The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-31
Son Of Salvador Gets Big Stake
BY Eye Lash
LORD OF THE VALE SECOND
Greatest Multitude That Ever Crowded
Into Sheepshead Park Witnessed
the Game Contest, Fully So
600 People Being Present.

New York August so.-savable, sired
by Salvador. the most sensational race
horse tho American turf ever has seen,
won the rich futurity at Sheepshead Bay
today. John A. Drake. western millions
aire. owns him; his trainer. Enoch
wishard. is from the west. and Ryan,
western jockey, rode him to victory.
August Belmont's Hastings colt Lord
of the Vale. was second, only an eyelash
behind. whilo Dazzling one of the four
Keene horses finished third. The time
was 1;14, better than the futurity record
over the full course. but a second and
four-ffths lower tnan the best fun six
furlongs two-year-old record down tho
chute.
Never was more inspiring racing wit
neesed at sheepshead. the garosn spot
| Of the east; never was the crowd great
er or enthusiasm more unhounded. Fifty
! thousand would be a close estimate to
put on the multitude. for this was to bo
the greatest of all futurities The prize
was rich thu field large, its quality In
comparable. ard before the flag fell It
thoroughbreds had an even chance for
the stake.
Great Field Faced the Starter.
Indeed with The great field that faced
the starter, the greatest in number that
ever struggled he laurel wreath Of
cham ned as though noth-
ing lie could bring them
all safely through that six-furlongs jour-
ney. short though it was, with the crowd
ing and punching around the dangerous
curve Of the chute.
They pulsed that point however. like a
trcoa of cavalry. end Strengthened oi,,
cane into the stretch IN a swirl of DUST
SavabIe and Lord of the Vale fighting it
out to tho last inch 1t was Ryan's ride
that carried his mount past the flying
Belmont colt just at the wire
Out of the west came savable, who is
the son Of Salvador, whose records have
| stood for years, to snatch away a VIC
tory from the champions of the east
cracks that only few days ago were
| thought to outclass the western colt.
Out of the west also came Proctor
Knott, who, in the first running of the
| Futurity fourteen years ago, outspeeded
the same Salvador that was to become
was able to do what his famous sire
| failed to do.
i Another memory of past futurities came
| with the magnificent race of the Keene
| sweetest of flllies Dazzling whose sire,
| st. Leonards. ran third In the classic in
1893. 1t is not always given to f1lly to
| be up In the first flight of such a race.
Butteries was az marvel in 1894 and luck
favored L'Alouefte three years later. To-
day Dazzling came with burst of speed
that was true to her name, but she fall
tered in the last few strides and fa1ter-
ing she was beaten off by the two Lead
| ers
Drake Was Confident.
| John A. Drake and the western con-
tingent always were confident that Sava-
| BILE would score and they played him
| down from twenty, and in some books
| twenty-five to fifteen. In such a surging
| mass as that which crowded the betting
| ring, with every man struggling to place
| his money, thousands were as units
! Eager players seized what was thrust at
them and knew no east or west It was
| the west. however. that rounded ND the
| good thing OF the day and cashed in at
| nightfall.
Sheepshead never knew such a crowd
| as gathered there today. At noon the
| lower tier OF three deck grandstand was
crowded. Long before the bugle sounded
| for the first race all tiers were filled with
a mass of moving color. It was women
| everywhere costumed in fancy brilliant
| gowns and bedecked with colors rare and
radiant. Almost as far as the eye could
| reach down over the down and field It
| was swaying mass OF humanity. Twen-
ty thousand surged in the field and with
| In and beyond the track rails there were
| thousands more.
The Saratoga contingent that feft
ov1d urr4o1
| there on masse; mon prominent In every
walk of life, and every man who loves a
| race horse and the sport of kings, whose
business would permit 1t. gathered with
his fellows under the shadow of the club
house and the grand stands.
Thfrty-one were carded to go, but Sow
ereign. Sir Voorhies, Dalesman, Lovenote
Royal Summers, Merry Acrobat and
Medal were scratched. Bounding Beauty
was added at a late moment by the Pep
per stable and a few minutes later with
drawn. There were twenty-four left to
fight II out in contest where only the
stoutest-hearted might hope to live
Call to the Saddle.
The call to saddle was trumpeted at
o'clock. and the long, thin line filed out
and cantered slowly past the stands En-
thusiasm was pent up. 1t was anxiety
rather than excitement that prevailed in
that vast gathering. Hardly one OF the
sleek-limbed racers but had a host OF
supporters, and not one but won the ad-
miration Of all. Starter Pettingin waited
for the field. red flag in hand To the
eager watchers that blurred line far up
at the end of the chute seemed in con-
slant wriggling motion. with now and
then flash of red or a CLINT OF white as
the silk OF the boys Jackets caught tho
sunlight. 1t was desperate work to keeu
that line straight before the final word.
with fortunes depending on the result
For twenty minutes they see-sawed to
and fro. and then came a swish of the
flag and burr Of the bell In the judges
box Instantly there was a frenzy among