New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
SAVABLE'S FUTURITY.
VICTORY HIGHLY POPULAR
WITH JOHN A. DRAKE.
ALSO WITH ROBERT HILLIARD-THE
REST OF THE THRONG AT SLEEPS
HEAD NOT so ENTHUSIASTIC

Amid tremendous roar of approval and tri-
umph from two persons John A brakes colt
SavabIe, by SaIvator-Strathhower, won the
Futurity yesterday afternoon from the biggest
field that ever started in that historic stake
since its inception in 1888. The two persons
who contributed the demonstration of joy were
John A Drake and Robert Hilliard, who were
cronies at Saratoga and who were no less
chummy at the Sheepshead Bay track yester-
day. There was an occasional winner dotted
here and there among the forty thousand per-
sons who saw the who lifted q feeble
chorus to join with the stentorian shouts OF
the Drake -Hilliard pair. but on the whole the
victory of Savable son Of a famous SIRE was
about the least popular Futurity triumph in
many years.
For all that. 1t was notable victory, for the
huge unwieIdy field contained the flower Of
the two-year- of 1902. with-only one or two
exceptions. The race was contrary to all rea-
ssonabIe expeetations, as truly run as any race
could be that had so large a field. The start
was amazingly good. the track dry and fast,
and the race free from interference.
Mr.. BRAKES WINNINGS.
Ali kinds of wild estimates made after
the numbers had gone up. of the winning OF
Mr.. Drake and his friends consequent upon
Savables success. These guesses ranged all the
way from 100000 to $500,0O0. and were stimu-
lated by the fact that this colts owner was
known to have backed him literally all over
the ring. So much money offered the books
on the Salvador colt that his price declined from
90 to 1 to to l. AS Mr.. Drake would not hesi-
tate to bet $4,000 horse of his whose pros
poets seemed really rosy to him, it is plain that
he must have made one of the heaviest winnings
of the year. OF course, nobody but Mr. Drake
himself knows exactly how much he bet on
Savable but 1T was estimated last night by a
person in position to make reasonably ac-
curate guess that the Western plunger's kill
ing" would amount to at least 100000. and
possibly a few thousands more.
The race itself a good one and the finish
between savable and August Belmont's Lord
of the Vale of red hot, hair raising
order. Though Savable at Lord of the
Vales throatlatch all the way down the stretch
from the elbow of the chute, not until the very
last Jump did the Hastings colt weaken and
give place to the son of Salvador. Could he
have given ounce more of power to his fly
ing hoofs Mr.. Belmont and not Mr.. Drake
would have owned the winner of the Futurity
of 1902 AS 1t was. not a hundred spectators
out of the forty thousand could name the win
ner until the fateful -" appeared above the
IL" Even the jockeys who rode the two colts
were IN DOUBT uHlIl lHey l4du TluUeH DdCh aHC
glanced at the numbers
The result rather a hard blow to the
public. which accounts for the fact that the
cheering for the most part was Drake -HilIiard
duet Extremely few had backed the Western
colt while tens of thousands had been wagered
on the Belmont, the Keene and the various
Whitney entries. Several of the largest book
makers made a separate Futurity book, which
was open for business before the first race was
run and remained open until the Futurity field
went to the post. The Keene quartet al
ways steady favorite at threes, with the Whit
new & Duryea pair Irish Lad and Acefull sec
ond In demand at fours, while the Belmont
trio. Mizzen. Fire Eater and Lord of the Vale,
went up from skies TO sevens. The fact that
Odom was to ride Blue Ribbon. the full brother
to Blues and Blue Girl. kept his price down 10
tens while Hurstborne's quotation was i to
| Africander scared to thirties Skilful to ff-
teens and Eugenia Burch to % TO 1. largely be-
cause Conley was to ride. Against the untried
Merry Reel 20 TO / was offered. while Golden
Maxirn's fast work kept his price down to
twelves Against Invincible, Leipsic, Afrf-
cander. Monte Carlo. Mesmer. Payne. Florite and
Bensonhurst all kinds of fancy odds were laid
A REMARKABLE CROWD.
It was one of the biggest and most represen-
tative of Sheepshead BAY croWos lhdt saw the
Futurity run-not so large by seVeral thou-
sands as last June's record breaking Suburban
multitude. but for all that a throng that loaded
the three tiers OF the grandstand. filled the
clubhouse. packed the spacious lawns more
than uncomfortably full, jammed the 90
cent field till it resembled an overgrown
sardine box. and overfiowed into the infeld
had assembled from West. East. South and
North by $50 o'clock. All sorts were there
hnanciers. statesmen. lawyers. politicians. doc
tors bankers. horsemen, merchants, touts. clerks