New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
w. C. WHITNEY'S FUTURITY
BALLYHOo BEY THE WINNER, WITH
SLOAN UP.
OCEAN FOR THE MoUNT-sECOND AND
THIRD FOR J. r. KEENE-MARVELLOUs
RIDING BRINGS VICTORY FOR
WHITNEY. AND A BAD MISTAKE
UNDOES KEENE ENTRIES
UNDOEs KEENE ENTRIES.

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UNDoEs KEENE ENTRIES
James Rowe, trainer of the Keene stable. should
have cabed to Mr. Keere last night in these
words:
"Futurity lost by childish blunder in putting
Spencer on Cap and Bells and not on Tommy
Atkins OlymDian. Spencer could have won
Futurity on either Olyr,pian or Tommy Atkins
Olympian. with that vacuum of rider. Henry, was
second. and Tommy Atkins with more than twen-
ty pounds OF lead ard little OConnor on his back.
third. Deeply regret this mortifyng error
Please accept assurances Of sincere sympathy
VIII try 10 win FutuTitv for you next year. Your
Dearest friend Mr. Whitney I sorry TO gay,
now has this years Futurty in his pocket"
Had Rowe dispatch Of that import TO his
employer. James r. Keene. he would have sent the
precise truth. Three bearers Of the Keene colors
ran IN the Futurity-the colts Tommy Atkins.
Olympian. and the ny Cap and Bells Under the
weight conditions Tommy Atkins carried 122
pounds Cap aEd Bells had 119 and Olympian had
only 112. Even the rawcst novices in racing know
that while great FLY may outrun good colt in
severe struggle. great colts are superior to great
fliies. good colts superior to good fliies and
even moderate colts excel moderate fillies. What
strange craze, then, took possession of the Keene
stable when Spencer, the regular stable jockey,
was put on the FLY Cap and Bells while little
OConnor was ordered 10 ride that stalwart colt
Tommy Atkins. and that fluffy BIT Of cotton wool,
Henry. was in saddle Of that feet colt Olyn1p-
ian? Tommy Atkins is hetter racer than Cap
and Bells and at the weights and distance Olym-
plan was much better than the filly. Who expects
that woman prizefghter will ever eclipse the
poits OF Fitzsimmcns JefT-ies and John L. Suili-
van? Does any one dream that American voters
VIII ever elect a woman President and a
T3ce-President OF the United States? On the turf
the best Of riders should always be put the colts.
never the nIies. The unaccountabe error of
putting Spencer on Cap and Bells and
Tommy Atkins Oympian cost James r. Keene
the Futurity
sLoAN,s GLORIOUS HoRsEMANsHIP-
Spencer could have the richest prize Of the
year any Of the three placed horses-Bally
hoo Bey olympian Tommy Atkins. So much
IS certain. But Sloan rode Ballyhoo Bey su-
perbiy. 1t splendid triumph for the boy.
And John E. Madden. keenest and shrewdcst and
sharpest of turfmen had trained BallyhoO Bey TO
1he second The colt in the most lustrous
dition imaginable entire and perfect chryso-
Lite of the art Of a Michael Angelo among train
And Sloan's work in the saddle gladdened
the soul of every witness who knows what artis-
Sic jockeyship is in its most delicate and supreme
development. The contrast between Sloan and
Henry was like the contrast between Shakespeare
and Belasco the stage. No doubt poor little
Henry did the best he could. But the boy Is out of
place n the saddle in great races. His proper
work a stable is shaking down the straw in the
boxes or he might be useful on farm in throwing
stones the in the corn. At the weights and
the distance and the track in its condition yes
4erday olympian better racer than Ballyhoo
aey Each carried 112 pounds. But BaIlyhoo Bey
carried Tod" Sloan while Oympian carried Henry.
sAlack day for poor olympian!
y.1oa1MY ATKINS DESERVES GREAT CREDIT
The honors Of the Futurity of 1900 belong to
fssloan in 5ockeyshlp and 10 Madden in training
and keenness. But the horsefesh wreath Of laurels
must be awarded that sturdy. brave gritty.
SANDY colt Tommy Atkins who carried 100 pounds
40 the 112 Ballyhoo Bey and Olynpian, and who.
with Sloan Spencer his heroic spinal column.
would have both Balyhoo >Bey and
Olympian. There was a considerable delay at the
post IN the whitening heat, and that delay
certainly to the advantage Of Tommy Atkins
bearing the heavy burden of 100 pounds. O'Con-
s1or rode Tommy Atkins with every bit Of
energy and force which he could possibly
7nuster. In fact, he rode Of the best
rides Of his nfe Tommy Atkins.
Yet il should be borne in mind that O'Connor is a
slender lad, whose riding weight is not remote
from one hundred pounds, and a hnisher he IL
not nearly sc. strong as several American Jockeys
Tommy Atkins belongs to the type Of racers which
reauire incessant urging Of the vigorous sort
O'Connor did his best: but a heavier. stronger
more powerful boy could have got out OF
Tommy Atkins. Therefore the horsehesh Futurtty
crown must be allotted 10 Tommy Atkins
Mr. Whitney wise in sending Sloan across
the water to handle Ballyhoo Bey. Turner could
not have won the Futurity that colt In fact
st is probable that other Jockey except Sloan,
whom AIr. Whitney could have obtained Che could
not Of course. get Spencer. who is the Keene
Jockey. could have pucked the $4,000 prize the
son Of Kingston It was Sloan's wonderful riding
and not the colts running, which took the Futurity
Olympisn with Henry up, had BaIlyhoo Bey doing
ali he could at the furlong post. He had him
Strengthened TO the last BalIyhoo Bey drew
away at the end from Oympian, but that was due
10 Sloan's dazzling skill his mount and to the
fact that poor little Henry had gone 10 pieces on
Olympian. With Spencer up. Olympan would have
passed Ballyhoo Bey and been first home. And so
likewise OF Tommy Atkins.
MR.. KEENE OWNS THE WINNERS SIRE.
BY the way fl is Of interest to note that while
Mr Keene owns the second and third runners in
the Futurity Of 1860. he also Kingston the
sire Of the winner
There could be excuses for any of the nine
tWo-year-olds that were unplaced the Futurity.
Every Of them frretrievably inferior at the
weights and the distance TO the three placed horses
Baaiyhoo Bey. Olympan and Tommy Atkins AS
things look to-day Mr, Keene owns the best two
yeaT-Old colts in America. Commando and Tommy
Atkins. and q large number OF other useful and
valuable youngsters. II may be that RaIlyhoo Rev
will improve much that some future day he
will be a fit rival for Commando and Tommy Atkins
Al even weights. but 1t is not probable Sloan won
the Futurty not BaIyhoo Bey It is reported that
1r- whitney promised Sloan 5000 and his expenses
90 come over TO ride The Futurity candidate with
pledge OF 5000 more II he got first place Sloan
fully earned the 5000 and expenses and Mr. Whit
ney's investment was discreet II pays TO hire a
Jockey for 5000 and expenses when that Jockey
wins $4,000 prize Sloan said after the Fntur,,,,
that he would return 10 England on Tuesday Sen
tenaber g. He told his friends that he got Off we'll IA
1be race and successful IN holding an exceIe,,
position all the way. lie added that Balyhoo Rev,
responded bravely when he called on him 10 shaLe
OF Olympian IN the homestretch
Did James Rowe sleep well last nsgb,7 -,
Spencer sleep well? Did James R Keene sleep ,srI
after he had read the able dispatch anno,rctn
the results Of the Futurity? Tennyson ira his mar