Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-25
Il is Estimated There viii be at
Least 30 Starters.
IT WILL BE WORTH S59,44O.
OF This Amount il,iI0 Goes 10 win"
ner-second and Third TO Get
$4,000 The starters.

New York, Aug. 25.-When the bugle
calls the horses to the post for the
fourth race at sheepshead Bay on Sat
urday 1t will have been just 10 years
since the late Sam Bryant brought
Proctor Knott, the long and lanky son
OF Luke Blackburn. out Of the west and
won the Futurlty race, by far the rich
est turf event in America.
That ii has lost none Of its popularity
with horsemen is proved by the number
of prospective starters this year. which
is estimated at 30 head nearly twice the
number Of the field In the inaugural
dash Should 30 horses start the race
Will be worth $685. 4i0 OF this amount
Si4,44O goes TO the winner. The remain
ing $4,000 viii be divided up between
the owners Of the second and third
horses and the breeders Of the three
placed colts.
BITTER STRUGGLE LOOKED FOR.
The struggle for these prizes promises
TO be the most bitterly contested one
since the day Proctor Knott won
In years past some colt or lilly has
demonstrated before the race his or her
superiority over rivals and the result
has been practically assured, barring an
accident This year that condition is
missing,
Every jockey in the east and some
now IN the west, who can ride at all
well, VIII be pressed into service for
the Futurity. 1t has been stated that
the lCqAna fpainap
year olds In this race. August Belmont,
three, and other owners two each,
FULL SIX FUBLoNGs.
II will be the first time in a number
OF years that the race viii be run over
the full six furongs, at which the dis
lance was originally set.
Following is.a list OF two year Odds,
most Of whom are considered likely to
start
myincble, III pounds. Albemare Sta
bic owner.
Fire Eater, III pounds. A. Belmont,
owner
Ml2zen, 1875 pounds A. Belmont, own
er, pullman, jockey.
Lord OF the Vale, III pounds, A. Bel
mont, owner Doggett, Jockey.
'hfNl lldAff iAe IUuIllN, D. H. MAUI
den, owner Redfern, jockey.
Afncander 1l9 pounds. Demil & Dwy-
En- owners, McCoue, jockey.
Salvable, ll9 pounds, j. A. Drake,
owner, Lyme, jockey.
liurstbourne, l2l pounds, j. Flesh
mann, owner. j, Martin. jockey.
Sovereign, l22 pounds, ID. Gideon,
owner, l., Smith, jockey.
Teddy Mack III nOupdc I u uaggip
owner.
Sir voorhees,, ll9 pounds. J.B Haggin.
owner, Wonderly Jockey.
Frying Prince, III pounds j. R.Keene.
owner, Brennan. jockey.
Dazzling, ZIG pounds, J, II. Keene.
owner, Shaw, Jockey.
Hurst Park, ll9 pounds j. r. & +, z.
keene, owners, Spencer, Jockey.
Sir Lancelet, III pounds, j. X. < +. p.
Keene, owners, Rice, jockey.
Dalesman, l25 pounds, j. r. & +. p.
keene, owners, Shea. jockey.
Whitechapel. l22 pounds j. r. & f, p.
Keene, owners.
Golden Maximum, ll9 pounds, j. p
Kramer owner
Orlando, III pounds, T. P. Hayes,
owner.
skilful, l25 pounds, c, R. Ellison, own
er, Landry. jockey
Mexican, 1877 pounds. r. T. Wilson Jr.,
owner.
Irish Lad 1870 pounds, whitney &
Duryea, owners. ~ Turner, jockey.
Aceful 100 pounds, Whitney & Dur
yea, owners, O'Connor, Jockey.
Merry Reel, ia pounds, j. Il. Madden,
owner Cochran, jockey.
Onatus, ll9 pounds. j. w. Schorr,
owner Mnder, Jockey.
Bensonhurst ll9 pounds, ]. WSchorr,
owner
Payne l22 pounds. w. c. Whitney,
owner r. Burns jockey.
Blue Ribbon, ll9 pounds, S. s. Brown,
owner Odom. jockey.
Eugene Bush, 1913 pounds, Mrs. L. c.
Curtis, owner,
Merry Acrobat, III, p. ]. Dwyer, own
or.
Mesmer, III pounds. A. Featherstone.
owner
Mamie Worth, ll6 pounds, Jacob
Worth, owner
The Current race meeting at Saratoga
VIII be brought TO a cloge Thursday.