New-York tribune., 1904-08-29
THE RACETRACK.
Fine Week of Racing Promised at
lSheepshead.

OF the Euturity cooled out nicely, and yesterday
were none the worse for the hard grUelling ma
jority OF them were subjected 10 from end of
the journey to the other. The remark Of one turf
man that the youngsters cooled out better than
some of the owners could be applied with equal
truth the general public The defeat OF Syson-
by a facer which spelled the undoing of many
an ambitious opera tor with limited capital To
wager his chances, even ct the prohibitive odds
which the ring Offered. seemed near to the
pleasing pastime OF finding money" as is often Of
fered racetrsck.
The general postmoTtem verdict seems to be that
the stock OF the great. strappng youngster has
been somewhat inflated that he acquired his
nown by defeating fields that contained no really
high class two-yearolds, and that when a good
one-such as Artfu' or Tradtion-looked him in
the eye the inevitable happened and he tumbled
from the exalted PEDESTAL he has occupied since
winning the Brighton Junior. The colt still has
loyal and faithful following however, and these
champions insist that the Sysonby that was de-
feated Saturday not the same Sysonoy
that the Flash. the Saratoga Special and the
Brighton Junior The colt. they insist showed
that he was not himself IN his final trial for the
race when he worked the Futurtty course N l;lS
all OUT and pulled up in an extremely exhausted
condition AS is generally the case. however, little
was thought OF this at the time. and those who
saw the trial went away very much impressed and
convinced that he held all his rivals safe "hat-
ever solace might be to his owner and trainer
in the knowledge that ArtfuI received ten pounds
beautiful Tradition, which beat him almost as de-
cisivey as did the winner. gave him three pounds
by the scale. OF one thing, however his Followers
may rest satisfied. and that is that his courage
was not found wanting. When TRADITION caugh1
him in that last heart breaking sixteenth he was
IN state of exhaustion bordering on collapse
but he answered her challenge with all that ne
had left and never hnched from the punishment
Redfern was administering to him.
furOngS OF the
Ftlturtty Course 10 be next Saturday will give
him a chance TO redeem himself partially as one
of the two FLIES which beat him day before yester
day ie eligible and will probably start ira
dition the only nomination Mr.. Paget made Tor the
Flatbsh can, If her owner sees Mt, give the Brit
,sh voungste- an opportunity to avenge hmseit
Should they both start. they will meet on even
terms Sysonby carrying 120 pounds and the my
III None OF the Whitney two-year-oids were
nominated for the Flatbush until the supplementary
entries closed last July and then Artful for some
reason was left out Nearly all the other good
ones IN the stable, however. are eligible lnc1uaihs
Tanya Rose OF Dawn Cricket. Iota ana Frlace
Hamburg
The s+ake-the running of which horsemen nave
come TO look on as confirmation OF the Fulu'lly
rather than a cousolat tion-has attracted heaI'S al
the high class youngsters of the year ana IT'S re-
| -, 90 hsipz looked forward with almost as
much interest as the Futurity created with Aruu4
| excluded the struggle is likely to be WrtuaiiS
! repetition OF that of Saturday between tne 'IHee
| great rival establishments-Keene Haggin tthrough
| Mr. Paget) and the Whitney-Duryea interests MI
L,eana has as an available supply. Won Tromp. Veto
! Wild Mint Sysonby and Augur; Mr.. Haggln mas
| Tradition and the Whitney-Duryea stable the nVe
! already mentioned In a contest a turong longer
| than is the Futurity there are many VINO DeheVe
| that Tanya, who was beaten by Sysonby Tor thlrd
Mace on Saturday. turn the tables on him, and
| should she be OF those TO carry the green and
white hoops II is likely that the entry Will be as
| much of favorite over that OF Mr. Keene as was
his over Mr. Duryea's on Saturday.
On their showing in the great stake It does not
seem quite clear what chance the other young
sters have Flatbush. but nearly all OF them
/ are eligible and with weights pitched at a lower
scale and the distance increased by an eighth or
| a mile II NAV he that the Flatbush will furnish
| another surprise Captain 5. 5. Brown. who
started his Sir Dixon colt Agile on Saturday, has
| him in the F1atbush also. and with him are Broad
| cloth and Blue Bird Mr.. Bell has named hts Hast
| ings colt, Glorher. and Mr.. Madden Hot Shot.
the AIeddIer colt that he worked mile in 1:43 in
preparati ton for the Futurity. Some OF the other
| elgibles are the Western goungster Oiseaqi Mr.
f r Thomas's St Bellane and Flyback John W.
| SchorT's Jack Lory and John Sanfords Burnt
| Hills and Sacandaga.
| The FIatbush is only one OF the stake features
which promise to make the coming weeks racing
| at Sheepshead Bay one of the best Of the
| autumn season. On Wednesday the Twin City
| Handicap. IL miles, which brought about such a
| splendid battle last year when McChesney won II
from Hermis The Picket and others. viii be run
| and the chances seem excellent now that IL will
| bring about the first meeting OF the year between
! Beldame. the great threeyear hlly. and Delhi
| and Ort Wells, concededy the best three-y year-old
colts that the season has brought forth. Mr. Fos-
! burgh has placed 1T pounds Beldame. l25 on
! Ort Wells and 100 on Delhi. Should only these
! three start the Twin City will bring tremendous
gathering TO the inclosure. Ever since the superb
| daughter Of Octagon made her debut three
yearold competent turf critics have asserted that
she could take the measure OF the colts of her
own age as decisively she has that of
the hllies Her victory in the Saratoga Cup
strengthened this belief. and should she go to
the post with either the Ben Brush the King
Eric colt on Wednesday, they Will know they have
been 10 the Top weight, 100 pounds has been
! placed on Hermis, but, although Mr.. Shields said
at Saratoga that he hoped 10 have Mr.. Thomas's
little chestnut horse ready for the Twin City there
seems little chance of 1t Hermis has rup-
tured the sheath of the tendon Of his off foreeg,
and It is the general impression that his retire
ment will be a permanent one. McChesney is en-
| tered again with 127 pounds. and 1t is well known
| that his owner z. E Smathers. is extremely aux-
ious to have the red horse repeat his performance
| OF a year ago. For weeks, II has been the watch
| word of the railbrds When they're ready to cut
| Big Mac loose, get aboard for all you're worth"
/ Many think the Twin City will be the spot The list
! of the other horses which Mr. Nosburgh has hand-
capped, folIoWs:
Tic, Welles ...... 12S Ie0uldas lO6
C1augbnawauEa i25 Rabensten 100
Hurst Park.-.... i55 I1raziI4!o