The age-herald., 1900-08-26
FUTURITY WENT
 TO BALLEYH09 BEY Tod Sloane Sent His Mount
 Through First, PURSE WAS WORTH S33,83O Tho Fayorite olympian Was Second and Tommy Atkins From the Same
 Stable Landed Third Money
 Whitney Happy
PURSE WAS WORTH S33,83O

New York Aug. 25-After a journey of S000 miles to ride Ex-Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney's colt Ballyhoo Bey Tod Sloan, the American jockey who has done all of his riding in England for the last two years, succeeded in sending his mount first past the wire in the rich
 Futurity stakes at Sheepshead Bay today
 and gathered in $5s,Ss0 for his employer.
 The favorite, O1ymp&an, was second and Tommy Atkins, from the same stable, landed in third place, with the others trail-
 ing The winner was ridden out. The attendance at the big race was not
 as large us had been expected, for if was
 thought the track would be deep in mud | and such was the case at 10 o'clock in the
 morning. Nevertheless fully 15,eoO were 1 on the ground and in the grand stand, l down on the lawn, against the rails in the inner field and up in the ~free' field, when the horses were called to the post just be- fore 4:3O o'clock The crowd had been com
 ing in steadily, but there was no great rush
 at any time. From sunrise until the first race was called and between the races a big gang of men were at work the track, scrap | ing rakng and narrowing it, turning up
 
 and it was in good condition when the l race. was called, to the great surprise of everybody. The great crowd waited pa- | tiently through the first race, and applaud l ed wildly when the Whitney youngster, Rowdy, set back from second place on foul. They saw Mir. Whitney win the second race with Rush and then plunged
 on Jean Beraud in the Fall handicap, but Sloan, who had the mount, after getting
 off fat-footed, rode into a picket in the
 stretch and was unplaced
 Then Came the Big Race
 Then came the big race, and the parade
 of the highly bred youngsters, led by the
 Keene trio, Tommy Atkins, Cap and Bells
 and Olmpian, with Elkhorn and Ballyhoo
 Bey, of the Whitney string, next, and the others following. They got to the post
 promptly, and in a very few minutes came the first break which was a false one, Golden Age refusing to join his company.
 The second was worse, for three refused.
 But the starter caught them in line the
 third time, the red flag swished through the
 air, and they were off to a good start
 Spencer, who was on Cap and Bells of the
 Keene string, rushed his mount into the
 lead at once, but Sloan, on Ballyhoo Bey,
 was not caught mapping, and sent his horse alongside the flying Ally. Elkhorn, Golden Age and Tommy Atkins were close up, and | they came down the chute like line of l cavalry. Spencer, who was plainly out to l make the running for his stable mates, sent l Cap and Bells along at her best speed. but 1 do what she could, it was impossible to shake off Ballyhoo Bey, who, neck away was practically helping her to make the pace. Sloan was crouched low over her neck, wide awake to his advantage as he was in a position to choose his own going on a track that was dry and wet in places. At the end of the first furlong Henry had brought Olympian, another of the keene
 trio, from eighth place to third and was a length and a half behind Ballyhoo Bey
 while Tommy Atkins, Elkhorn and Sweet
 Lavender were heads apart a half length away, the others being already far out of the race.
 Kept Their Positions
 The positions were unchanged through | the next furlong Cap and Bells and Baliy l hoo Bey were running head and head in l front the latter going much the easier of 1 the two. and Sloan looking around for l danger from behind. All through the third l furlong Spencer was urging Cap and
 Bells. She was running gamely and still
 held a slight advantage but it was plain
 to all that she could not hold her speed | to the end. The pace was beginning to l tell and Henry, seeing this, sent Olym- l plan along to take issue with Ballyhoo Bey. These three rounded the bend into
 the stretch necks apart but Cap and Bells
 was done, and from this point gradually
 dropped behind, Spencer easing her up
 when he found she was geaten. Ballyhoo Bey was still running strong and true and a furlong from home | neck in front of Olympian, with Tommy l Atkins already under the whip, closing 1 strong, a length back
 From there home 1t was a hard drive. Sloan was no longer crouched over the neck l of his horse, but was riding desperately | with whip and spur. Henry was also work | ing hard on Olympian, and for few | strides it was hard to tell which would l stand the drive the better. Gradually 1 however, Sloan, with his skill and cunning /, drew away with Ballyhoo Bey and sent the game little colt across the finish line