Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-22

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Y. G. Headley's Beau Ideal II.........s..1l5
Bicmton Stables Merry Prince. ....ll3
Pueblo Stables Crescendo. ...............1l
a. II. q D. II. Morris Formal. ...........113
"A. II. 4 ID. II. Morris lntermission. ....112
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NV ii. Maguire's Damsel. el................112
VBlemtons Stables Refugee. ee..........,...ll0
'Blemtons Stables Margrave.. lOS
NJ. Byrnes Terror III. lI.....,...,.....,....1 .108
Goughacres Stables Sir Peter II.........10s
y. G. Thomas Longfight.. ht................10s
Sensation Stables Tremargo.. ..l0S
{ o. II. Perry's Mormon. cn..................l0 l08
Marcus Daly's Hamilton H.. .-...........1 .10S
Marcus Daly's Silver ii. ....... .........lOo
c. Littleteld Jr.'s Bonaparte.. .10s
J. X. q II. p. Keene's Peep o. Day. .......10S
J. j. McCnferty's Wishard. ...lOo
NJ. Nj. Aliens 81. Agnes. .l05
,Goughacres Stables Radnor. ............105
Victory in this race means modest
fortune for the owner, imperishable
fame for the horse and reputation of
the jockey who rides and the trainer
who fits him.
In very many features the Futurity
of 1885 in legitimate interest exceeds
that of any year since the famous stake
was made memorable by the magnifi-
cent duel bewteen Proctor Knott and
Salvador. Men who delight to live in
the past will be to the front contend
ing we have no individual so royal as
6g' 'yator, none so high class as His
Highne6s, none so courageous as Mo-
relic, none so superbly superior as
Domino; and yet no Futurity that ever
was run will excite interest more keen
or engender rivalries more intense than
will that of Saturday next This is
, not year in which we have any one
towering so far above his fellows as to
make only the interposition of acci-
dent bar to his victory. There are
good half dozen colts, any one Of which
may win, and there will yet remain the
satisfaction that it was well and
worthily won. This does not argue
closely followed the performance of the
youngsters but must admit that in gen
'eral excellence the percentage is high
The race ought to be rattling one
from fagfall to finish--such one as
does not require any technical knowl-
edge to appreciate it. 1t gives every
promise Of being the kind that will
appeal to all and that will interest the
general public quite as largely as il
will the talent. The Futurity has
always been what the ideal race ought
ito be--a spectacle as we'll as contest.
Everybody pays tribute to the richest
stake in the world. Wealth has its
attractions on the quarter stretch as in
the social world. The winner of a
$50, 900 prize has an intrinsic senti-
mental value in the eyes of the public.
They like to applaud him and to feast
their vision on him. The ordinary
visitor may not know a thoroughbred
from a hackney, but when the Futurity
has been run he knows that the colt
must be of sterling stuff or victory
would have been impossible. Besides,
OF course, at Sheepshead, the Futurity
is social function, much more so in
point of fact than is the Suburban.
And society is affecting the races this
year, and to see society as il is in
actual life is always treat to the
general public. Not that the general
public by any manner envies society,
but simply the six times four thousand
who will attend will be interested in
seeing the -Four Hundred" and in
watching how they enjoy themselves
on an outing.
But, apart entirely from all this,
who does not see Futurity has lived
in vain if he be at all of the world.
He knows nothing of the exquisite
pleasure of seeing large field Of the
choicest thoroughbreds in the country,
trained to the very hour, their silken
sides glitening in the sunlight, we'll
groomed as pincess, carrying them.
selves with the noble air befitting the
blood that courses proudly through
their veins, themselves knowing and
realizing that they are on the way to
do battle. For months they have been
the objects of the most painstaking
solicitude They have been protected
l,,aft Iapf fha elt t,rh 4
might affect them, and have had one
man each to do nothing but care for
them, noting how they fed and always
alert to detect the most trifing indis-
position They are cared for as tenderly
as are children in households well regu-
lated
Three colts stand out pre- eminently
so as to. challenge public attention.
They are Handspring, Hastings and
Applegate. Some other colt may win,
but ON performance these stand out as
boldly as did Salvador and Proctor
Knott, His Highness and st. Florian,
Potomac and Strathmeath. II any
one of the three should win. the
victory would be most popular, though
IL is bound to be popular in any event
for any colt that escapes these. Titans
must of necessity be Of the caliber that
deserves unbounded popularity. 1t is
simply impossible for an unworthy
competitor to have in his wake these
youngsters, whose prowess has already
been SO tested and found to be of the
quality of which stake horses are made.
Nothing can be certain in an uncertain
science, such as is horse racing, but
there is a practical unanimity among
the best informed turfmen that be-
tween these three lies the victory.
Others have flashed brilliantly now
and then, but these have been steadily
consistent, not always victorious but
always up and fighting the issue out
between them when they met.
Hazlet and Requital, the Gideon pair,
Will come Ia for q lot OF fancy, Both