The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-01
RICH FUTURITY TO-DAY
 AT SHEEPSHElD TRACK
SIXTEEN ROYALLY BRED TWO- YEAR-OLDS CARDED AS
 STARTERS.

Turf Classic VIII be Worth in th'
 NeighbOrhOOd of S5O,OOO- - One Oi
 Keene's Entries Favored as the Win.
 ncr of the Great Stake--Has Three
 Youngsters in Any One of WhicE
 Look Good Enough to Pull Down tho
 Race.
 New York, Aug. 31.-sixteen royalty bred two-year-olds are carded tonight as starters in the Futurity stakes to- morrow afternoon at Sheepshead Bay when racing on the New York tracks will be renewed after the summer ses- sion at Saratoga. The field is the most evenly balanced and highest in class that any Futurity of recent years has called out, and the winner of the rich est purse of the year, horsemen agree, will be worthy of the prize. The dis tance Of the Futurity course is six fur longs. There is but one crook, or elbow, in the six-eighths of mile journey, and this is where the chute dips into the homestretch of thehmain track The exact value of this years Futurity, de- pending to some extent upon the num- Der of starters and an adjustment of  forfeits from the non starters out of the 300 or more original entries, has not been figured out, but 1t will be in the neighborhood of $50O0O.
 The favorite entry of the race was agreed upon some time ago, for it was argued that James R. Keene, the noted financier and turfman, might choose any one of his splendid string of young sters to wear the famed white and blue spots" and still have the best chance of winning. MT. Keene has elected to start three horses-Peter Pan, Pope Joan and Zambesi The first two have been seen in public and their performances have been such as to warrant the faith that is commonly put in the ability to run well and to win.
 The most impressive performance any Futurity candidate has shown was when Peter Pan picked up 190 pounds in the Hopeful stakes at Saratoga and fairly smothered his field, which in cluded his stahle mate, Pope Joan, con- sidered the fastest Ally of the year. If Peter Pan were alone in tomorrow s big race he undoubtedly would hold the position of honor in the betting ring. Coupled with Pope Joan and with Zarl- besi, highly-tried youngster, the en- try will be at short price, which some say may be below the two to one that is quoted In to-night's figures, MT. Keene had put much confidence in Grimaldi, but his Futurity trials ct Saratoga were such a disappointment that his name is missing in the list of entries for tomorrow.
 The Keene youngsters will have half dozen other splendidly-b two-year- olds to pace them step for step in the Futurity Horace E., declared to be the fastest colt ever to come out of the west and just now in the pink of con- dition; De Mund, the sensation of the early metropolitan season, sold to his present owner, Paul Rainey, of Cleve- land, for 5000; Gran, from the stable which sent Ormondale to win the Fu- turity ce 1905; Conville, a splendid colt and a stake winner of unusual calibre; Kentucky Beau, whose owners have placed a valuation of $60,000 on the colt; Electioneer and Yankee Girl will be fighting every inch of the way, and all have chance to win. The outsid- CTS. seem to be Golf Ball, Don Enrique, May Rowe, Altuda, Old Honesty and Purslanes although many good judges believe Golf Ball capable of showing his heels to a majority of the field Horace E. has so demonstrated his powers during the last week that horsemen are inclined tonight to re- gard him as second chance in the race. He is owned by Roy Rainey, 8 brother of the owner of De Mund. De Mund has wonderful speed, but whether he can outlast the determination of Peter Pan and the rest is mooted question tonight
 The probabilities are for brilliant racing weather and hard fast track