The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
ARTFUL WINS
RICH FUTUR|TY
Duryea Stables Fleet Filly,
Lightly Weighted, Beats
Keene's Sysonby a Long
Length and a Neck.
TRADITION RUNS SECOND.
Stake Worth S43.J00 10 the Win
ner Had a Total Value Of
S54,290-Time Fastest on
Record for Event.
TRADITION RUNS SECOND.
Q TRAINER AND JOCKEY 4

. TRAINER AND Ia 4
. On ARTFIl,S VICTORY. Z
. 1T is my first FNturity. 1 felt all Z
. along that If 2rtfui could remain a Z
. maiden she would be hard to beat Z
. on account OF the difference in Z
. weight. Those two races at Sara =
. toga helped her wonderfully. john 4
. W. Rogers. raine of Artfui. .
. "ArtfuI was in the lead for the .
. first furlong. Then Tanya led by a .
. little. Next Sysonby went to the .
Q from. and I kept Artful near him. Q
q When Redfern began to whip Sysou- q
. by I did the same with Artful, and .
. then II was all over. She had plen- .
. ty of speed at all stages of the .
. ~race."-Eugene HiIdebrand. rider OF .
. Artful. .
There is no excuse for Sysonby. q
. He had the outside position. was q
. not fnterfered with. and when he .
. reached the bend it was necessary Q
. TO whip him. He ran well under II q
. for awhile. but the pace told and D
. Artful drew away. He tried. IL .
. then Tradition came up and got .
= second place."-Arthur Redfern, q
. rider OF Sysonby. Q
f~nturity. seventeenth running; gross value.
s4, 30.
Race course-Sheepshead Bay.
Distance-Slx furlones. straight away.
winner-H. u. Duryea's ArtfuI. Jockey. E-
gene Hiideb1nd. Odds. ~ TO
S~econd-sydney FACETS Tradition. Jockey.
Lucien Lyme. Odds. /: TO L
~Third-JaYnes r. Koene's Synsonby. Jockey,
Arthur RedfernL Odds. 10 to -.
Time-1:u Is: new record for race.
Value TO winner. $40. no: to second. A.sis: 20
third. sos. Remainder OF stake goes to nomi-
majors Of placed horses
Attendance. o.. COZ.
New York, Aug. 2I-Artful. brown Ally.
bred by the late William G. Whitney and
wearing the colors of Herman 3. Duryea,
to-day woD the seventeenth renewal of the
Futurity at Sheepshead Bay. Tradition.
bred by James B. Haggin and run In the
name of Sidney Paget. was second, while
Sysonby. from the stable of James r.
Keene and bred in England. finished third.
The keene entry-Sysonby and Wild
Mint-was favorite In the betting at Il
to %. but was not heavily backed. in view
Of the short price. The Duryea entry re-
NNiNNA Az IA Va splI At > ~ =.
Tradition also was heavily played at the
good odds of 4 TO / for the place. The
time made was the fastest on record for
the stake over the full six furlongs. the
distance for the race since 1862.
A chill wind curing the morning gave
way after the noon hour to a bright SUM-
shine and every inch Of space in the dou-
ble-decked grand stand was crowded. Vo-
taries Of society came back from the
mountain and seashore to witness the
struggle for turf honors among the half
dozen m~illionaires represented In the Flu
turity.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE RACE.
When the sixteen candidates pa
1ded past the stand on their way to the
post. tho excitement was intense. In the
betting ring the struggle Of would-be
players had. for half an hour preceding
the bugle call was terrific. Men tram
pied upOn one another in q wild struggle
Mr.. Keene's entry. which had opened at
4 to 5. wal backed down until 13 to % was
the best price obtainable.
Not q great deal Of money was re-
Quired, however, to force the price, be-
cause every bookmaker in the ring OPEN
ly expressed the belief that Sysonby
would win In a gallop. He had defeated
IclOB Ill pIeNIOuS races 80 lT1DTeSslNe-
" that there seemed little probability Of
his falling to do SO again.
Artful. from the Duryea stable, had
thirteen pounds the advantage. because
Of her not having won previously. With
Bildebrand to ride her. the entry re-
ceiyed as second choice the bulk OF the
play.
A few minutes after 4 the horses were
almost q straight run of six furlongs and
toward the stand. and for that
reason lacked much OF the spectacular
effect Of contests on the main track.
There was quite a delay at the post, ow-
ing to the size of the field. but after a
few moments Starter Fitzgerald lined
the 2-year-Olds up and sent them way.
sYsONBY BROKE IN FRONT.
Sysonby. with Redfern up. was on his |
toes a the barrier snapped. and got the |
rail. Artful got away second and raced |
n head with sysonby for three |
we're third and fourth and the other twelve
were punched behind them.
Redfern seemed to have the race at his |
mercy. but the light weighted Artful never
lost an inch, and as they rushed past the |
post Sysonby began to tire.
H~fldebrand. quick to see his advantage. |
began TO handride the fleet FLY. Inch by
lnch he crawied up. and as they dashed by |
he five-furlong pole he was Tapping syson- !
by's saddle.
A great shout went up as the racers tore
the brown stretch of dirt toward the
1nish. and II was plain to be seeD that the |
great son of Melton and Optimo was beat
IN. |
Tanya, which had been running third. |
way to Tradition, and Lyme, on the |
worked like q demon In the last
seventy yards. and succeeded In catching
Artful. I'm that distance, had
zone away at every jump. Passing under
wire she was five lengths In front Of
and the latter was a short head
n front Of Sysonby. Tanya was fourteen |
engths away In the fourth place, while
The others were strung out hopelessly |
VALUE OF THE STAKE.
To-day's race, while not as rich by