The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-24
FUTURITY STAKES TO-DAY.
n STRONG FIELD OF EIGHTEEN
NAMED FOR THE PRIZE.
A Very stropG Card for tho Opening Nay OF
the Coney Island Autumn pHeetinE-voter.
IIaatlnEp, Cleophus, ana other Cracks to

A Very stropG Gard for tho Opening Nay OF
the Coney Island Autumn RdeetinE-voter,
HastlnEr, CIeophust ana other Cracks to
moot In tho Fall Handicap, Mt SIX FurionEs
The great $4,000 Futurity. tho biggest of all
two.year-old prizes, will DO decided Mt Sleeps
head Bay about 1 o'clock this afternoon at
the opening Of tho Coney Island Jockey Clubs
autumn meeting. As was announced in 1HE
SUN OF yesterday morning, the race was never
so open since Its inception as 1t Is this year, the
field Of eighteen being very equally matched.
Proctor Knott and Salvador overshadowed their
competitors the first year the stake was run for.
and August Belmont's Potomac, Gideon & Days
His Highness, James II. Keenes Domino. Will
liam Singerly's Morello, and other winners that
could be named were In the Same category.
This year there is no star OF superlatiye lustrc,
although Rowland. Gibraltar. Cock Robin.
L'Alouette, Tho Huguonot, Previous. and other
candidates have shown we'll In both public and
private. Then there Is q host of dark ones
whose capabilities have been carefully kept un-
der cover. and on the whole the race has n do
Nghtful mir of uncertainty about 1t. Naturally,
every owner and trainer thinks that his nomi-
nation has a chance, and as It's a good gamble
Of $500 or thereabouts to win $685. U not many
Of those who have q colt or Ally engaged arc
going to throw away the chance to tempt
fortune.
All OF the youngsters engaged rested easily
yesterday and will not be asked to do anything
but a plpe-openor until they face the starter
this afternoon. 1t will be seen from tho entries
which appear below that the Messrs. Thompson
are going to start three, The Huguenot, Gil
braltar and L'Alouette. Willie Martin. Scherrer
and Clawson respectively will have the mounts.
James II. Keene will DO represented by Uriel
and Cock Robin to be pilotcd by Tod Sloan and
CIu NI.-.g- -.- - ia =
Grand Sachem, Amazoninn and Briar Sweet.
with Tarai on Amuzonian. unless Matt Byrnes
has changed his plans since yesterday. Since
William PENIS fall from grace Dcmagogue Is
without a rider, but Jimmy Mclaughlin will hunt
up a jockey this morning. Previous will be rid
den by Willie Sims. and John +. Madden will
probably have to put up his own lightweight,
White. on Rowland. Lydian is not on the
programme, but he may be added this morning.
and in case he Is, Thorpe will have the mount on
the Preakness gclding. II Lydian is n nom
starter, Madden may put Thorpe ON Rowland.
Iiandscl will be ridden by Lonny Clayton and
Tiny Williams will be up on Plaudit. Arquebus
Will have Doggett on his back at a few pounds
over weight. and John McCaferty will ride his
own colt, Gala Day, scaling probably four pounds
over. Harry Lewis will be some four or five
running qualities for the Futurity have been
purchased by Jere Dunn, who trains the daugh-
ter OF tdyon q Or, and thinks she has "A chance
to win. Central Trust will probably be ridden
by Hewitt. David Gideon said last evening that
he did not think he would start Frohman, but il
he did Perkins would do { u riding.
The rain OF last evening was scarcely heavy
enough to make the track real heavy, but IL the
e eaT,h San make GSHt,P the footing f%'s lR0t sood by , RkHss af,e Sn
noon. There are several owners who have been
praying for rain. as their charges prefer mud to
a fast track.
The Futurity Is not the only race on the card
to-day that is attracting the attention Of tho
1 public, as HpStlDg5. Voter, Ornament. tlgDphuS.
! Sally ClicIuot, and Rondo are named 10 meet
in the Fall Handicap at six furlongs. while the
other races on the card have filed remarkably
well. A strong lot OF maidens are down for the
opening dash, and oil of the crack platers will
try conclusions at seven furlonSs in the iifth.
The programme in full! follows:
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