The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
GREAT FUTURITY ID BE RUN TODAY Event is Worth More Than
 $50,000 FIELD IS EVENLY MATCHED D On Account of Track Conditions Book makers and Players Alike Are at
 Sea as to the Probable
 Favorite.

New York. August 25.-Racing will be resumed tomorrow on the Metropolitan tracks with the futurity, the great 2-year- old stake, as the the feature at Sheeps- head Bay. Seventeen horses have been named for the event. which will be run over a heavy track, steady rain during most of the day having turned the six furlongs of the course into stretch of mud.
 The futurity is the goal toward which the ambition of every horseman points, and around which cluster the best tradi- tions of the American turf. Rich in money, being worth over $50,OOO, and in memories extending as far back as the great struggle in which Proctor Knott came home a scant winner over the great Salvador, there is more for the winner of a futurity than any of the other prizes offered by the American racing associa- tions.
 The futurity has always been close race, but in all the years of it's running horsemen agree that the field which will face the starter tomorrow is about the most evenly matched and most puzzling they have ever been called upon to
 
 judge.
 Last year the public pinned It's hopes to the Keene colt Sysonby, now the &C., knowledged champion Swear old, but the public was not acquainted with the quail ty of the whitney Ally Artful and Syson- by went down to his only defeat.
 Always Won By Good Horses.
 Last years futurity having developed two such horses as Sysonby and Artful, turf followers are looking forward to to- morrow's race with confidence. The g. year-old feature has rarely been won by a bad horse. Domino, Potomac, Button Flies, His Highness, Bally Hoo Bey and Yankee are among the best remembrance of winners While there is general dis appointment that Harry Payne Whitney's s colt Burgomaster and John Sanford 8 Saratoga special winner Mohawk II are not to be among the starters, there is still quality enough in tomorroWs held to maintain the traditions of the race. All of the horses nominated by the late w C. Whitney became ineligible with his death, through the strict conditions gov erning the race. fact which can readily be realized when 1t Is considered that out of the 1159 nominations when the race closed in January, 1903, only seventeen horses are named for the actual running. Nomination fees and penalties are heavy, and each of the starters will represent an additional fee of s250. paid on the last day for the privilege of facing the bar Tier
 Bookmakers Are at Sea.
 On account of the present track con ditions, bookmakers and players alike are at sea tonight as to the probable favorite. There Is strong liking evidenced for the Ormonde colt Ormondale. which ran third to Burgomaster and Pegasus In one of the Saratoga stakes. MT. Keene' s Japanese named Commando colt. Oyama, and Kuroki will have an extensive fol- lowing, despite the disappointments they hame given in late races. Vendor, Flip, Flap, Jerry Weinberg Accountant, Jaco- bite, Running Water and nearly every other starter in the race rank on such equal terms that none will lack for sup porters in the betting ring.
 Not little interest attaches to the appearance in the futurity of the well known coors of that veteran turfman of Hartford William c. Daily. MT. Daly will pay s250 to start Veronese tomorrow and believes his horse has good chance. Veronese has returned to the winning form displayed in the spring. and two victories at Saratoga have brought many friends to the Daly candidate.
 According to the best opinion tonight, the starters jockeys and odds will be:
 Bridgeman GID, A. Belmont, owner; Knapp jockey; probable odds, 6.
 Flip Flap d10. L. A. Bonnet. owner; L. Smith jockey; probable odds, s.
 Jerry Weinberg d10. N. Bennington owner; N. oNelll, jockey; probable odds. To-
 sBelmer Q1O, F. Burlew. owner; Bu- chanan. jockey; probable odds. 15.
 Accountant d13). S. Brown. owner; J. Martin. jockey; probable odds, 10
 Artery Q17. W. A. Chandler owner; Bullman, jockey; probable odds. 40.
 Veronse Q12). w. c. Daly, owner; Mill Ter jockey; probable odds, 60.
 vendorse CPD, F. Hitchcock owner: Shaw. Jockey; probable odds, 10.
 s-Oyama GID. J. R. Keene. owner: McDaniel. jockey; probable odds, 15.
 ..sI<uroki Q1O, J. R. Keene, owner; Dominick, jockey; probable odds. 15
 Timber d22), H. P. Whitney. owner; Hfi- debrand jockey; probable odds. 10.
 Ormonde GID, Ormonde stable. owner; Redfern, jockey; probable odds, 6.
 Running Water u19). w. Clay, owner; Lyme jockey; probable odds, 20.