Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-09-03
WON The FUTURiTY STAKES,
Martimas With Odds ut 40 TO ]
Takes the First Place, High
Degree Second.

New York, Aug. 25.-Fifteen thou.
sand people saw Martimas, long odds
of 40 TO i, win the great ~futnrity
stakes at Sheepshead bay yesterday
afternoon, High Degree coming in
second, while the public choices were
nowhere. The day was excessively
hot. The delay at the post was the
longest on record in this country.
At the opening of the betting Au.
tumn was a favorite over the Fleisch'
mann stables, DR.. Eichberg and Sir
Robert. The Madden string, Glen
the next in the ring, where it was like
a furnace, the men tumbled over each
other in their eagerness to put up
their money on their choices.
The parade to the post began at 4:0j
and the twenty-three youngsters can
tered up the track. Then began the
delay. Several times the starter de-
scended TO the track and gave the boys
4 talking to, but no use. 1t wa 5:3f
when the twentieth and last break
came, exactly one hour and thirty-tWo
minutes after the horses reached the
post. They were practically in line,
the only one really out of it being
Duke of Middlsburg, who was TO all
intent and purposes left at the post.
High Degree was the first TO get away,
with a little the better Of Prestidigita-
trice, Rushcr, Sir Hubert, His Lord
ship, Scanntl and Martimas, the 9th
ers being close enough to have a
chance. The first iurlong was reached
with High Degree a length in front or
Rusher. he a couple Of lengths ir front
OF Autumn, on whom Tarral was
struggling hard in the deep, going On
The outside of the chute. prestidigita-
trice was only a neck behind, with
Scanned, Martimas, His Lordship and
Sir Hubert followinr and all the 9th
crs well up. The chute was narrow
ing now. and all were seeking Il good
place i'm which to round the bend
into the main track. Rusher chung TO
High Degree like n leach. Two fur
longs had been covered and High De
gree was still half a length in front Of
Rushcr, who was then only n neck in
front Of the favorite, Autumn, who
was followed by Sir Hubert, Marti-
mas, Predistidigitatricc and Arma-
ment.
Now came a hustle, for the turn was
at hand. Rusher stopped as If he had
been shot and then how Maher did
ride. Crouching low on the filly's
neck, he drove her with hands and
heels, and when there was but a quar-
ter Of a mile TO go he was a good
length and n half in front, but he did
not dare to swing over against the
rail. as he was far out on the track.
Lewis, however, hG.l gradually worked
TO the rail, and as they turned into the
home stretch he was in the coveted
hard ground and Martimas was fly
ing. He was already in second place
at the quarter, two lengths in front OF
Rusher, who was a length in front of
Mr.. Clay. Eichberg. Sir Hubert and
His Lordship. Now the last furlong
pole was reached and little Maher saw
Martimas rush by on the firm, hard
footing against the rail, while the
tired FLY under him was stopping IN
the deep dust and AUTUMN, Mr.. Clay
and DR.. Eichberg, with Sloane ON the
latter, finishing in his best style, we're
trying to wrest the second place
away from him. For an instant Au-
tumn had his nose in front Of the iilly
and then stopped rs if he had been
shot and finished away back lhen
Maher worked harder than ever, and
although he could not catch the Cana
dian in front, who won easily in a
couple of lengths, and could and did
get the second money by half a length.
There was a pretty struggle for third
place between Williams on Mr.. Clay
and Sloane on DR.. Eichbcrg, and the
former got ii by half a head. The re-
mainder of the bunch were so close
together at the end that it was impos-
sible to separate the horses.
At the conclusion of the great race,
the starter appeared and said that
there was nothing the matter with
the horses and that the boys caused
all the trouble at the start, for which
he fined most of them $500 apiece and
had suspended Sloane, Clawson, Penn
nnl Nurphu for n Nppk.