The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
On Muddy Track and in Stiff Wind Speedy Mare Runs
 a Magnificent Race
LITTLE LEONIDAS COMES
 HOME IN SECOND PLACE
Last Race Witnesses Most Sensational Episode of Eastern Turf Season.
 Barrier Fails to Rise and
 Horses Rush Through.


 New York, August 29.-Hamburg Belle won the Futurity in footing not to her liking. but with an ease marred only by her swerve near the finish.
 Her performance. the full six furlongs, in 1:13, is the record for the race at that distance. From 1892 to 1901 inclusive. the Futurity course was ITO feet short of six furlongs. Savable made the record in 1:14 last year.
 Throughout she was the speediest and at the end the gamest, in the heaviest part of the track near the rail. Fuller rode with perfect judgment When Le- ondas challenged. a sixteenth from the finish. he struck Hamburg Belle with his whip. Her spirit rebelled and she leaped sideways, reducing her lengths lead to nothing. With lightning intuition the boy dropped his whip and sitting down to ride, called the Ally to do her best. Noby she responded and squirting away. shook off her sturdy half brother. win ming the greatest two-year-old prize of the world by head.
 No shame rests on little Leonidas for defeat. Giving his sister six pounds more than her sex allowance. he raced from post to finish like the splendid thorough bred he is. Tho Minuteman of John l.. Aiaddens entry wa third. four lengths behind Leonidas. His placing among the first three was lucky.
 Whitney Feels Satisfied.
 William C. Whitney saw a daughter and son of his great sire Hamburg run first and second and that contented him with the loss of the first place. The days rac- ing concluded with the most sensational episode of the eastern turf season. The barrier failed to rise and the four start- CTS dashed through 1t. Collegian caught in the cards, was thrown and Black Hus- sar was left at the post. Flying Ship. the to 20 favorite, won far ahead of Swamplands.
 Surging about the judges stand an im- mense throng shouted No race no raee' and hissed and jeered when the numbers were run up. The chief of the Jockey clubs police force went among the excited men. At this the crowd shouted Crook. crook" and one man hissed in the face of the chief. who ordered po- liceman to arrest him for melting & riot" Strategy may have prompted tho
 
 offender away 300 rebelious men followed them, making a great uproar. The police- man took the hlsser to the gate and freed him.
 Rain and Stiff Wind.
 Rain for two days preceded Futurity day stiff wind blew down the Flu turty course and helped Grenade, winner of the second race, to make the remark able time of 10 3-5 over the heavy track for five and one-ha1f furlongs. This time was doubted when first hung up but on its confirmation trainers who had wavered at sight of the mud decided that the track was safe and Hamburg Belle's appearance became certainty. Dove Cote with drawn early, and the chalk soon went through the name Of Beldame leaving the Belmont stable no representative in the Futurity Madden scratched Gettysburg and added Ancestor; & P. White added Rain or Shine. This left eighteen to face the starter
 horses reached the start up the Faturity chute that they were almost invisible from the grand stand After twelve minutes delay. the big field got away in excellent alignment. Delhi seemed quickest with Hamburg Belle. Leonidas. Little Elm and the AInuteman ranged alongside and all in the center of tho track. Fuller held Hamburg Belle in re- straint through the dip where the going was soft but when he reached the hard ground just before the elbow he let her down bit and her head showed in front as the leaders wheeled into the stretch. Hamburg Belle and Lconidas alone were prominent when the stretch was reached.
 A Magnificent Response.
 Passing the last eighth pole it was Hamburg Belle by a length, Leonidas a half length, Little Elm q head, and the Minute Man the middle man. Leonidas, responding to Redfern's desperate riding, forced Hamburg Belle and the two sped away from the others. Fuller saw Red fern coming closer and. drawing his whip cut the lilly smartiy on the flank She shrunk from the blow evidently dis concerted Her spring sidewise carried her into the deep mud near the rail and when Fuller saw his error. se. to work in flash with hands and heels to mend the response was magnificent. Ham, burg Belle strengthened out like a grey hound and shot through the mud toward the near goal. In second she was going faster than Leonidas and in a moment was home first, winner and greatest turf hero of 1903
 In spite of the unpis4 weather. between 20000 and 2500c pc sons were in attendance when the Futurity was run Hamburg Belle is the third Ally to win the Futurity. The others were the Butterflies and L'Alouette. Her owner. Mr. PnPget. is credited with winning $s0.000 by her victory, and John J. Ryan. the western track owners winnings are placed at s50.- 900.
 The Winnings.
 Sidney Paget who is registered as the lessee of Hamburg Belles running quail ities from the estate or Marcus Daly, re- ceived $36.300 as the winners share Le- onidas won A25o by taking second place and g. 250 went to Madden for the Mip-
 
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