The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
FUTURI4Y CARD.
Horses, Weights, Jockeys and
Odds in Today's Great
Race at sheepshead
Bay.

NEW YORK. Aug. Is, 1S96-The Fu-
turity Stakes for two-year-olds, the rich
est event of the American turf will be
run at Sheepshead Bay this afternoon
and promises to furnish a most interest
ing and exciting race, despite the fact
that the field will be the smallest in the
history of the big stake. Eleven young
sters are eligible to start, but 1t is more
than probable that only ten will go to
the post. Octagon and his stable COM
panion, Don de Oro. are both ailing, and
there is little prospect that the Blemton
Stable, whose chances for the race looked
so bright two months ago. will send a
representative to the post. The following
are the entries for the race, with the
weights and jockeys and with the bet
ting on the chances of the horses. as it
prevailed in some of the uptown hotels
this morning.
1l2, Sims, to /: Challenger, lis, Doggett,
? to I: Octagon, 1oS, Griffin, 6 TO i; Scot
tish Ghieftain. 49, Taral. 10 to /: Ogden.
llo, Iuberville, 10 to l.: Bastion, 115. Clay
ton, 10 to 1: Newsgatherer, 105, Ballard,
10 to. 1; Box, 10S, Perkins, Is to 1; Poder-
mond; me =, 1l5, Hamilton, 20 to 4; PanInure,
(scottish chieftatn and Ogden coupled.
The Kentucky colt Ornament will
is not likely to carry the 116 assigned
to him in the official entry list, as his
owner claims an allowance of five pounds
because his sire, Order. did not get a
youngster has shown no very fast trial
in his preparatory work, he is known
10 be in the pink of condition.
Rhodesiaus brilliant race against Gle
ophus at Brighton Beach last Tuesday
sent the stock of the Keene filIy up with
rush, and she Is regarded b. a good
many turfmen as the two-year-old that
Ornament Will have to beat.
The StockwAn stables fast brown colt
Challenger will be well supported in the
betting. more especially since the heavy
rain of yesterday for the colt is in his
element on a heavy track, such as the
great race will probably be run upon.
Challenger worked six furlongs In 1:i4al
on Wednesday, with weight up and with
something to spare ct the finish.
one OF the keenest turfmen In America
said yesterday that the chestnut colt Box,
owned by w SaowaIter, brother to the
Weii-known chess master, would certainly
be among the contending tWo-year-olds
today. Box arrived a few days ago and
created good impression among East
ern turfmen by working six furlongs in
l;lo1a: with 12S pounds up and when just
off the cars from Latoriia
Marcus Daly's representatives Scot
tish Chieftain and Ogden, are fancied by
q few. Matt Byrnes has given a special
preparation to Scottish Chieftain since his
idsl race, anu Win Idral IN the saddle
the colt will not run without backing
Little is known about Ogden, the colt
having started only at Butte and An
aconda. Mont. He is not generally look
ed upon as a formidable candidate, how
ever.
James Rowe will send thu Brookdale
Stables Bastion to the post, but the
noted trainer has little expectation Of
winning the race. Hamilton will prob
ably ride Rodermond, whose chance like
that of the remaining starters, News
gatherer and Panmure, seems to be
somewhat remote.
The race will be worth about $50 900 to
the lucky man who cools out the winner.