The Washington herald., 1915-08-30
SENTIMENT IN
Big FUTURITY
Satisfaction of Winning Big
Racing Events Means More
than Financial Returns.
HELD AT BELMONT PARK
Classy Stake for Thoroughbreds
Scheduled at Westchester Associa-
ton Meet on September 4.

nent connected with il as the Futurftv
Stakes for 2-year-olds. which will be
run at Relmon. Park on Saturday. Sep
tember T. during the autumn meeting Of
the Westchester Racing Association.
The fact that it is the most valuable
prize for which thoroughbreds contest
in the United States-it will be worth
upwards of 5.oO0 this autumn-is not
alone responsible for the glamor sur
rounding il. There Is above and be-
yond the financial return, the satisfac
tion which comes to every man when
lie does something better than his fell
lows and the fact that the breeders of
the first three horses share in the spoiis.
keeps the interest in the race alive from
the day the dam is named for the prize.
1t is the race that every breeder of
thorough0rcds hopes TO win some day
and II was worth TO a single individual
S1.c1a in lS90.
Originally raced as the feature of the
autumn meeting of the Coney Island
Jockey Club in 1888. il endured a. a part
Not that orga nizations program until he
big track rear New York was closed 10
the public. and for three years it was
, run at Saratoga. This season it has
been transferred to the Westchester
Racing Association by the Coney Island
Jockey Club and henceforth II will he
part of the Belmont Il ark program in
the fall just as the Suburban will be
the big event on the opening day ca h
spring
Six FurIong StraiChtaway.
belmont Park would appear to be the
fitting home of the Futurity as The
W"Stchcster Racing Association has a
six-furlong track that is ms straight
rs gun barrel and the best horse
should win over it every time with Or
dinary racing luck. It was not so at
Coney Island where there was an elbow
. half way home which meant disaster
to the horse drawing an outside position
at the start IL the jockey did not know
the shortest way to the finish.
There have been many memorable con-
tests for the Futurity in the past. Who
can forget the day when August Belmont.
the father of the present head of the
Jockey Club. ran first and second for it
with Potomac and Masher respectively,
colts of his own breeding and gathered
in $1,000 in cash as owner and breeder. or
thaS afternoon when Sam Bryant lowered
the colors of millionaire J. B. HaGg!n
4 with his bald-faced and white-leGre
4 Eelding. Proctor Knott. which beat SAL
vator after thrilling battle for half a
mile.
The winning of that race meant COM
oarative aftiuence to the Iank Kentuckian
whose racing jacket had embroidered
upon its back a game cock high of sta
ton and Growing Justify. The prize has
fallen to rich and poor alike and the
glorious uncertainty of racing has been
sN.mrlifed tune and again in contests
that have made turf history.
The clause in the conditions governing
:he event affecting breeders is worthy of
comment 1t is stipulated that the nomi-
aator of the winner receive $1,000; of the
second horse. $500 and the third. $50,
whether the animal Is the property of the
nominator on the day of the race or bears
some other colors. A nomination for the
Futurity gives an added value to a year
ling when il is led into the sale ring and
it is this feature which has created The
popularity which will make the Futurity
a permanenCy as long as horses race in
this country.
Draws Large Crowds.
The running of the Futurity at Sleeps
head Bay always meant a gathering or
the racing clans from far and near and
perhaps the largest crowds ever seen on
race track in this country have been on
occasions when this prize was being de-
cided 1t was in this race that East met
West and while the East generally con-
uuered, the West scored senSatiOnally in
1896. when the late Marcus Days Ogden
won. The West was again victorious in
1905, when the Ormondale stables CWill-
lam O'Brien Macdonough'sI OrmOndale
showed the way home while Canada had
its inning in lSgS when the late William
Hendrie won with Martimas. The names
of many famous horses figure in the list
of winners in the twenty-five years the
race has been run.
There are no fewer than siXty-si colts
and tilles eligible for this prize next
Saturday but judging from the manner
in which the youngsters engaged have
been performing there will not be moie
than fifteen starters and the final an
alys.s may bring it nearer to ten. Domi-
nant. Friar Rock, BuIse, Chicle. Puss
in Roots and other 2-year-olds that have
shown class are not eligible though
Friar Rock was originally nominated ana
his name appears amcnG those declared
at sla
The disappearance Of these makes
IL much moro open contest. though il
is now almost certain that the big chest
nut colt Thundcrer by Broonistick out
OF Jcrsy Lightning in the Whitney stable
viii sport l. E. 7hompsoc's silks will
bc the favored candidate because OF his
good showing in his only start at Sara
toga.
This brother to Regret has size and
the finest sort Of action 10 commend
MIN to the public. He will have an
allowance also which enhances his
chances of victory. Mr.. Thompson's own
colt. Bromo. will also probably be sent
to the post. but Thunderer appears to
hold him safe. Mr.. Belmont's colors will
probably be borne by St. Rock. an un-
usually attractive son OF Rock Sand.
out Of St Priscilla the dam of that good
horse PrisciIlian.
Mnrse Henry Eligible.
Libyan Sands and Lord Rockvale. other
sons Of Rock Sand, in the same stable.
are eligible but st. Rocks recent races
would make him the logical candidate.
James Butler has Paddy Whack and
Spur engaged while Senator J. n. Cam
den, Of kentucky. has that good colt,
Msrse Henry. named in honor of the
veteran editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal.
Another candidate from Kentucky Is
Thomas McDowells Primero. a son If
Voter. which should go well IL the course
Is fast. Clifford A. Cochrans hopes will
be pinned on Ar Man or Feminist and
he may elect to start both of them.
Celardria will be the candidate of the
Elkwood Park stables while Achieve
ment will represent Richard F. Carman
White Hackle will have a chance TO show
whether he Is worth q sum approach
Always the Same
Tharp's