New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-30

race was that, with only one exception, nothing
a. all amazing happened. On a track that the
two thoroughbreds OF the deep fighting 1t
out OF Sandy Hook might have sailed over
within the time limit. and under conditions which
would have made a surprise impossible, an
animal conceded to be the logical favorite by
great majority Of turfwise men. won race that
truly run. The one surprise of the day was
the time IN which the six furlongs Of the Futu-
rity were run.
Men who were willing TO wager their
money on Hamburg Belle without any definite
line as TO her ability to run in the mud would
have laughed at q proposition Offering million
TO one that she would break the record for the
race. And yet that is precisely what she did.
Her time. .13, clips a full second from the best
previous performance at the present distance.
made by John A. brakes SavabIe a year ago
In its very apparent efforts to ruin the race the
weather overdid itself Had It stopped raining
twelve hours before It did the track would have
been Infinitely worse. AS II was the storm
came down SO viciOusly and persistently that
tie going really looked worse than it was. On
top II was 10 all appearances navigable; under
meath. however. it was firm and reasonably
smooth This seems 10 be the only theory by
which the winners time can be accounted for.
To find another parallel to yesterdays Futu-
rity II is necessary TO go back half q dozen
years. In 1897 the stonehenge hlly L'Alouette,
carrying the Jacket Of L. S. and Z. P Thomp-
son. won the race from field OF eighteen on
heaVy track and under overcast skies So far
as the weather. the track and the sex of the
winner were concerned the conditions were much
alike bur there the parallel ends. AS compared
with Hamburg Belle The Thompson flly was
Newfoundland dog She won by huke. and in
=
platter
me same storm which prevented the ocean
thoroughbreds from racing over q course that is
presumably not injured by dampness NAV have
oeen responsible for the very appreciable de-
crease in the Futurity patronage, but If had
little II any effect on the list Of probable start
ers that was given out the night before That
list numbered nineteen. with the Paget eII,,
named as a doubtful starter. Instead of find
ing Il hacked and mutilated by the pencil the
early coIners found that its strength had heen
increased by the addition Of Sydney Whites
ram or Shine and John E. Madden's Ancestor
Later this addition was little more than offset
DE The withdrawal Of the Hamburg colt Gettvs.
oerg. bought BY John E Madden from Michael
Murphy for the express purpose it was said q.
me time, OF winning the Futurity; Foxbsu .
Aeene's Dovecote and August Belmont's octs-
Eon ally Beldame. AS it stood. however. the
Held equalled in quantity and quality the sv-
s'sse company that has journeyed 70 the most
N previous Futurities.
4n an earlier race a hard working lot OF two
year-oid selling platers had opened a mart ~
ele irsu for the aristpcrats. and when SYDNEY
Faget's ST. catien gelding Grenade showed this
assortment the way home, the followers OF Ham
parg Belle took II as good omen.
MANY STABLES ARE REPRESENTED
With the exception Of that Of August Bel
mont almost every stable that has been con-
spiouous on the Eastern turf was represented ,n
Tue hst Of starters The white. blue spots" OF
s1H1es + Keene were intrusted TO the Ben
SfusA youngster Delhi and the brown Kingston
COZ Aohinoor John z. Madden with the Plaud,t
cot AdbeIi. the Juvenal colt The Minute Man
1ha The maiden Ancestor. had the largest indi-
,'aaal entry With Broomstick winner of tbe
Su'enlle tie Great American and the Expecta-
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