The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-24
New York Excited Over the
Great Futurity.
VIII Be Run at Sheepshead Bay
Saturday Afternoon.
KEENE'S MACS FAVORED
sAFhitney's BaIlyhoo Bey With
Sloan Up Well Liked.
Cap and Bells, Olympia and
Tommy Atkins All Good.

Nothing has been shown by any Of the
A-year-olds in actual racing tests at Sara
Htoga. or elsewhere, whatever they may
have done in private work. to give airy
Zone of them a ghost of a chance to beat
Nhe Keene entries at Sheepshead Bay,
Ewho have raced repeatedly in public and
shown their superiority over all rivals. On
spublic form the Keene entries look to hold
Hhe Futurity of 1900 safe to be run Satur-
day afternoon.
KEENE MAY WIN ALL THE MONEY.
More improbable things may happen
than for the keene colors TO mon9poliize
ers who offered advance odds on the Flu
Eurity were snapped up quickly when tney
Aaid even money against the Keene stable
ito win. 1t looks now as if the keene
stable will be an odds-on favorite when
The Keene quartette, which consists of
Olympian. Cap and Bells, MONDAY and
ception of MONDAY, have already shown
In their races that they are as good as any
by such artists as Spencer, OConnor,
sloan and Clawson, and it will. indeed be
a surprise if they do not prove invincible-
SLOAN,S MOUNT KNOWN FOR GER
TAIN.
Jockey Tod Sloan, who has been given
hidate since it became known that he. was
coming to America to ride in the big 2
Eossippers yesterday by taking a warm
5ng-uP gallop on Mr. Whitney's Ballyhoo
With Sloan wearing the turquoise and
Brown Of the Whitney stable, the race be-
comes q harder betting proposition than
will reserve their decision until after the
Ballyhoo Bey and Elkhorn viii repre-
sent Mr.. Whitney. and, from their work at
Saratoga, they are sure to run well With
John Madden waving the boy back, BaLy-
hoo Bey covered five furlongs in a minute
fiat. and his trial was considered the st
was done so easily. Elzhorn, in his trial,
covered five furlongs in 1:01A, and the colt
nVas never extended.
OTHER HORSES IN THU RACE
blues. the F1eiscnmann representative.
has thoroughly satisfied his trainer, and
Tom Walsh would not be going around all
smiles if he did not think he had some
thing up his sleeve
Sweet Lavender is a grand flly and has
been doing well lately. but Cap and Bells
ought to hold her safe. Eliza beth M Is a
very likely starter, but she belongs in the
dark division. as she has not yet shown
F'uturity form, though she has won her
races in an easy manner Kenilworth,
possibly Apple of Ny Eye have remote
chances. but on paper they can not be pre-
Clawson has been engaged to ride Tom
my Atkins in the event of All Green not
going. 1t IS a thousand pities Commando
Is not eligible, but perhaps his appearance
would really frighten most of the others
of a few weeks ago, but he pulled up lame
in his work and win be an absentee
MAY BE ANOTHER LALOUETTE-
There are often surprises in the F'utur-
atty, and perhaps another L'Alouette win
he found among the starters. If the track
should be heavy, form can not be relied
upon, and the best away from the post
may retain the advantage to the end
In the previous year the race looked a
certainty for him, yet he was left stand
1ng still at the post, losing for Mike
DWyer one of his biggest BETS If it were
mot for the uncertainty of racing, it would
not prove so seductive. but every true
sportsman hopes for a fair start and the
success of the best horse.
Peter WINNER, the veteran trainer,
thinks that Tommy Atkins will win the
Isl .TnVnar'S < var
Bells; John MeCafferty .favors Olympian,
while Matt Byrnes. John E. Madden, W.
8. Vosburgh Sol Lychtenstein, James Nc
Cormick, T. S. Mcdowell A Feather
stone julius Bauer, Nash Turner and c.
II. Patterson all pick Ballyhoo Bey.
Foxhal Keene has regained confidence
and fmparts the interesting information
that he expects to see the white, blue
spots, finish first, second and third in the
Hfuturfty.