Arizona republican., 1904-08-28
ArtfuI. the Winner of the
 Sheepshead futurity
ALSO BROKE A RECORD
The Favorite, Sysonby, Was Left in the Wake of Traditional Sporting Event in Which the BoeKmakers Missed a Guess.

New York, Aug. 27.-Artful, a brown lilly bred by the late William C. Whit ney and bearing the colors of Herman R. Duryea today won the seventeenth renewal the futurity at Sheepshead Bay. Tridition. bred by James F. flag gin, and running in the name of Sidney Paget, was second, while Sysonby, l from the stable of James F. Keene and bred in England, finished third. The Keene entry, Sysonby and Wildmint. was the faVorite in betting at l3 to 20 but was not heavily backed. in view of the short price. The Duryea entry received the bulk of the public wagers at to 2. Tradition was also played at good odds of to 1 for place The time made was the fastest on record over the six furlongs, the distance for the race since 1902.
 When the sixteen candidates paraded past the grand stand on their way to the post the excitement was intense In the betting ring the struggle of the would-be players had for the half hour ! preceding bugle call been terrific Men trampled upon one another in a wild struggle to secure the best odds ors their favorites. MT. Keene's entry. which had opened at to .. was back ! tn uONh uilNll To lO Au MdS tlt nr-s price obtainable. Not a great deal of money was required. however. to force the price, because every book maker in the ring openly expressed the be- lief that Sysonby would win in a gal- | Top. He had defeated his fields in pre- viOus races so impressively that there seemed little probability of his failing | to do so again.
 Artfnl from tho TO-rft-aa cfa l thirteen pounds the advantage on hey not having won previously. With Hn- debrand to ride her the entry received as second choice the bulk of play. | A few minutes after four the horses were lined up for the start. The course
 was almost a straight run for six fur longs and directly toward the stand and for that reason lacked much Of l the spectacular effect of a contest on | a main track. There was a delay at
 the post, owing to the size of the field | but after a few minutes Starter Fitz- ! gerald lined up the two year olds and
 sent them away. Sysonby. with Red | fern up, was on his toes as the bar
 rier snapped, and got the rail. Artful | got away second and raced head and | head with Sysonby for three-eigths of | a mile. Tanya and Tradition were | 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 half mile post Sysonby began 10
 tire. Hildebrand, quick to see his ad- | vantage, began to ride the fleet Ally. Inch by inch he crawled up. and as they dashed by the five furlongs pole.
 he was tapping SysOnby's saddle.
 A great shout rang out as the racers
 tore down the brown stretch Of dirt
 toward the finish and it was plain to be
 seen that the great son of Melton and Optimo was beaten. Tanya. which had
 been running third, gave way to Tradi-
 tion, and Lynne, on the latter, worked
 like a demon in the last seventy yards
 and succeeded in catching Sysonby. Artful in that distance had gone away
 at every jump. Passing under the wire
 she was five lengths in front of Tradi- | tion, and the latter was a short head in front of Sysonby. Tanya was four
 lengths away in the fourth place. while
 others were strung out hOpelessly. To-
 days race, while not as rich by many
 thousands Of dollars as some of the preceding ones. was worth a total Of S56 29O-