New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28
ARTFIL WINS FUTURITY.
gTSONBF RUNS THIRD.
Tradition. Too, Outruns j. r..
Kccnc's Taunted Tzco-Yeu-OH.

hlCHi OhHtcU Il 1lO-I tu -otu.
Svsonhy. the British bred younsster in the
vsns Of Nhich flows the royal blood of English
turf kings. the great lusty two-year son Of Mel
ION for whom James r. Keene, his owner less
,has month ago. refused the unprecedented Of
:er OF $4,000, was shorn of his glory and
robbed Of his fame yesterday by two American
lred FLIES. both OF which showed him the way
home in the seventeenth running CT the F1uturity
n The Coney Island Jockey Clubs inGlosure at
sheepshead Bay.
fhe files who snuffed out his candle so er-
fectually that. whatever his deeds In the future
nay be. It viii never again glow SO brilliantly
were Herman B. Duryea's Artful, the brown
daughter Of the mighty Hamburg and Tradi-
tion. a bay iilly by Goldhnch- -Reclare, who
carried the orange jacket Of Sydney Paget. the
agent Of James B. Haggin. With ia pounds.
ArtfuI, which was ridden with brilliant daring
end skill by Eugene Hildebrand. the newcomer
from California. was in receipt of thirteen
pounds scale weight from Tradition and of ten
pounds from sysonby. Tradition and sysonby
zach carried l2T pounds, which, according TO
tire basis Of weights prescribed by the Jockey
Club, gave the colt a three-pound concession
Never before in the history Of the Futurity
has colt gone TO the post such an overwhelm-
ing public favorite as was Sysonby yesterday:
never before has it been brought home so ruth
lessly 10 the racing public that it's idol was of
clay.
THOUSANDS GO TO THE RACE.
multitude of forty thousand men and
women hungering for the sport that had been
denied 10 great majority OF them for almost
month while the Saratoga meeting was on,
made the pilgrimage TO the lovely Long Island
course, with jubilant disregard for the periIs
-ao hardships with which suc,. pilgrimage Is
autumn hnery. and they made the wide lawns
snd the great green stretches. that had been
empty and desolate hour before TO bloom
With color and splutter with the benzine breath
OF hundreds OF horseless devices
The army of regulars. modified after a twen-
ty-four hours respite from the Saratoga cam
paigu, was augmented by the vast throng OF
occasional racing folk, who become plungers of
the most violently rabid variety whenevs- a
great turf classic like the Futurity is renewed.
noble band OF bookmakers. forming an end
less chain under the betting pavilion. and
strengthened here and there, where the persist
ent onslaught Of the ''pikers'' had left an ach-
iag gap. by fresh recruit with a fresh bank
roll. awaited the coming Of the forty thousand
ard 10 it that IL kept most OF the money.
The running of the Inaugural Steeplechase
handicap, won by Mr.. Widener's Caller. an
added starter and an outsider in the specula-
ton, and the victory OF Hamburg Belle last
years winner of the Futurity in the fall the
first OF the autumn serial handicaps. paved the
way-expensively for the majority-foc the re-
neNal Of Americas richest two-year-oid stake.
THE BEST OF LAND TO START.
The flower OF the land included in the
list of starters which the programme contained,
and even the old school racing men, who find
their greatest pleasure in barking back TO the
ancient glories OF the turf and citing the deeds
Of its heroes. to the disparagement Of the pres
ent Gay cOmbatants. were forced 10 admit that
the contest promised TO be worthy of their pres
snoe and patronage.
Contrary to the general impression moreover
Inc field was strengthened by additions rather
insn weakened by Withdrawals. John T. Mad
denis Watercress colt Waterside. which he
bought at the Newton Bennington dispersal sale
az Saratoga, was. a matter OF fact, the only
candidate 10 decline the sf ue, and the gap
which his absence made was more than filed
by the adding OF Councilman, also owned by
Mr.. Maiden, and by Mr.. Jewett's Bedouin and
John ". schorr's sturdy brown youngster Jack
Iory the hero OF many Western battle fought
earlier in the year.
fTRUGGLE FOR THREE BIG STABLES
As has been the case with few exceptions
tilce the stake was begun seventeen years ago
The contest from the point of view Of the form
students resolved Itself again into a struggle
hetween the three great racing establishments
% the country 1.-The millionaires' race" by
which name the Futurity has come TO be known
b. The less prosperous owners, could he as
fru1hfully applied yesterdays renewal to
an. IN its history.
James r.. Keene whose polka dot Jacket has
hoen carried 10 victory I'm other Futurities by
Domino and BY Chacornac, as WAS expected,
iatrusted his colors TO Sysonby and Wild Mint.
the latter a home bred colt by Kingston. cut OF
Nint Cake From his available material. John
W Rogers the trainer for The puryea- W Whitney
stable. finally selected Artful. Tanya and Rose
pf Dawn The Paget representatives were ths
bsy nliy Tradition and the chestnut colt Wood
saw a son Of Octsgo NOodvine bred by Au-
gust Belmont al hts Nursery stud
These seven youngsters. representing three
stablcs were virtually the only factors which
the professional spectators and he handicap
pfrs admitted Ga their calculations. The others
Gloriler hot Shot. Councilman. oiseau.
Asile, Belle SlToIne and the rest added splendid
bits of color 20 the field and gave the book
Hakers nice percentage 10 do business OF. but
no chance of victory was allowed them Their
f'aufiau-d on seventh
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