The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-25

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-Tke richest of
American racing prizes. the $4,000 Futur-
ity stakes. for two year-olds viii be run
this afternoon at Sheepshead Bay. 1t Will
be the chief attraction of the card offered
by the Coney Island Jockey Club for the
opening day Of its autumnal meeting for
1860. More than a hundred OF the best
-year-olds in the country, colts, FLIES,
and geldings, are eligible, and a field of
between fifteen and twenty will start.
The race will be run over the old
Futurity course, which is just ITO feet
short of six furlongs. around one grad
ual turn. The Futurity comes fourth on
the programme. and if the three earlier
races are run promptly, the fed will be
summoned from the paddock about
O'Clock. Allowing for a reasonable delay,
il viii all be over before :. Is. There is
no reason for supposing that there viii be
even as much as a fifteen minutes de-
lay. however. Last season Starter FItz-
gerald sent seventeen away on the first
break, head and head. and all moving,
and his work this season mas been much
better than 1t ever was before
The indications are that a tremendous
crowd will be present e see the race run
and cheer the victor. Preparation for the
entertainment Of $4,000 parsons has bsea
MADE. Rain or shine, as many as 23,G00
are expected. The FuturitT in the past
has always attracted bis crowds. No race
on the metropolitan caieEdRr, the Brock
Ign or Suburban included, IS more pCpu-
lar.
The track, as a result os the heavy show.
eTs last night and yesterday and the night
before last, was fetlock deep il soft mud
this morning. From early dawn today,
Superintendent Frank Clark has had force
of Is zen at work wi IN sp0ngss. buckets,
harTows anu roles but al 10 clock the
outlook Tor fast track was gloomy indeed.
The men with the SpOIges and buckets
ploddsd many a weary mile, sp0nging up
the pudG3es and carrying the water taken
from them far away on either side Of tho
track to empty it lest it drain back Be-
hind the men with the sponges and the
buckets cane the harrOwtTs and behind
the haTToweTs the men with the rakes. The
wet sand Was turned over and over hun
dredS Of times to give the wind chance 10
dry it out. The wind, however. was not
OF a kind to dry out track quickly. Il
came from the southeast and vas freighted
with moisture from the Atlantic Ocean.
Under these unfavorable circumstances
the hest that Mr.. Clark could hope for was
such 4 track IS Lalouette won the Futurlty
over in 1897 The weather for three Or
rity that year. it viii be recalled, was very
much like this seasons weather Heavy
showers fell up to shutdown Friday and
then the skies cleared. By dilligent work,
Clark had what horsemen call q cuppy
track the next dag. y cuppy track is soft.
but not heavy. Eastin and LaT2bie's ster-
ling four ear-old Kinley Mack beat Ethei-
bert IN the Suburban handicap
The horses whose chances are thought to
be most seriously affected by the weather
are FIeischmanns Blues and SlX-shCOJer
Hennen and Dave Morris Smile. and Mr..
Whituey's EIkhorn- They were according
~ considered doubtful starters this morn
ing. Their presence in or absence from
The field this afternoon VIII not affect the
betting Smile and Six-shooter are still
maidens and Blues and EIkhoTn are
thought TO be outweighed They have to
take up penalties for their earlier sue
eesses.
There is no chance of Richard T Wilson,
jr., adding his good LCngstreat colt, The
Parader Lady CT the Valley will BE Mi,
. Wilson's only candidate. The Parader is
on the shelf for the present 1t is q great
pity that he cannot start and a sore dis
appointment to Mr. Wilson and to Tom
Healy, his trainer His trouble is a sore
shoulder caused by an accident at Sara
Joga. The PaTader is one of the best colts
of the year. He beat all the cracks ex-
cept Commando in the great trial last
June and has improved steadily since.
The certain starters are the Keene trio
Tommy Atkins, OIympian, and Cap and
Bells; w. c. Whitney's Ballyhco Boy.
Green B. Morris Kenilworth and Golden
Age. LittIefelds Sweet Lavender, R. T.
Wilson, jr. $ Lady Of the Valley and J. e.
MaddeG's LonGsEoreman, ard, from the
looks of things, it is to be a fight TO a
finish between the sometime Wall Street.
rivals. However well matched in enter
prise and resourcefulness in Wall Street
the Two men may be, the one with The
bushy grey whiskeTs has the call in this
battle, with The Parader ard Prince
Charles definitely cut of the way and Elk
horn up against it on account OF the
wind and weight.
Cap and Bells. Tommy Atkins and Olym-
plan are on public form, the best horses
in the race BalIYhoo Boy has weight of
and has been carefully prepared for the
Futurity by as shTeWd a trafner-JGhn E.
Madden-as has been seen in these parts.
Moreover. he worked spIendidIy on Thurs
day, covering six furlongs without Difficult
ty in la fat. but he has not get won a
race.
Tommy Atkins. Cap and Bells and
OIypian have shown their quality in
actual races. Tommy Atkins opened the
season at Morris Park by winning the
historic juvenile stakes He ran promi-
nently in the fremont and Great Ameri-
can stakes at GTavesend il June and on
July T. under an imr3st of 129 pounds,
forced -Elkhorn under ia to do his best
to win the last half OF the double event
His last start WAS in the Neptune stakes
at Brighton and he won under the most
discouraging conditions. Tommy Atkins