The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-26
GREAT FuTuRITY TO
Be RUN SATURDAY.
". G. Whitney Is Expected to Win
the Richest Race OF the
American Turf.
NASTURnIUM HIS BEST ENTRY.
Wonderful TwO-Year-Old Is
Feared by Every Other Owner
Interested in Great Stake
Other Notable Entries.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Aus. 25.-on Saturday next at
the Sheepshead Bay race track the richest
race OF the American turf. the great Fu-
turity Stakes. for 2-year-olds. will be run.
The distance Is 40 feet short Of six furlongs
and VII be the last Futurity run at this
distance. next years event being over the
new course. a full ~three-quarters OF a mile.
With the opening Of s~heepshead on satur-
day the autumn campaign on the metropol-
itan tracks will he inaugurated. Already the
horses training at Saratoga have begun to
thin out. For the next four days arrivals
from the Springs of 2-year-olds. which are
engaged in the Futurity. and which are re-
garded by owners as having more or less
chance. will be Of daily occurrence. the at
fractions of the few stakes left to be de-
cided at Saratoga being as nothing against
the opportunity to win the Futurity.
The great event this year will have a
value greater than for any year since 1896.
the forfeits and added money value mount
ing VI 10 si0,s40. while the fee of $50 from
each starter will swell the total at least
so,Oc0.
Nasturtiun an Early Favorite.
There never was a Futurity that was not
full of possibilities, though this year nearly
three months ago horsemen seemed dis
posed to concede the race to one horse.
Nasturtium. and it has been only within a
few weeks that belief in the possibility OF
beating Nasturtium has gained ground.
Few Futurity colts have had so much
early reputation as Nasturtium. and when
William c. Whitney and ]. B. Haggin,
under an agreement in the nature of a part
.archip horfOht the hiy chestnut colt for q
sum said 10 be $4,000. Mr.. Whitney paying
half of the amount for the horses racing
qualities and Mr.. Haggin paying the remain
der for Nasturtium after his turf career
ends. the Watercress colt was talked about
as IL he were the only entry for the race.
His fame has not suffered from his season
at Saratoga.
But though Nasturtium there has proved
himself in work TO be a truly great trial
2-year-old. owners of other horses have
plucked IN heart and even IL he is able to
win the rich prize he will have a big field
OF good horses to race after him.
Whitney's Four Candidates.
With Nasturtium in his string, however.
Mr.. Whitney seems to have the strongest
claim TO consideration. for practically the
pick of the 17 horses still eligible for the
race are included in his four entries. OF
these three are stake winners. with Nastur-
tium the first of the string. the stout and
fast Goldsmith second and the royalty bred
King Hanover the third. Pretorious, the
fourth. being an unknown quantity.
1t is extremely probable. however. that
Mr.. Whitney will start the winners, and
with Turner and Burns to ride for him will
put the fun strength of his huge and ex-
pensive stable in the field.
The blue jacket, light brown cap" car
ried by horses running in the stable name,
will not be the only interest of Mr.. Whit
ney in the race. however. as he has a part-
ner's share in the running of several Fu-
turity candidates. who may represent John
L. Madden. who is second only to Mr.. Whit
ney as a formidable bidder Of the great
prize.
Madden Out for the Fight.
Madden. most enterprising of up-to-date
turfmen. has eight horses engaged in the
Futurity. four of these being owned put
right by the Kentucky horseman. while the
other four are owned jointly by Madden
and Whitney. OF the eight, at least seven
have been talked of as possible winners.
while the eighth is a practically unknown
quantity. that one being Contempt. OF the
seven others. six are winners in good COM
pany and the other, the fast maiden, Black
stock, though he has never started. has
been so well tried in private that he has
figured in gossip concerning the race since
early spring. In the opinion of good judges.
the six winners of the Madden list of en-
tries are of a class that gives small room
for choice between the chances Of Madden
against Whitney. except for the fact that
all the Whitney horses will run in one IN
terest. while the best public performers in
the Madden lot will run in the joint interest
of Madden and Whitney. thus giving Mr..
Whitney a double chance to capture at east
a part of the big prize.
The Madden horses are Blu Girl, the best
nlly OF the year on performance; Yankee.
an unbeaten winner at the Saratoga meet
inc va D.-r IT.. vi
Peninsula, winners earlier in the season on
the New York tracks; the highly tried
Blackstock and the maiden Contempt. Blue
Girl. Peninsula and Fly Wheel are said TO
be three Of the four horses In which Mr..
bought an interest in the spring.
Some Notable Entries.
OF the other nominators who are repre-
scented by unusually large numbers of en-
tries. the Pepper stable. with seven; James
r. Keene. with six: Clarence II. Mackay.
with 1--WE: Michael Murphy. j. B. Haggfn
and A. II. and d. H. Morris, with four
each, and G. b. Morris. with three, are
the leading owners who are likely to be
represented at the starting post in the
race, but none of the stables has shown
any great strength as gagged by perform
ances with colors up. though the Pepper
stables Whisky King. Keene's Reformcr.
A. II. & d. II. Morris's Compute. Saturday
and Hanover Queen: G. b. Morris's Golden
Cottage and Cunard. HaSgin's Waterboy
and Mrrphy's Dean Swift. have shown
well enough to demand some consideration,
while Mackay's Heno. though he has never
started, Is one Of the maidens in the race
OF whom great things are expected.
In the stable of A II. & D.. II. Morris
the best col: OF the establishment, and one
Of the best tried of the year. Compute. has
gone wrong and Is not likely TO be a
starter.
Barney Sc~hreiber's Dewey
OF the winners in the earlier part of the
racing season and at the Saratoga meet
the horses that have demonstrated
class enough to put them among the fore
most division of the candidates for the
biggest event Of the racing season. the
pick is comprised by Masterman. owned
by August Belmont; Hyphen, owned
by Captain S. S. Brown: Hatasoo. owned
by G. B. Walbaum: Dewey. owned by T.
Schneider; Northern Star. owned by s. j.
Smith; Albert. F~leischmann barn: m
Mary Worth. owned by Jacob Worth.
other horses that have raced modestly
well. and that still are regarded as possibii-
form they appear to be outside chances
a most remote character. are Lady Viola.
Grail. Port Royal. Enright, Lux Casta.
Caushnawaga. Chiffon. Byrne OF Roscrea
and knight Of Harlem.
The Maiden List.
A most interesting lot of probable starters
Is included in the list of maidens that are
talked of for the great event.. and hat have
been prepared especially for the race. the
oxnere OF several Of these seeming to think
90 well Of their chances that they have Kept
these several horses out of other races, de-
Shining to run them with the view CT get
ling to the post for the Futurity with al.