The San Francisco call., 1897-08-25
The Daughter of kinglike and
JuIiette Comes From the
Ruok and Wins.
sUPERBLY RIDDEN FROM
START TO FINISH.
Matched Against Americas Premier
Jockeys, the California Mid
get Trlumphs.

NEW YORK. N. Y, Aug. 94.-Like
the bird whose name she bears, L'Alou-
cite, the beautiful daughter OF King
ike and Juiette, from the stable of L. S.
d W. P. Thompson, flew down the
stretch at Sheepshead Bay to-day winner
of the tenth Futurity stake, length be-
fore James GaIwav's geIding Lydian, by
Linden ont of Merci, who was only a
short head in advance of James r. Keene's
colt Uriel, by Sheen out of Katherine IL.
Ed Browns Plaudit, by Himyar, dam Gin
derella, was fourth There were eighteen
starters, and the prize was worth $50, ,210
to the winner. $4,000 to the second and
$1,000 to the third. The breeders portion
of the stakes went to the owners of placed
horses, as all were reared by their present
owners.
L'Alouette first saw the light of day at
the Brookdale stud, and the Messrs.
Thompson will thus receive an additional
$4,000. Galway's Preakness stud will. be
enriched $3.50, and Keene's Castleton
stud $500 for the birthplace of Uriel
The race was marred somewhat by the
leaving at the post of NJ. f. Dwyer's colt
Previous who was we'll fancied and went
to the post at and ITO 1. The balance of
the field got the flag in a compact shape,
and few persons realized that Previous
had not gone over the course in company
with the others until Sims galloped down
the stretch after the other horses had gone
to the pad dock.
There is no doubt that EAlouette de-
served her victory, for she came from the
ruck and fought her way valiantIy to The
front in the final furlong. She was ad-
mirably ridden by young Richard Claw
son, the crack California lightweight, who
was as cool and collected with nearly $40,-
600 in the balance as he would have been
had the mount been for an ordinary sell
ing race. Despite the fact that he was
pitted against the crack riders of Amer
lea, the little fellow never lost his nerve,
and his superb finish brought the warm
est acclamations from the throng of on
lockers, who cheered for 'tDick" and
L'Alouette alternately.
1t was the fourth Futurity in which
James Rowe was closely interested, and
there were warm congratulations for the
trainer and the clever young turfmen with
whom he is associated. Regrets were fire.
quently heard that the Thom psons were
to give up racing and sell out the stud
where L'AIouette was born, but perhaps
to-day's victory may cause them to change
their minds.
r quital from the Brookdale won the
Futurity also, and this indicates that
there is material in that stud to do the
trick over again. James Rowe trained 81.
Carlo when Chaos won in 1889, and the
following year he trained Potomac and
Masher, when thev finished first and Sec
ond for this biggest of all two-year-old
stakes. In 1891 he was part owner of His
Highness, who won with 130 pounds up
There was not large a gathering of
enthusiasts to-day as in some former
years, but the crowd, according to Robert
Pinkerton, was quite up TO that of last
season. 1t was possible to thread the
maze OF persons without being crush ed
and knocked about, and the occasion was
the more enjoyable on this account.
The storm of Monday night made the
track a muddle, and at 10 O'Clock this
morning there was no prospect of any
thing approaching a real fast course. The
soil Of the track, however, was so porous
by noon that there were dry spots and
men were put ct work turning over the
dark patches. AS the day wore on the
dust few in places, and when the hour
for the Futurity rolled around the track
was tritie slow-that was all. LAlouette
raa the three quarters of a mile. less ITO
feet, in Ill, which is three seconds slower
than Kingston's best or the record for
the distance.
In drawing for position at the post
Arquebus drew the rail, which was in
reality disadvantage with the muddy
track, the footing being heavier. Previous
had the extreme outside. LAlouette was
eleventh in the line. At the solicitation
of some owners, who do not like the
barrier as a starting adjunct, the horses
were tried without the aid of any arti-
fetal appliance. They lined up back of
the pole, and after a short skirmish all
except Previous got away to a splendid
start. There was no dust to obscure the
vision of those in the tiers of the grand
stand, and those who watched the horses
saw solid line of color break away and
come laundering over the half sodden
earth. Grand Sachem, Amazonian, UrieI.
Cock Robin, LAlouette, Gibraltar and
PIaudit were the most conspicuous when
the flag fell, Arquebus bringing up the
rear and Previous standing still. There
was q mighty rush for the center of the
course, which was driest, and in the
battle for supremacy Hennessey, on ANA
zonian interfered with several horses.
Beautiful Cock Robin drew out of the
bunch of the first sixteenth mile, Martin
looking neither to the right n or to the left.
Close at his heels followed Gibraltar, How
land, who rushed through from rear
ranks, Gala Day, Uriel and Lydian.
Passing the gap in tue woods the field
was closely punched and the flying feet
were scattering the loose topsail track in
binding showers. The gaudy colors of
those in the ruck were quickly begrimed
ana the riders bowed their heads TO shield
their eyes from the deluge OF sand. The
duh roll OF the hoof beats of the flying
cavalcade sounded like thunder in distant
skies. 1t was magnificent picture. ever
changing and constantly presenting new
beauties. In the rising dip from the neck
in the woods to the elbow where the futur-
ity chute and man course are joined,
Cock Robin still held sway, but so closely
were the contestants punched that the sup
porters of every candidate save Previous