The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-28

New York, August 25.-After n jour
ney % 5000 miles to ride ex-Secretary
OF the Navy William {. whitney's
colt. Bally Hoobey. Tod Sloan. ;he
whilom American jockey. who has 1,ne
all OF his riding IN England for the .ast
two years. succeeded in sending his
mount first past the wire in the rsch
Futurity stakes at Seepshead cay
today. and gathered in $3S.s3o for mis-
employer. The favorite, olympian.
was second and Tommy Atkins, from
the same stable. landed in third place
with the others trailing. The winner
was ridden out.
The attendance at the big race was
not as large as has been expected, for
it was thought that the track would be
deep in mud and such was the case
at 10 o'clock in the morning. Never
theless fully 1900 people We're on the
grounds when the horses were called to.
the post just before i:30 o'clock.
From sunrise until the first race was
called and between the races big
gang of men was at work on the track
scraping, raking and narrowing Ii.
turning up tn wet soil TO the dry heat
OF the sun anu IL Vas l4i SotA Nt4idA~
ton when the race was called, 10 the
great surprise of everybody.
The futurity entries were prompt
and a good start was had. Spencer.
who was on Cap and Bells. rushed his
mount to the lead. but Sloan on Bally
Hoobey was not caught mapping and
sent his horse alongside the flying filly.
Elkhorn, Golden Age and Tommy At
kins were close up and they came down
the chute like a line Of cavalry. Spen-
Ger, who was plainly out to mike the
running for his stable mates. sent
Cap and Bells along at her best speed.
but do what she could. il was impossi-
BILE to shake off Bally Hoobey. who. a
neck away was practically helping
her make the pace.
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 half behind
! Bally Hoobey. While Tommy Atkins.
| Elkhorn and Sweet Lavender Were
heads apart, a half length away, tho
| others being already far out Of the
race.
The positions were unchanged
| through the next furlong. All through
| the third furlong Spencer was urging
Cap and Bells She was running
| gamely and still held a slight advan-
| tage. but 1t was plain to see that she
could not hold her speed 10 the end.
The pace was beginning to tell ard
| Henry, seeing this. sent Olympian
| along to take issue with Bally Hoobey.
| These three rounded the bend ir.o
| the stretch necks apart. but Cap and
| Bells was done and gradually dropped
| behind.
Bally Hoobey was still running
| strong and true and a furlong from
| home was a neck in front of Olym-
| plan, with Tommy Atkins already un-
| der the whip. closing strong a length
| back.
From there home Ii was a hard
drive. The crowd in the grand stand
| were shouting and cheering. the hys-
| terical shrieks OF the woman rising
| above all. Sloan was no longer crouch
| ed over the neck Of his horse, but was
| riding desperately with w.ip and spur.
| Henry was also working hard on
! Olympian and for a few strides IL was
| hard to tell which would stand the
| drive the best. Gradually. however.
| Sloan, with all his skill and cunning
| drew away with Bally Hoobey and
| amidst the widest enthusiasm sent the
| game little colt across the finish line
| a length and a half before Olympian.
| Tommy Atkins was third. a length
| behind his stable mate. while five
| lengths away Sweet Lavender headed
| the balance of the tired field.