New-York tribune., 1912-01-06
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT.
Madden Heads List Of Noml-
nators for Futurity OF 1914.
MANAGER OF YANKEES HOME
Talks of His Plans and Says
That Ed Sweeney Is Not q
Hold Out.

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That breeders OF thoroughbred race
horses have nigh hopes that racing may
be revived in this state was clearly indi-
Gated by the number OF entries made for
| the Futurity OF 1914. which closed on Janu-
ary . V. F. schsumburg. secretary OF the
| Coney island Jockey Club. announced yes
terdav that 375 nominations had been made
for the historic fixture. which long has
ranked as the leading two-year-old stakes
Of any racing season.
John F.. Madden heads the list. with no
less than Sc nominations, while August
Belmont. chairman OF the Jockey Club and
Henry r. Oxnard follow. with i5 and 40. re-
spectiveIy. Harry Payne Whitney names
| %. j. y. Camden 30, j. B.. Haggin 10 and
| f. r. Bradley 49, while the others are more
! or less scattering. The Futurity Is pro-
duce stake. in which the mares are en-
! tered and not the youngsters which VIII
| race.
! The full list OF nominations follows:
August Belmont. 45: r. r. Bradley, IS:
J. II. Brown. !: j. y. Camden. 20; c. 5.
| Campbell (MontreaD, .: r. h. Cassatt, IL;
| r. X Cassatt, i: Charles W. Clark cali
| formal. 2: l. T.. Clark (Texas), 2; Woodford
! CLAY. 4: J. F.. Davis, ?: W. p Drewrey, !;
A. A. Doctor. L. Martin Doyle, 2; a. L.
| Gallaher, 2: g. F. Guthrie. 2; ]. b. Hag-
gin. 10; HARRISON e. Tracey I; c l.. iar-
rison. (: H. p. Headley, s. ". II. Hewitt,
;: +. r. Hitchcock. 3; Robert Kelly, !;
William Lakeland. s; J. $. Mccullough, :;
| Thomas c. Mcdowell ;; J. r. Madden,
Ss: Joseph r. Marquette. ir., j; MilltoWn
| Stable /: William Mulholland, !; +. J.
Nolan. ?: Oak Ridge Stable, S; OnecH
Stable 4: Henry r. Oxnard. N; H. w.
Park. !; +. J. Pons. .: w. i. Powers, ':
Ramapo Stock Farm, :; George T. Sher-
man. I; John F. Smith, /; George Starr, !;
II. =. whitney, %; Parker Whitney Call
formal r.: r. T. Wilson, jr., 4; Catesby
| Woodford. O.
The stations or sires represented are
Rock Sand Voter Plsnudes. Ogden, Star
shoot Watercrcss. Tho Scribe, OddfenoW'
Don ROYAL. St Savin. st. SImonlan I'd,
! Dublin. Canopus, Red Fox, Goldhnch. Peep
IO'Dav. MaZagan. Sandringham, Marta
Santa, Sea King. Monsieur dc bOrme, Dis
gulsc. Plaudit Ornament. Hastings Ham
burg. Fair Play. Yankee, Singleton
Cunard Helmet Peter Ounce, Don de
| orc. Heno, Waterboy. Ormondalc, Peter
Pan. F,lectIonoer. The Picket, Ben Brush,
King Hanover. Uncle. Broomstick, Burgo-
master. Nasturtium, Prince of Melbourne
Golden Maxim. Won Tromp, Hippodrome
! Aeronaut. Salvation, Luke Ward. Luck
and Charity. Rryn Mavr, Cherry Pit,
| ed oil EaN 70
! Sir Wilfred. English Lad and Tony Boncro.
! Harry Wolverton. the new manager or the
/ New York Yankees. arrived in this city
! from Phila dephia yesterday, and was NJ
once pounced on ny a dozen and ono base
ball writer's who werc hungry for the lea st
! bit Of news concerning his plans for the
coming season. Wolyerton did not nave
much 20 impart, but he did say that the
! players would report at Atlanta on March
! { for the spring training and that in all
probability some of the veterans would do
some work at Hot Springs late In Febru-
airy. He secuted the suggestion that I'd
Sweeney, the brilliant catcher. was hold
out" II could not he, he explained, mas
much as no contracts would be sent out
until next week He added that he did not
anticipate any trouble over the question
Of salary from Sweeney or any other player.
Wolverton will manage the Yankees in
! uniform. but volunteered the information
! that he would not play himself except for
an occasional wallop at the ball as a pinch
hitter. lie said that his throwing arm and
| his batting eye were good a. ever but
that he had been experiencing some trouble
oil Ia,
games with the Oakland Club OF the Pa
Cihc Coast League last year and maintained
| a batting average over the 800 mark.
When somebody asked. Are YOU going
10 win the American League pcnnant this
year?" lie smiled and replied: II don't know
about that. but I feel sure that the team
will come as close 10 it as hard end earnest
work can do. We need that pennant and
will be after II from the drop OF the flag
\. j. Joyner, trainer for Harry Payne
! Whitney on the English race courses ar
rived here yesterday on the Cunard liner
Lusitsnia. lie was met on the pier by
James II. Mccormick. DR.. Robert W. Nc
| Gully and James Rowe. Mr.. Joyner said
that his trip across the Atlantic was a
business one Asked when ne would return
to England he answered that he would
leave on January 2i lie looked hale and
hearty.
According to Joyner. the Whitney horses
at Ballaton Lodge number forty-four,
ithirty-thrce Of which are two -year-olds
Everything considered. the stable Is 100 per
cent stronger than II las last season, when
the winnings fell below previous years. In
his opinion Swynford a fve-year-old, IS
the best horse in England.
| At the annual meeting Of the United
Hunts Racing Association Yesterday. Per
~ Belmont was elected president; II. s.
Page first vice-presidcnt; Henry W. Bull,
second icc-presidcnt; J. Watson Webb,
treasurer, and II. A. Buck, secretary.
Charles L. Appleton. o. this city, and
Warren Delano Robbins, OF the American
Embassy. Paris, France, were elected mem
hcrs OF the association. Plans were made
for the spring meeting, TO be held NJ Rel
mont Park terminal on Thursday, June s,
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