The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-28

WINNER AN AMERICAN HORSE
keene's Sysonby, the Favorlte, Fails
TO Get Better Than Third-Time
for Six Furlongs
Was 1:11 4-5.

New York, August 27.-Artful brown
hlly, bred by the late William c. Whit.
ney and bearing the eolors of Herman ID.
| Duyea, today won the seventeenth run
| ming of the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay.
Tradition, bred by James b. Haggin
and running in the name of Sydney Paget
was second. while Sysonby, from the sta
bic Of James r. IIeene and bred in Eng
land, finished third. The Keene entry
Sysonby and Wild Mlnt-was favorite in
the betting at 13 to 20, but was not heav-
lily backed IN view of the short price
which the public was not eager to accept
with the field Of sixteen starters.
The Duryea entry received the bulk OF
the public wagers at to 2. Tradition also
was heavily played at the good price of
to / for the place.
sysonby's defeat was. however. hardly
expected by the immense throng that
crowded Long Islands famous race course
and especially by a flly which had as yet.
never won a race.
Time Was iii as.
The time for six furlongs Of the Futuri.
ty course was one minute, eleven and
four-ffths seconds, the fastest on record
for the stake. The day was perfect. A
chill wind during the morning gave way
at the noon hour to bright sunshine and
long before 2:SO. the hour for the first
race, every inch of space In the double-
deoked grand stand was crowded. votar-
les Of society came back from the noun.
tain and seashore to witness the struggle
for the turf honors among the half dozen
millionaires represented In the Futurity.
To these the $4,000 purse did not per-
hans appeal but the worth Of the stalk
tlhew OFF a glamor which brought thous-
ands Of persons to witness the n sing
Excitement Was Intense.
The three splendidly contested races
which preceded the futurity whetted their
appetites for the grand struggle and
when the sixteen candidates, one having
been withdrawn and three added to the
over night entries. passed the stand on
their way to the post the excitement was
intense In the betting ring the struggle
of would-be players had for half hour
preceding the call been terrific. Men
trampled upon one another in a wild
struggle to secure the best odds on their
fayortes.
Mr.. Keene's entry which had opened
at to was backed down until 13 to 20
was the best price obtainable. Not a
great deal of money was required to force
the price In the ring down. II was ex-
pected the entry would win In gallop.
lie had defeated such fields in other races
so impressvely that there seemed to be
no failing to do so again. With Hide
brand to ride the Duryea was all that
1tAt..
The weight carried by Sysonby made the
betters a little doubtful as to the Paget
can.idate. especially at 4 to 1 for the
place and the to for third
Some Delay at the Post.
A few minutes after four the horses
were lined up for the start. The couse
was almost a straight run of six furlongs
and directly towards the stand and for
that reason lacked much OF the spectacu-
lar effect of the contests on the main
track. There was quite a delay at the
post owing to size of the field, but after
a few moments Starter Fitzgerald lined
the 2-year-olds up and sent them away.
Sysonby with Redfern up was on his toes
as the barries went up and got away
well. Tanya and Tradition were the third
and fourth and the other twelve were
punched behind them.
Redfern seemed to have the race at his
lost a chance and as they rushed past the
half mile post 5ysonby began to tire.
Hildebrand, quick to see his advantage,
began to hand ride the fleet Ally. Inch
by inch he era gled up and as they DASH
ed by the five furlong pole he was lap
ping Sysonbys saddle. great shout rang
out as the racers tore down the broad
stretch of dirt toward the finish and 1t
was plain to be seen that the great
son of Melton and Optimo was beaten.
Tanya, which had been running third
gave way to Tradition and Lynne on the
latter worked like a demon In the last 10
yards and succeeded in catching Sysons-
by. Artful In that distance had gone away
at every jump passing under the wires
she was five lengths in front of Tradi-
ton and the latter was short head in
front OF Sysonsby. Tanya was fourth
lengths away in the fourth place. while
the others were strong out hopelessly
beaten.
Pace Had Been Too Much.
The pace had been too much for them.
and the. time, | III 40. was the fastest vel
recorded for the fun fIturity course.
When the time was hung up and the
horses came back to the Judges stand. a
great shout went up from the multitude.
and It was generally admitted that It was
the greatest exhibition of equine worth
in the twenty-five years since the stake
was lnaugurated In 1885, when Proctor
Knott scored his memorable victory over
the sensational Salvador.
Today's race, while not as rich by many
thousands of dollars as some of the pre-
ceding ones, was worth a total of s54.2 290,
divided as follows: To the winner, s43, 500:
to the second. S917; third, s-dS3 to the
nominator of the winner estate of w. c.
Whitney,. $1,000; to the nominator of the
second q. B. IIaggiH). $3.50: to the noml-
nator of the third $500.
American breeders were highly pleased
over the outcome, as Artful and Tradi-
tion are purely American, while the dam
of Sysonby was imported by Mr.. Keene
while a foal TO the Splendid Sir Melton
and his veins flow with the blood of some
of England's most famous derby win
ners
Rural Routes Established.