The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-24
Best Tqvo- Year-OLds in the
Country Saped for the Rich
est Prize of the American
Turf by TIER O4vners.
Broomstick, Hamburg Belle.
HighbaH, AdbeH and Del
hi Held in High TABOR by
Conservative Tnrfnen.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 24.-The
fastest and strongest two-year-old race
horses in America will be brought from
Saratoga to New York next week and
next Saturday they will race six furlongs
straightaway at Sheepshead Bay for the
Futurity Stakes. worth $4,000. the rich
est turf prize in America.
The struggle this year will not be con-
fined exclusively to the millionaires.
While the wealthy men have undoubtedly
many superior colts and ffllies. there are
many of the so-called poor horse owners
who have high-class colts that promise
to be dominant factors in the result
Men of wealth like Mr.. Whitney, August
Belmont. James r. Keene, and Capt. s
g Brown have reserved their best
youngsters for this event. The money
bart OF the race is of small consequence
10 either one of this quartet. and 1t is
quite possible that. should one of them
win it. he will follow the custom Of pre-
vious seasons and give the major portion
of the prize away in presents.
Dearth of Jockeys.
With a field of twenty-four horses
there will be dearth of first-class
jockeys. For the past two months own
ers have been scurrying around making
deals for riders. The men who have not
had the wealth 10 employ Jockeys at a
yearly salary are now at a disadvantage
and in a quandary. There are only ten
first-class riders in the East. and they
are under contract The other fourteen
will be made up of a nondescript lot OF
third-rste jockeys and light apprentice
boys Some of the horsemen we're
forced to send out to the West in order
to secure riders. motley collection OF
good. bad. and Indifferent jockeys is the
result OF these endeayors. Because of
this shortage of good riders there is a
belief among horsemen that Willie
Shaw. "Pittsburg PhiI's" jockey, who
had his license revoked this spring. will
be reinstated in time to ride for the
race
James R. Keene. John E Madden.
Capt S. S Brown. w c. Whitney, and
Sidney Paget control the best horses in !
the race, horsemen say. At the present /
time James r Keene's horses are su- /
perior TO those of w. c. Whitney, and 1
from the present outlook the great
financier of Wall Street will beat the
railroad magnate- With a fair share of
luck, horsemen predict that the Keene
colors will not only finish in front of
those borne by the Whitney colts. bur
that the white. blue spots. viii be on
the winner
AS an individual. Broomstick will be
the favorite. but John E. Madden ami
James r. Keene will start so many good
horses that they will be pressing. close
on the heels of Captain Browns colt for
the honor OF being the post favorite.
Hamburg Belle will be well up in the
betting The opinions of the bookmakers
are evenly divided as to the winner,
and they are offering TO / against any
horse selected.
John E. Madden will start Adbell. AL
lance, Gettysburg and The Minute
Man. AdbelI and The Minute Man re-
Gently won two fast races at Saratoga.
Alliance and Gettysburg are "maidens''
of high quality. Madden, who makes very
few mistakes. belives that he has -Four
aces with this quartet any one OF
which. he says. can win. Gettysburg he
recently bought. from Nj. Murphy; The
Minute Man he purchased from E
Cowdin. sold him 10 H. T. Griffin three
days ago. and bought him back again
after he had won a race Adbell and
Alliance were reserved until now. al
though Alliance raced twice at the
Sheepshead Boy spring meeting.
This THO Is Fast.
Mr.. Whitney's colors will be borne by
Stalwart. Mercury. and possibly Leon
idas. Mercury is the maiden" that was