisted into the jockeys chair, Will
the crowd cheered.
BY this ride he made $53, $50 TO
David Gideon, who, by the aid OF Joh
Hyland, one of the best trainers i
/ America, landed his third Futurity
4 ana Tic SeEOIlu III OQCOOooiOh, 1Cei|NNAi -
being the winner a year ago and Ill
HighnesS in 1891.
For running second, Crescendo &c
So 1888, and Silver II received S2,667 a
third money. The Brookdale Stab
gets $4,000 for breeding the winner an
81, 500 goes to the. breeder of Crescent
and 81, 600 to the breeder of Silver IL.
In the first race there was som
brisk betting, Religion being the f.
I vorite. Kamsin won easily. while RI
ligion could do no better than SECOND
Domino was an odd on favorite in tn
second event.
4 The long delay at the post told o
Domino, with his heavy weight, an
when Taral called on him, he coul
only get within a hands breadth {
the Butterflies. It was a pretty rae
for three-eighths of a mile from HON
They were all driving and Griffin snal
aged to get Butterflies home in fror
by desperate work. But out of IA Ell
+-inc IN, fha third race II went to II