The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30

Founder In the G0ing-Fwenty Thou
| sand People Brave the Elements 10
See the Rich TwO-Year-Old Event
Decided al the Sheepshead Bay Track.
Sydney Paget's wonderful FLY. Ham
burg Belle, by Hamburg -Isiac, won the
rich Futurity at Sheepshead Bay yesterday
| afternoon by head IN finish that brought
| a tremendous cheer from 10000 throats.
Pressing her hard all through tho last
| quarter of a mile was W. c. Whitneys
Leonidas, also by Hamburg, out Of Boise.
who was four lengths before John f. Mad
| denis The Minute Man, by Juvenal-Semper
| Paratus,
| The big race, which was worth $855O
| gross, with $50, 800 to the winner, was run
| over the last six furlongs OF the Futurity
| course in 49, clipping full second on
! the record for this distance and race hung
| up by John A. Drake Savable last year.
The weather and track conditions could
! not have been more unfavorable. The
| chilling rain was blown straight down the
| stretch in the faces Of the spectators by
| heavy northeastern which probably aided
! the making of fast time in spite of the fact
mud covering hard bottom.
The going was source OF bitter disap-
pointment to many owners, who started
| their horses, however, in sheer desperation.
| Hamburg Belle was sent to the post on the
advice oS Trainer Jack Joyner. Mr.. Paget
was inclined late on Friday night to scratch
the tilly, but Joyner was 80 positive that
she could triumph in any kind of going
that his wisdom prevailed.
Grover Cleveland Fuller. who had been
riding with brilliant success at Saratoga,
had the mount, and it was probably due to
| his cool-headedness and remarkable finish
that the game little daughter Of Hamburg
stood OFF the determined challenge of Mr..
Whitney's colt when the crucial moment
arrived.
Hamburg Belle had big pull at the
weights, it istrue. She picked up only eleven
pounds, which just about suited her. ana
received six pounds from Leonidas. But
her race was a superb performance, truly
| run, and at its conclusion there was un-
limited praise for her wherever the race
was discussed. Strange to say, the sharp
bettors did not play Hamburg Belle, but
plunged on the keene entries, Delhi and
Kohinoor, who were coupled favorites at
to ., while TO / was accepted against
the Brown entries, Broomstick and Audi
ence. This was the price, too, against tho
winner and the public at large fairly -a'e
It ND. as the touts say. right up to the time
Starter Fitzgerald released the barrier.
The victory Of Mr. Paget's FLY, therefore,
was immensely popular, as was evidenced
by the long lines Of happy spectators be
hind the books in both rings after the red
board was adjusted.
When Mr.. Paget bought Hamburg Belle
as n vearling for trihe more than Sl,?UO
he did not dream Of future triutnphs ana
when this wear she was beaten in her first
race she looked to be of inferior quality.
Rut under the master hand Of Joyner, the
daughter OF mighty Hamburg gradually
developed into a phenomcnaly fast young
s,er and when she disposed of her fields,
race after race, in spreadeagle fashion,
the impression took root that she might
be the winner of the richest two-year-old
| stake run on the American turf. IL was
| her last race in which she won at tine spa
that convinced the public that she was
worthy of support and when the crowd
bepan TO pour through the portals OF the
track as early as noon yesterday one might
bovs heard the name Of this sweet hlly
IN the Inns of nine out of every ten patrons
of the sport.
IF the track had been dry" said many
trainers. who talked OF the race early IN
the day, ~there would have been won
derful test of speed and stamina. But WIFI
this miserable slop to run through many
good ones will have no chance.
This lust about sized up the SITUATION Tor
after the Futurity had been run and won
there we're many expressions OF regret
that the track conditions had not been
better.
while II must be conceded that Hamburg
| Belle fully came up TO expectations, "
would be stretching the point bit to de-
clare her the champion two-year-old Of
the wear, nasmuch as she dld not PICK
nm her full stake weight. Had she been
under the inpost of ll9 pounds. nobody
Lrows whether she could have taken the
measure of Leonidas in those last few heart
hr.okinp strides. Followers Of The turf
fortunes OF w. G. Whitney were deplor-
inc the fact that Redeem and not Burns
had the mount on Leondas. for they con-
tended that if Burns had been in the saddle
bc might have been able TO put upastronger
Gr;sb than Rrdfern, who. since his acct
dent early in the season, has not displayed
al ~ his. oId-time briliancy and vigOr.
Stiu to Hamburg Belle belongs the credit
of winning handsomely, gamely and fairly.
Tho raca from start to finish was free from
anything that nigh, be termed unsportS-
manlike, There was no humping or rough
riding. but a clean, square race Tor the
fortune mt stake from CAT" to wire.
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