New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-10
Bic Field i'm Belmont Feat
ure; Grey Lag Again
to Race Touch Me Not
By w. !. Macbeth

;uyenile divisional least the most in
teresting Of the Juvenile classics seen
50 far.
1t is cioseness of competition that
wakes horse race. The 1921 Fatur-
ay. then. should be one of the most
iliustrious in the long and honorable
history of this priced event Certain
IL the field runs strong enough to
quantity. The quality may not pan
nr to past standards, or even past
races this season, but the balance is
there, all right.
Ne less than two dozen have been
named over night TO contest the rich
est two-year-old stake that has been
ran this season--a stake in money
value worth almost double the rich
Preakness, run at Pimlico last spring,
and the Hopeful. which marked the
dosing day OF the Saratoga meeting.
To-day's Futurity will be worth well
over $4,000 greater money value
than it has ever represented since the
repeal of the PercyGray law.
Star JuveniIer Missing
Uusually the Futurity furnishes
definite line on which may be based
concise calculations for the award Of
the juvenile honors for the year. I'm
fortunately this is not the case in
1921. Neither Norwich nor Miss Joy,
generally conceded the colt and the
Ely laurels respectively, is eligible A
number Of the other juveniles. that
have shown to great advantage during
the campaign. are missing.
Kai-Saag, of the Rancocas Stable
which was runner-up to Norwich in the
Hopeful, has gone wrong and cannot
start The name of Oceanic does not
appear. Mr.. Riddle has ordered this
big colt laid up in prospect of seri-
Gus campaign as g three-year-o
Clifford A. Cochran's June Grass is also
among the missing, principally because
there we're so many others shooting Jim
Evans couldn't find jockey capable
of doing justice TO the speed of this
twc-vear~old.
OF the twenty-four nominations it is
believed at least a score will start if
the weather remains clear and the
track fast. If it rains there is bound
to be wholesale scratching, but also
Wholesale adding Of mud larks.'
The Rancocas Stable had it's heart
set on this Furturity, and with Norwich
out of it seemed to hold the strongest
hand until Kai-Sang went wrong. I'm
mediately the stable rented Surf Rider
and Harridan from John E. Madden
for the Chassis. This strong pair, with
which Madden hoped to win F'uturity
for himself will therefore run in the
colors Of the Rancoeas.
Harry Payne Whitney has the strong
est hand of all, and his entry will with
out doubt be favorite. Whiskaway,
90 to the post NJ L. Schwartz will
send cut two formidable candidates in
Toll and Column, while j. S. Cosdsn
has two strings to his bow in Lord
Baltimore and Roulette.
W. S. Kilmer's Sunreigh, full brother
Of Sunbriar; the Greentree Stables
Sedge; E. r. McLeans Dream of Allah
and the Xalapa Farms My Play, full
brother of Man o. War, are a few of
the others that have real championship
pretensions.
Touch Me Not VS.. Grey Lag
Another feature of scarcely less i'm
portanee will be the Jockey Club Gold
Cup, at two miles, fourth or the list of
events. In this race Touch Me Not
and Grey Lag, which figured so promi
nently in the Lawrence Realization, at
: mile and FIVE furlongs, will once
more hook up over a great distance of
ground, as racing is now conducted.
Grey Lag will have Mad Halter to help
him cut But four have been named
for this important race, which is CAL
culated to develop stamina and stay
ing power in the thoroughbred. h. P.
Whitney's Damask is to make his first
Eastern appearance.
Six good jumpers are carded for the
Corinthian Steeplechase Handicap, at
about two and a half miles, which will
be sort of preparatory for the $4,000
cross-country classic of next week.
In one respect conditions were much
improved in racing at Belmont Park
had prevailed earlier in the meeting.
There were three scratches, two in the
third race and one in the last, but the
Withdrawals still left plenty Of con-
tention in both events
At least half the fields were more
than usually representative 1t is true
there were two fields of only three
horses and another of but four, but
Ell the thoroughbreds that had been
named went to the post, which is all
any public may expect.
The Cedarhurst Handicap, at a mile.
with $1,000 added, presented one of
the three-horse fields in question It
proved only romp for the Redstone
SsAoie Neo1gie, WHICH peaS AMBIGUOUS
ssignally several days ago. The Glen
Riddle Farms Dream OF the Valley cut
out the early pace, but Sande soon
vent to the front with George after
turning into the stretch and won GAL
1,oping. Mrs. W. M. Jeford's Two
feathers was always outrun.
Price on Winner Scars
II. Alterman's Tufter, which couldn't
work up cab horse gait last outing,
'ook the fifth race, at mile and g
msx9,Icenth, from Sunnyland and Dark
nli. the only other starters. Tufter
empty galloped in front all the wav
NJ was the outsider in the betting, his
price soaring from 5 to l to to /.
a wonderful finish characterized the
c.osang dash, of five and half farlongs
'seS the main course, when Mary Patri-
ga Violinist and Knot Grass all came
aown to the wire as named only inches
spart Mary Patricia opened up lead
y several lengths, but tired toward the
sna; In another stride the favorite.
'ieo1nnlst. would have won out.
N7se Dive won the third race after
great run through the stretch, in
tesaien ne coliared Bayonne, that at one
T s,ne threatened to spread" the field.
ina second race, at mile, was only