The Washington times., 1904-08-27
RICH MEN SEEK
FUTURITY HONORS
WITH CHAMPION
Fourteen Starters in Race
Worth Over Half a
Million.
KEENE ENTRY FAV0RITE
Sysonby First Choice, With
Duryea S FillieS Second
in Favor.
KEENE ENTRY FAVORITE

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Futurity
Stakes. the richest event Of the Ameri-
can turf. will be decided this afternoon
at the Sheepshead Bay race track. For
this race. worth $4,000. fourteen two
year-old colts and hUies, the best thor
oughbreds of their age in the country,
Will so to the post
This great ract Is the crucial test
Of the champion colt or flly of the year.
For this race only the greatest young
sters in training go TO the post. It is
the test of merit. of speed. and endur-
ance. and only a horse that is feet Of
foot has a chance to win it. There is
no other race like it I'm the country,
and the winner IS usually hailed as the
champion of the six-furlong course.
Seventeenth Struggle.
This is the seventeenth renewal Of
the struggle. II IS made especially in
teresting by the fact that there will
be renewal of the rivalry between the
Keene and Whitney stables. The strug-
gle for supremacy between these inter
ests began in 1900 when Banyhoo Bev
defeated Olympian and Tommy Adkins.
representing Eecne Since that day the
Whitney stable has had the upper hand
IN the matter of two-year-olds. as the
heene youngsters We're invariably both
lacking in speed and stamina Today
the old conditions are changed.
Keene. in Sysonby. has one Of the
greatest speed marvels of the decade.
The Whitney representatives. leased bv
Duryea. are not much behind in this
essential qualification. so the battle
promises to be n merry one.
Inc result Of this race means not only
the glory Of owning the greatest young
morse IN the country, but il win also
settle who shall be the leader among
the winning owners Of the year. At
present Keene holds that enviable DO
sition, with SI35.OO0 TO his credit. Durvea
Is running him = close second. with S1i5.-
600 won by the Whitney horses.
Fine Lot of Horses.
The fourteen colts and hIies that make
up the field for this race are probably
as fine a lot Of young thoroughbreds as
ever stood on racing plates. Out Of this
number there are only two-ArtfuI and
Wild Mint-that have not won race.
This is d glorious record and shows the
high quality Of the contestants.
SysOnby is by al rights the favorite
for the race. He has never met defeat
this season and has won his four races
in commanding style. He is a colt Of
brilliant speed. combined with a quiet
disposition and fine action.
At the barrier he is as nimble on his
feet as "a panther and can bound away
from the barrier with wonderful speed.
This makes him a most dangerous factor
IN the result. and consequently the book
makers who were Offering odds on the
race last night held him and his stable
mate Wild Mint, at even money against
the field.
Layers Like Sysonby.
While the professional layers are dis
l.
the friends Of Herman B. Duryea stick
Loyalty TO his representative anya,
Artful. and Rose of Dawn. These men
claim. not without some reason, that
Sysouby although fast and fine
youngster has never beaten great colt
or hlly this season. They say he had
an easy time OF Il in all Of his races,
which IS true. The best colt that the
hcene crack has defeated IS Glorifer.
and he il was recently demonstrated
was not within twenty pounds Of his
early spring form.
Tanya has never been beaten either
She has won all her races IA command
ing style this year and with Tradition
divides the title of Queen Of the Turf
She is fast. can 20 the route and carry
weight
Although Tauya has the public record
or high merit 30 is ON ATuul that the
stable places its highest hopes. This
My mas never won race.
bad it been tine stables wish was evil
dent 10 every racegOer who saw her
performance az Saratoga. Twice She
was entered with stable mate at that
meeting. and in order To- allow the Dre-
ferred one OF the pair to finish in
front she had 20 be- pulled nearly
double.
This was done in order TO save bor
maiden allowance. and she goes into
the race weighted with only ia DoIfuds
whereas Sysonby carries 1Z7 and Tanva
In the trials Of these three proat
horses on Thursday. SysOuby. Carrs-Iuas
his weight. worked the Futurity dis
tdlcc. SIX turlOuSS. easily IN 1-13 3-5
Artful, carrying - pounds, worked over
the same course IN l.l3 3-5. Tanya COW
cred the distance in 113 10.
tx was the gossip Of SnccpShead Ray
track today that Duryea would declare
20 win with ArtfUl- HildebTand will
nave the mount on her. ana IL was com
mon talk that he would be given in
ftruCtions 90 take Artful out and race
with Sysonby until one or the other
Tradition and Woodsaw are the third
choices in the betting. This pair repre-
senLs Sydney Paget interests. II is
known that the main reliance OF the
rtable is iu Tradition. the grandest look
Ing hlly IN the race
Paget Backs His Mare.
That Paget does not care much for
sysonbys great speed was made evil
nNitt recently Murn ne Dfl fhsUFJ even
that Tradition would beat the great
Keene colt with this view horsemen
generally 90 not agree. They say that
while Tradition is a grand FLY and will
undoubtedly have "A chance 10 beat him
at a mile OF over that she Us lacking
I'm early speed ana ability 10 get In mo-
ton quickly.
In a race OF this kind % Is a mad rush
from the start. and slow beginners. al
though they finish resolutely, are often
choked up with clouds OF dust and
hemmed IN by "a wall Of horses. II she
Is fortunate at the start they say, how
ever. that she viii be closing rapidly a
the end. If the track by any means
should be heavy. or the race run in q
rainstOrm. WoOdSaw, her companion,
would be worth backing. as he is a great
mudlark
These horses named are considered by
clever turfmen 20 De the dominant fac
tors I'm the contest. OiseaU. the Western
colt, has not shown enough speed I'm his
trials 20 warrant the belief that he viii
win. Hot Shot, although fast, reliable