New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-11
Whitney, Entry
Favored I'm Rich
Fpltllr:ity To-day
Record Crowd Expected to
Witness Feature of Rae
ing Season at Belmont
By w. ]. Macbeth

Belmont Park to-day takes the center
Of the worlds sporting stage. 1t is
Futurity Day. No further qualification
is necessary.
What Derby Day at EPSON Downs is
to the Englishmen, Futurity Day Is to
the. lover of the thoroughbred in the
United States. The Futurity means
just little bit more to America. and
especially the east, than does the
Kentucky Derby, the Preakness or the
Hopeful. The Futurity will be the
richest prize by far of the Eastern
racing season.
On the outcome Of the Futurtty are
based those calculations of fine scien-
tihc argument on which hangs the
award of the two-year old champion
ship of the season. OF itself, the Futu
rity's running is magnet that would
guarantee a record crowd at the most
commodious race track Of the country
But the Futurity of 1920 exceeds its
customary class in the matter Of class
of mpetition-quality as we'll as
quantity.
And then there is an added attrac-
tion-Man O. War is to appear again
this afternoon. The greatest horse of
thoroughbred history is to start in the
Jockey Club Stakes at mile and a
half. Man o. War is making his first
appea ance against horses Of all ages.
But he has scared out the leading
lights of the older divisions, just as he
always has scared out the best of the
three year-olds in his three-year-old
engag .ents to dcte.
Only Two Other Starters
Only two have been named to COM
pete with the super horse tomorrow
Sea Mint and Damask, which meet
him at even weights of 118 pounds
and it is not likely that any of the
Sir Bar'ons or Exterminators or
Natur, lists will be added.
Nineteen of the very best two-year-
olds have been named over night to
contest the rich Futurity, which ap-
proximates s45, 900 in value this year
Unfortunately, at least four of the
juveniles which earlier in the season
were figured as Futurity possibilities
are not among the number, Sam Hill
dredth's sensational Inchcape (for
which he paid s16o,000) has gone
wrong in training. J. W. McClelland's
LIE .lardo II is not in the list as pre-
scented. Nor is the Foreign Stables
great flly, Ten-Lec.
Harry Payne Whitney has named
Prudery, and she will have the colts
Exodus and Crocus as running mates
and will no doubt rule favorte.
j. X. L. Ross also has a strong hand
in Star Voter and Hildur. Walter ].
Salmon has great pair named in
Careful and Step Lightly. Banksin
and Smoke Screen will represent c. A.
Cochran. The Boh$,ian, Grey Lag
and Our Flag will all have their fol-
lowing.
To Try for Record
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starting Damask against Man o. War.
Rowe has had two wonderful colts
killed off already by the super horse,
Wildair and John P. Grier. The tip is
out that Louis Feustel is going
send the big chestnut after mile and
half record that will endure TIL
ages, whether or not Damask or Sc;
Mint can keep as close to him as Hood
wink did in the Lawrence Realizatio
On that occasion Man O. War, over
mile and five furlongs, raced to world,
record figures.
The racing at Belmont Park yester-
! day afternoon was nothing to brag
about. The fields were scratched down
to ridiculously small numbers and
there was little competition. Almost
with out exception the winners were
away out by themselves at the end.
The Ronkonkoma Selling Handicap
at seven furlongs, the feature event,
vas won by George W. Lofts Tippety
Witchet, the odds-on favorite, in
common gallop. When the "wise fish"
saw the hood on Tippity they all got
aboard. They knew it was the day.
The Quincy Stables Captain Acock
ran like Man O. War to win the third
at & mile from a field much better
than those he has been accustomed to
meet of late. 1t was a pronounced re-
versal Of form, without a question.
Playcrany and Phalaris were other win
ming favorites, both at odds on Cap
tain Alcock furnished the medium of
one OF the biggests killings of the sea-
to I.
American Association