The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-01
SAVABLE WINS FUTURITY
Western Horse Captures Rich Stake
at sheepshead and Chicago :
Men Win 100000.

savable, sired by Salvador, the most sensation
a, horse the American turf has ever SEEM
won the rich Futurity at Sheepshead Bay Satur
day. John A. Drake, Chicago millionaire.
owns him; his trainer, Enoch Wishard, is from
the west, and Lyme, western jockey, rode him .
to victory.
August Belmonts Lord of the Vale was sec
ond, only head behind. while Dazzling. one of
the four Keene representa- tives finished third.
The time ia, better than the Futurity
record the full course. but a second slower
than the best full six furlongs 2-year-old record
down the chute. =
Fifty thousand would be q close estimate to
put on the multitude which the race, for
this was to be the greatest of all Futurities-
The value of the race was to the winner S45.-
600; to second, $3.50; to the third, s2,75o; in
ALL, $50, 400.
Thirty lone were carded to go. but Sovereign.
Sir voorhees,, Dalesman, Love Not, Royal Sum-
mers, Merry Acrobat and Medal were scratched
and twenty -four were left to fight 1t out.
savable in the Futurty race on Saturday, made
the statement that Chicago 100000 richer
than before the race. Mr.. Gates would give
no names, but declared he knew of one man
who $4,000 and another who won $4,000.
The $500, O0O,'' said Mr.. Gates docs not in
clude whatever may have been won by Chicago
men who were at the track. 1t covers simply
what won by men who in Chicago Sat
urSay.'
The entire stable Of P. Ryan was sold in ths
paddock at Sheepshead Bay before the races
Saturday.. The 5year-old mare, Roxane,- By
Perblaise ondina, was the star of the sale. S.
Sanford & Sons paying $4,000 for her. King
Hanover. CHI c. 3, by Hanover-Lady Agnes,
sold to NJ. S. Skies for S4,1O0.
Charles Littlefeld, Jr., the trainer and former
jockey for J. Il. Haggin. died yesterday at
Bradley Beach. n. j., of Bright's disease. He
was the Of Charles Littlefeld and was born
at Toronto, Can. A widow and. two children
survive him. He was 40 years old. Littleheld
considered among the best in the profession.
Harper's Ferry, the Gate to the Shen.
andosh Valley
Where the three states of Virginia, West
Virginia and Maryland come together;
where the Potomac and Shenandoah riy-
ers unite; where the towering sleeps Of
the Blue Ridge end abruptly, frowning
upon the heights of Maryland and Bolivar
Heights in West Virginia, lies the quaint.
historic town Of TIarper's Ferry. John
Brown baptized it in blood in 1859, when
he captured the town and the U. S. ar
senal and made his final and fatal stand
in the enginehouse (known afterwards
as John Browns forD, alongside: the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad. A plain shaft,
simply inscribed, now marks the location.
Again, in 1861, grim visaged war seized
the village and held it tight in it's grasp
for nearly four years. The deeds that
were done and the tales that are told
concerning Harpers Ferry fill volumes.
The heights at Harpers Ferry guarded
the Shenandoah valley. It was a most
important stronghold to be desired when
some great campaign was planned by
either army.
From Harpers Ferry the Shenandoah
| extends southwark to Chariestown, VIM
| chester, Harrisonburg and Lexington
Battlefields surround the village in all d.
rections