The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-01
KEENE ENTRY is TIE FAVORITE
SEXTEEN TWO-YEAR-OLDS NAMED
FOR THE FUTURITY.
Ne Mund ana Horace T., Are Wen Thought
OF. Together With COnNtlIe. Oran and
EectlOneer fifty Thousand Specta.
tors May Nee the Dlg Race a. the nay.

noon at Sheepshead BAY trnCk In the presence
OF q crowd that will probably number close TO
$1,000 spectators. For several weeks II has
been conceded hat the Keene stable would
rule favorite In the speculation. and this
proves to be the case, according to the most
E<ominent layers who quoted prices on the
bag race last night. MIR. keene has named
three to Pet Pan. a fine colt by Com
mando-Cinderella Pope Joan, a feet hlly by
Dis guise -Editha, and Zambesi a highly
tried colt by Commando Rhodepia.
j. Peter Pans recent victory In the Hopeful
Stakes at Saratoga with 100 pounds on his
back made him q big IA vorite with the smart
oalculators. who insist that with III pounds
up he has only to repeat hs Hopeful perform
ance to-day to win the prize impressively.
Pope Joan has been handled in such a manner
that she gets in with the comparatively light
impost Of lIS pounds. ~ she ia In receipt OF a
three pounds allowance because her s'rs IA
untried. She has shown q world oil speed in
her trials. and il Is said that Trainer Rowe
believes she lie a better nily than Court Dress,
a stable mate and stake winner. who Is not
eligible for the race.
Nmbesi has only faced the starter once.
and that was in an overnight event at the
Spa. He ran rather sreen. but showed
enough speed and other good qualities to
warrant Rowe's belief that he will prove
O worthy running mate for Peter Pan and
Pope Joan. II. is generally Understood that
David Nicol. who rode Sysonby in all Of his
races last year. will come in from the West
to take the mount on Peter Pan. in which
event Willie Knapp will probably pilot
Zambesi and Imcien Lyme will have the leg
up on Pope Joan.
Aside from the Keene entry. the race is
filed with supposed good things. According
20 a report In circulation at Sheepshead Bay
yesterday Paul J. Raine VS. $4,000 De Mund
and Roy A. Rainey's s?5, 600 Horace T.. will
be worth heavy backing when they 20 TO
the post. II in said that a. they will run
in separate intere SITS. though trained by the
same man. J. W. May. they will not be
coupled in the betting, DE Mund came
back to life at Saratoga the other day when
he won the United States Hotel Stakes in
good style. Since then he has been stepping
along at a fast clip over the Bay track and
10 in tiptop condition. Horace f.. though
ignomini )usly beRVen in his only start in
the East, has also come to hand in the last
week or 80 in a manner that warrants due
consideration II is said that this colt
worked six furlongs down the Futurity
course two DAYS ago in 40 3-5, a remark
able performance il true. Radtke. the
se5. 900 Jockey will ride De Mund. while
Jack Martin may take the mount on Hor-
ace T..
De Mund was bred by james B. Haggin
and sold by Newton Bennington to Rainey
at a time last spring when the colt looked
like a champion But a series OF unexpected
and crushing defeats made De Mund look
like a gold brick. 80 that be was temporarily
retired. Horace L. when owned by Barney
Schneider was considered a world beater
and that was why the young Cleveland mill
ionaire put up big money for him. The
Raineys, by the way. have spent a fortune
IN horsehesh this year in a commendaole at
tempt to get together a formidable racing
stable, but so far they have not met with
much good fortune and have incidentally Loot
thousands in wagers. Perhaps tO-day's race
may reward them for their loyalty to the
sport and their remarkable perseverance
and liberalty. Prominent layers were in
clined to make Horace +. second choice last
night, with De Mund third in favor.
Because of the well known riding ability
Of Miller and the great following he has among
the public spectators il is conceded that the
4 Ormondale Stables Oran. n colt by Orsary- I
Sloe, will receive plenty of backing in spite OF
the fact that he will carry top weight, 100
pounds. Grams best performance was his
victory over Water Pearl in the Great Trial
Stakes. for which he must take up a penalty
to-day. He IL owned really by ". OBJ. Mac
donouGh. whose Ormondale won the Futurity
last year. Tom Welsh has given Oran a
careful preparation for to-day's event and
that means the colt will 20 10 the post abso-
lutely At. Welsh expected to start McCarter
too, but the colt went. wrong the other day
Just at a time when he had shown qualities
that did not appear earlier In the campaign.
With the famous Sslvidere. probably the
best two-year-old OF toe selson. ineligible,
T. Hitchcock, Jr., will start two colts. Con-
willie, by DieudOnne-Gualala and Coli Ball,
by PIaudit -Gutta Percha. The crafty John
T.. Madden. who trains these colts. has made
the unqualified prediction that Conville
will win the Futurity. Conv lille is one OF the
best looking colts in training. lie won some
excellent races in the spring and thel after
n rest showed improved form at Saratoga.
Madden worked him six furlonRs at Horse
Hav en- sew eral days ago in III al a fraction.
and was so well pleased with the performance
that he lost no time in telling his friends
that Conville could not be Defeated. Madden
n one OF the best judges OF a thoroughbred
IN this country and seldom e-T'. Has he
called the turn this time? Coli Ball has
not done much OF late. but early in the year
he rem like a good colt, Seweii will prob
ably ride Couv HE. with Homer ON Golf Ball.
The pair win be coupled in the betting. Con-
vile will carry only III pounds, while Golf
Ball will pick up li9.
August Belmont will he represented BY
Don Enrique, a colt by Hastings Bella Donna.
hence a half brother to Beldame. n the
track should be muddy this youn stcr might
have n chance. but In fast going IL ia the prev
alent belief that he will find his company
too much for him. William Lakeland has a
formidable candidate in Electioneer by
~Voter-Quesal. a relative Of the famous
Tommy atkins. lie ran second to Pete
Pan in the Flash Stakes at the Springs and
has since been getting ready at Brighton
Beach. where he il said TO have worked six
furlongs recently in 1872 rs around a turn.
II Shaw has the mount Election GERS chances
will be among the best. The colt is n rather
slow breaker. but he has 3 phenomenal turn
OF speed and possesses UhIch gamepess.
The Western colt did Honesty by Previous
Mamie Doyle. IA something NJ a mystery.
II Is reputed that his real form has been
cleverly concealed and that with light racing
plates on to-day he will prove something Of
a surprise. Before coming Fast Old Honesty
ran some remarkable races and was imme-
diately selected 10 win tho Euturity In
fact, he " as sent East primarily 70 accomplish
this feat.
J. r.. SoagTnm's Purslane, r colt by Water
cress- Flayane, IL another dark one. He
finished In front OF Horace r. NJ Saratoga
and was only beaten a small margin by Con
willie in the same event. The canadians will
back him with confidence. and II he does not