The Washington times., 1922-10-08
KEEN TALENT
in FUTURITY
/. AT PIMLICO
Richest Two-Year-old Turf
Race Will Be Run on Mary
land Track November a.
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

= the Pimlico Futurity-will
undoubtedly draw the greatest
galaxy of juvenile stars that have
ever faced the barrier at any one
time in the history ct American
thoroughbred competition. Right
now there are two outstanding
facts, in connection With the run
ming of this $40, 900 PLAN, which
warrant the above prediction.
The first Of these Is that II Is only
q matter of four weeks until the date
'set for the running of the event-to
BE- exact, on the afternoon of Satur.
day, November 4. And with practi.
cally every two-year-old Of any con-
sequence still actively campaigning.
II 10 hardly likely that they will be
thrown out of training before the
Futurity is contested.
Secondly, and what should make
the race a most speculative one Is
that II gives every indication Of be-
ing a most open affair, the suprem.
acy among the division for 1922 be-
ing just as much a mooted question
right now as II has been at any time
during the season.
Many Acclaimed Champ.
Throughout the present year there
have been any number Of instances
where some two-year-old would flash
q performance that led many to ac-
claim II an .aspirant for the crown,
only to follow this effort up with
one that was mediocre in the ex.
treme, or one that dulled the luster
attached to its winning race.
In the early days of last springs
49, r. x.,{,,
ner of the Pimlico Home Bred; the
ward Beale McLean's Noel; j. s. Cos,
den's Dunlin; clifford A. Cochran's
Goshawk; Comdr. J. X. l.. Ross Lit;
Benjamin Blocks Better Luck. and
many others were. one after the
other. the most frequently mentioned
az the probable 1929 champion.
From the very opening of the sea
son In Maryland. last spring, until
the present writing, two-year-old rae
ing has been a most uncertain propo-
sition-uncertainl in that no matter
how good a youngster might appear
one day, he was sure to meet his
Waterloo, II not In his next start,
before many other attempts.
Upset Follows Upset.
One upset followed another among
the juveniles. Overnight there
would spring from almost obscurity,
and without reckoning, one which
gave every promise Of developing
into a consistent winner. And in.
variably II would be the same old
story. Knocked off by another one
of the division which at no time had
ever been given serious considera-
ton.
The sensational performances Of
Robert l.. Gerry's crack colt, Cy.
clops, a son of ro-Daphne, in his
last two starts has set tongues
'a-wagging. He is being proclaimed
the champion of the division, mainly
through the fact that he clipped one
fifth of q second off the Jamaica
track record in the Oceanus handi-
cap.
Clipping records of old standing
marks means very little In two-year'
old competition other, perhaps, than
that the time smasher must possess
class to a certain degree or he would
not be equal to the effort. Great as
Norwich was as a two.year-old. the
unbeatenI youngster of 1921 never
even approached. with any nearness
10 speak of, the records Of the tracks
over which he competed.
.. VIII Meet Stars.
Cyclops, II he starts in the Futur.
ity, will be called upon to meet n
far more formidable aggregation
than that in which he scored in the
Oceanus, and II was by no means a
bunch of weaklings that bowed tc
him in that event. Again the ques-
tiou arises as to whether he can
maintain over a mile route that
wonderful speed he displayed In the
Oceanus.
There are any number of two
year-old events scheduled between
now and the running Of the Futur-
ity and IL Cyclops can show the
same form in any one Of them that
he has on his last two performances,
then the Gerry colt will be looked
upon as a most probable winner Of
the Maryland Jockey Clubs classic.
Secretary William P. Riggs ras
completed list Of those youngest ars,
with the names of their respective
owners, which are eligible to start
in the Futurity. The complete list
is as follows: J. s. Cosden-Martin.
gale, Dunlin and Golden Rule: Harry
Payne Whitney-Flagstaff, Rialto
and Chickvale; Rancocas stabble--
Zev, Curtis and Bud Lerner; August
Belmont-How Fair, High Hand.
Amusement, Mental and Osprey,
while the Greentree stables eligiblcs
include Untidy, Solisa and Cherry
Pie.
But two Washington owners
nominated prospective foals at the
time of the closing Of nominations.
Edward Beale Mclean named Noel
and Comixa, while Samuel Ross
nominated the filly, My Own.
The Quincy stables eligibles are
Caveat Emptor and Bluemont; c. A.
Stoneham's Mckee: r. T. Wilson,
IRIS wilderness and Tall Timber:
j r. Widener's Battersea and
Purity; the Idle Hour Stock Farms
Blossom Time and Betty Beall;
willis Sharpe Kilmer's, Sally's Alley
and Sun Quest, and Jefferson Liv-
Ga.atAn'a