Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-01
Unbeaten Two Year Old Adds
s27,5SO to Enormous Sum
He Has Won This Year..
REPAID CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE
Bunch Tried to Pocket the Favoritc.
But Jockey Miller Got His Mount
Out of a Bad Place and Won in
Z New Record Tmc-Bar None in
Second Place.
(l,y AesocIated Press.)

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-Addlng the
richest turf purse of tho year to his
already long record OF victories.
James II. Kccnes unbcaten two year
old colt Colin, IL son of the great
Commando. won the Futurity stakes
nj Shcepshcad Bay today and amply
repaid the confidence of the betting
public, which made him TO 3 fa-
voritc over tho other seven horses
in the race
1t was the smallest field that over
went to the post In n Futurlty iu the
twenty years of the race. but this
fact detracted little from the per-
Torrance of the winner. Knocked back
Mt the start of the SIX furlong dasli
and badly shut off just before the
elbow of the chute was reached, Colin
led his field by two lengths at the
finish and established new record
for the race of iii Is.
Small Purse This Year.
by his victory Colin added S27.530
TO the enormous sums Won by him
this year. Owing to the limited field
! the Futurity purse of 1907 WAS the
smallest ever contested for, amount
ing in the gross TO only fraction
more than $4,000 against n high
/ value of $4,000 in 1890.
Bar None, n Naturtum colt belong
ing to Harry Payne Whitney, was
second in driving finish with Cha.
putepoc. from the stable of Fred
Burlcw. third. Bar None was second
choice in the betting and ran SPLEEN
did race. He was under drive all
through the stretch first in an Of
Tort TO overhaul Chapultcpec, tho
early pacemakcr. and then in a vain
cndcavor to head off the fast fly
ing Colin.
1t was an ideal day for racing and
35,0OO persons crowded the flag toppcd
stands. the green stretches of lawn
and the club houses and paddock eli.
| closures. There were but few in the
immense crowd who did not concedc
inc Futurity to Colin before the
horses Went to the post The cot.
by his victories at Saratoga and at
the early spring meetings about New
YORK, had been acclaimed champion
two-yearold of the season.
Colin Great Horse.
Ills victory today in The face of
bad racing luck gained him new IA
vor III the eyes of expert horsemer
who predicted that Colin would prove
II greater horse than Sysonby. re
sarded by Mr.. Kecne as perhaps the
best horse he ever owned.
The start of the Futurlty. far nm
The cnrving course which takes lis
name from the race, seemed well nigh
perfect and the fleet field came rush.
ing Tor the finish in such a compact
| mass that the cOlors or the crouchlng
Jockeys could scarcely he distin.
| guished
How the Race Was Won.
AS me little group OF thoroughbreds
came closer. ii was seen that Colin
was well back. Jockey Walter Miller
was In the saddle, and he picked M,
the other horses one by one. Cha.
puitep off TO flying start, was
wen out in front and setting n pacc
10 winch in large part was due the
new record. At the turn into the
stretch Colin had passed all but In.
reader. Miller tried to cut oyer in
'front.' of Chapultcpcc but the way was
not clear aud he was shut off Thcn
lhe boy pulled his whip and lashcd
INC commando colt with two or throc
stihsing whip blows. Colin iumnod
10 inc front like flash and from
mat time on Miller had only To keen
NO hc"u straight to win. Bar None
u''iiicrciiully flaycd by Jack Martin
l"h wonderful race and proved him.
Scil easily the second best two vcor
old thus far shown Chapultcpec con.
lcSted every inch of the way and II
was only The remarkable eamencss
OF bar None under punishment. that
eost inc pacemakcr the place.
III INC stretch the field began to
crack under the strain of tho nocc
set by the leaders and the unplaccd
horses were badly strung out. rho
second Kcenc entry. Restisouche was
scratched ana F. Il. Garnders Coun.
. .,, was added for the honor OF
| running last.
August Belmont's Fair PLAY. hcavi.
~ played for the place ana To show.
was an indifferent fourth: Mcclicll
was NTH, Jim Gaffncy sixth. Bcau.
! coup seventh and CountcrmanJ
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