The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-25
THE RDTUMYY WINNER
A Surprise to the Talent at tho
Great Race Of the Year.
THE PRIZE WON BY L'ALoUETTB.

The Race Run on Muddy Track, and
tho s45,oOO stake Was Won In LII.
A Well Contested Race Under Un-
favorable Conditions.
New York, Aug. 25.-The unexpected
happened at Sheepshead Bay yester.
day, and the filly LAlouette, of the
Thompson string. won the Futurity
with something to spare. Her hackers
were happy. for although her victory
was surprise, she was coupled In the
betting with her stable mates, Gibral-
tar and The Hugenot. and as the stable
was the favorite for the race the ring
suffered. The other unexpected thing
was the running of Lydian. who got the
place. The track was In anything but
satisfactory condition. the heavy rains
having turned 1t into soft mud. which
had dried out sufficiently to make the
going heavy and sticky.
When the first race was called the
gathering was small. and not more
than $4,000 were present 446. when the
bugle called the Is starters for the
richest stake Of the year to the post.
There was fine start for all but Pre-.
vious, who was left standing still In
the first break, to the great surprise
of his owner and most of the older
race goers. Nearly every one of the
youngsters was in his stride. and there
was little shifting of positions as the
lot swept down the chute toward the
main track. So close together were
they at the first furlong that a dozen
were not more than heads apart. AT
the quarter pole the line Of the advance
ing racers was almost like that Of O
cavalry charge. They rushed past the
post with Cock Robin, L'Aloutte. Glib
raltar. Gala Day. Rowland, Trial,
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. It
was anybody's race then. with the ex-
eeption of the well 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
in blank dismay.
Now they were at the three furlong
pole, and were beginning to make for
the stretch. Cock Robin was then
neck In front Of L'Alouette. she
length in front of Gibraltar. he
length in front of Gala Day, with the
Willy Miraffirty on his back Uriel was
next. and then came Lydian, Plaudit
and the others. Around the turn they
rushed, and were but q quarter from
home, and still Cock Robin led the van,
but "Skeets" Martin was urging him.
and he was beginning to falter. Right
at his throat was L'Alouette. hanging
on much better than her owner had any
idea she could. and right at her tail
was Gibraltar.
But the boys were driving the colts,
while Clawson was sitting still wait
ing for the final rush. which was bound
to come. Sloane dug his heels into
uriers side and he went past the others
like flash and poked hts nose into
first place. while his stable companion.
Cock Robin, fell back rapidly to the
rear. Clawson looked In surprise at the
change in horses and got to work at
once to ride a finish with Sloane.
Urlers effort was his last. for fur
long from home Clawson had got him
and was drawing away when q new
competitor doomed up In the despised
outsider, Lydian. who had come from
the rear under the vigorous urging Of
Thorpe, and with Sloane on Uriel. a
head behind, was making a bold bid
for the $4,000 stake. The distance was
a little too short, however, and as
L'Aloutte passed the wire Lydian was
at her tail, a head in front Of Uriel,
who was q head In front Of Plaudit,
while ~ the others were strung out
through sixteenth OF a mile. Win
ner's time, LII.