Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-25
EALOUETTE WINS FUTURlTY
Comes in Ahead of the Field Length
to the Good.
lYDlAN is SECOND AND URlEl THIRD
Race is Run on II Heavy and sticky
Trnck-Prcvious, with Sims
Up, is Left Mt
the Post.

! NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The unexpected
haprended at Sheepshead Bay today and the
flly L'Alouette Of the Thompson string won
the Futurity with something to spare. Her
hackers were happy, for although her vic
tory was a surprise. she was coupled in the
betting with her stable mates Gibraltar and
The Hugenot aud as the stable was the
favorito for the race, the ring suffered The
other unexpected thing was the running Of
/ Lydian, who got the place
| Tho track was In anything but satisfactory
condition, the heavy rains of last night
and this morning having turned 1t into soft
mud which had dried out sufficiently to
make the going heavy and sticky when the
raco was run.
When the first race was called the gather
ing was small and not more than II 900 were
present at a quarter to five when the bugle
called the eighteen starters for the richest
, stake OF tho year at the post 1t was not
long before they were on their way up past
the grand stand tho Thompson trio showing
the way, the Daily pair coming next, the
Keen pair next and the others in their or
der on the card. Then there was short
talk to the jockeys by the starter and they
were lined up for the journey. An instant
the red flag was poised aud then it swished
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on their short journey.
THEY'RE OFF.
| 1t was fine start for all but Previous
who was left standing still in the first break
to the great surprise of his owner ami mCst
of the older race goers. Grand Sachem and
! Ama2onia were quickest on their feet with
UTiel and Cock Robin close up. L'Alouette
was next and the others not far away.
! Nearly every one of the youngsters in
his stride and there was little shifting of
! inns Lot
toward the main track. So close together
were they at the tirst furlong that a dozen
| were not more than heads apart. At the
quarter pole tho line of advancing racers
wao almost like that of cavalry charge.
| They rushed past the post with Cock Robin,
L'Alouette, Gibraltar, Gala Day. Howland,
Uriel, Plaudit and Lydian heads apart and
short ones at that, in the front rank, while
the Others were almost Tapped upon them in
| the second column
1t was anybodys race then with the eX-
ception of the we'll backed Previous, who
was still at the post, with Simms looking
alternately at the starter and then at the
| flying field in front of him i'll blank dis
may
Now they at the three-furlong pole
| and were beginning to make for the best
| place for the run into the stretch. Cock
| Robin was then neck in front of L'AIou-
ette, she length in front of Gibraltar, he
a length in front of Gala Day, with McCaf-
| ferty on his back. Uriel was next and then
came Lydian, Plaudit and the others Around
we tlie s t,a an, %i pnhi bia
~ ,,aT, htt .s,,ant, mas ,rrin, hjs r,omnt
and was beginning to falter Right at his
h.ttar .ha,, bon on,nor bad aen id.o sbn
| could and rieht ahreast was Cibrs1tar's head
and caIa nav vac negging along at his
| heels, but the boys were drawing the colts
| whie Clawson was sitting still waiting for
the final rush, which was bound to come.
HOT WORK.
sloane dug his heels sin into ~, uriers sid, side and
pekeG his paS rs pace Mhe ha
Shot t fell back rapidly to the the rear CIawson
tooheu ~ SUI p, st az Cie c"1se AZ hoi ST,
but got to work ate1 at once to ride finish with
long from home Clawson had got him and
was drawing away, when new competitor
Ioomed up in the despised outsider, Lydi9n,
VINO hau come a irT Thnn re @ rear WIN S,oa te nG
Sroas uIgg o. lnorpe ana WIZ WIN hi1 Sioane r one
stake. The distance was little too short,
however, and as L'Alouette passed the wire
Lydian was at her tail, a head in front of
| while the others were strung out through
a sixteenth Of a mile,
In she Fall handicap hot finish was
| looked for Voter and Hastings were ABOUT
equal fayorites, the former having the call
/ ings and Voter went ahead on in the lead.
They ran locked to the head of the stretch
r,hen Sieonhms ioinad them and il lacked
i'll oIr.o t,'isb batuIo.n tha trio brt 0rno-
,nnt oa,,, oaI,,o frop, the rear tb rrsh and
nent came IRON the rear WIN fuSh apu
won easily. Results
nessyl, 20 to and TO l, won; 4airpin
~ ilo tSlmins1, +" 20 / ana eyen, SecuhuS - an
tbtrd Time. i'm .O2 ~ Reekmhn First
Fruit, Hindoonet Tibanus, julius Caesar
Henry Crawford, Isen and Ella Day also
ran.
Second race, mile and siXteenth, sell
ing: Song and Dance, iol Cltewitp, TO
l. won; Ben tder no tSlmms); D TO l ana
2 to /, second; Premier, IA tiaral), 10
! ana TO J. thlrd. time :oo 20 LauLice,
Souffie, Rif1e, Arbuckle, ORION ana baS'ioh
also SO 1 ran. ,,ou ,,,,,,, ,,, t,,r,o,os.
Iniru IacS, ran nahulcap, siH 10, iut'o -,
|, won; Cleophus, ~ NolnihlSl' D 10 anu
and 70 \ third rimee. IA 2.5 Iias,ingE'
Rondo and St Nicholas II also ran,
t9urth race. Guiturlty, aBont SIX ~ tpE!onss' t