New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
sAvABLE's FUTURITY.
eoontsnnea from First P.eeo

ex-s, few clergvn,en gathered TO see
tverty-four two-year-old thcroughbreos oash
-hree-ouarters Of a mile down a chute. Inc
fashionable element unusually large, IN
fysenced probably. by the vogue obtained ihis
season among smart people by the Saratoga
track The bexes gay with the costly
gowns of well dressed women. while the pad
dock invariably presented q gay appearance be
Ono Of rhe most closely observed spectators
was James r. Keene. who making his first ap-
pearance al a racetraek since his return from
Europe had come 90 see four of his hnest
youngsters struggle for the big prize Mr.
Keene did not join the throng about his horses.
but gszeo at them from q distance Mr WHIT
ney with his son. Harry Payne Whitney: Mrs
Harry Payne whitney, and Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man r. Dtrvea watched the preparation of
Irish Lad AoefuIl. Payne and Merry Reel for
the great struggle while another group saw Mr.
Bei-nonts trio sadded for the fray. Seven OF
the nominations We're scratched. for various rea-
sons the number including the Keenes' Dales-
man. the Pepper stables Love Note and Royal
Summons w c. whitney's Medal and P. ].
Dwyer's Merry Acrobat. thus leaving twenty
four starters.
Invincible led the parade. Then came Miz7en,
Fire Eater and Lord of the Vale with Bullman,
Doggett and McCue riding, followed by Leipsic
and Africander Then came Savahle. and as
gate Lyme who also rode wyeth when he won
the American Derby. remarked prophetically,
with smile He goes the post like Wyeth.
anyhow"
Thousands of eyes watched the Keene quar-
set-Flying Prince. Dazzling. with Shaw up;
Duster. with Henry Spencer in the saddle and
Whitechapel. with Coburn in the saddle Golden
Maxim. Monte Carlo. SBilful Eugenia Burch
and Mesrner were passed over with scant con-
-fl <,rT T,ser> I A1af,,1 x-irh
ner and Burns wearing the popular green. white
bars on sleeves Merry Reel and Payne came
next. thus completing the group Of Madden
trained horses and the parade ended with
Florfte. the untried; Bensonhurst. the feet cow
ard and Blue Ribbon. game but outclassed So
great was the demand for capable riders that
number seldom seen here were brought from the
West for this one race. These were WINFIELD,
Coburn, Ransch and Troxler.
There was ten minute delay after the big
field had reached the post, and the barrier
was lowered But on the whole both boys and
horses behaved themselves adnira bly,. and when
at last Nj Pettingill released the barrier. the
gong rang, the yellow flag fell and the crowd
roared They're off, the field broke on perfect
terms. The photograph on the first page taken
by e Tribune photograp pher. shows the perfection
OF the start. Fire Eater propped himself The
very next moment, and was left. but neither the
starter nor the Jockey can De btarneo for TINS,
and the start must be rated as wellnigh perfect.
Merry Reel, on the far outside. was pinched off
and feH behind in the first few strides but the
rest had a fair chance TO show their early
speed.
ONLY MASS OF FLYING COLORS.
For the first three furlongs even the strongest
glasses showed nothing but mass of flying
oolors outlined against a wan of yellow dust
spurned up by nimble heels. but by the time the
elbow was reached Il was seen that the maroon
and scarlet Of August Belmont was in front,
borne by Lord OF the Vale. Running his
shoulder was HU~stbourne while at Hurst
bournes side raced Savable. Irish Lad
fourth on the rail. and q length behind him
few the foremost Of the Keene colors, borne by
the FLY Dazzling.
When the foremost Strengthened out for the
last effort Hurstbourne began TO falter- Martin
Grove him hard. and. though he lost little
ground il was enough to yield second place to
Sayable. who moved up TO Lord of the Wales
throatlatch Irish Lads crushing impost began
70 tel on him. and he gave place to Dazzling
Meantime. the thousands saw at a glance that
che race was between Lord of the Vale and
Savable Nothing else had the speed to chal-
lenge them. there was only foot or so between
them and il was only question Of which would
give way first. A sixteenth from the wire the
OF the Wales limit of endurance had been
reached, and though his mount was still a
head 10 the fore. he drew his whip and went
10 work. The same intuition told Lyme that ne
had the stronger horse. and he sat still and
rode the race out with his hands
But Lord Of the Vale was game to the last
ounce that in him. and, far from weaken
ing under the fierce drive. he fought on 10 the
last. Two leaps from he wire. and it looked
like a dead heat: but in those last TWO jumps
the son Of Salvador untouched by the whip.
stuck his brown nose in front and won by a
matter Of inches.
Two lengths back came Dazzling, a head be
fore the weary HuTstbOuFne- A length behind
him was Africander. with Irish Lad. Payne and
Skful following in that order. Both Mizzen ana
Ehitechapel finished away back in the dust the
exact order Of the finish being given in the sum-
rnaries
SIS 400 10 the winner - $50 TO the second and
50 80 TO the third. J. =. Haggin gets S2.ooo for
nominating the dam of the winner; and MI. Bel
mont and Mr. Keene get Sl.2oo and s5oo re
spectively, as aonlinators Of the dams OF second
and third The time OF the race, !:i4, while
breaking no record. was good. in view OF the
fact that strong breeze blew up the chute
AGAINST the racers.
Savable was sold for $40 year ago at the
FIaggfu yearling sales at Sheepshead Bay, Pat"
IOunne being the purchaser He sold the colt to
Mr. Drake FOR a price supposed to be $4,000.
lust fourteen years ago Sava ble's sire, the great
Salvador who the fastest mile ever run by
q horse, ran second to Proctor Knott in the first
ruturftv ever run ReQuital. who won the
Futurity OF 1895. started yesterday in the Fail
Esndicap, hut ran unplaced
THE OTHER RACES
The other races of the day while overshad-
cwed by The Futurity. furnished good finishes
and fine sport. King Pepper surprised the tai
eut by returning TO his three-year-old form and
.stnning the FaIl Handicap from tiptop field
;n commanding fashion. The sharps had all
fxea No for Ha1asoo and Cameron TO fight il
o4lf hetrveen them. but both got OFF badly, and
neither was heard Of Lady Schorr and De
r7l,7rrer broke in front, but Redfern soon took
command on King Pepper. and made run