New-York tribune., 1922-09-16

mas been to the races this year.
Futurity Day holds q spell to all red
Diooded sportsmen. Nothing more
grand and glorious can be conceived
than battle among thoroughbreds of
class that always give to the last ounce
OF their heart and energy and courage
and spirit and stamina. And the Fu-
turity since it's inception at Sleeps
head Bay away back in 1888 has been
recognized as the classic of classics for
the two-year-old division of the Amer
lean turf.
Futurity Day to New York, and the
East generally, means just what Ken
tucky Derby Day signifies to the Mid
die West; what the Derby at EPSON
Downs means to Englishmen. With its
tradition and history have been associ-
ated the names of the greatest cham
pions of the American turf since S.
Bryant's Proctor Knot beat the first
field of fourteen, including the mighty
Salvador, for $4,000 prize in the in
augurai running of this blue ribbon
event
Richer prize money than that which
will reward the efforts of to-day's win
ming two-year-old has been known in
the Futurity's history. The high-water
mark of racing's heyday (before anti
betting legislation) was reached in
1890, when the elder August Belmont's s
Potomac drew down ST., 900 for beating
q field of fifteen. Since that time the
Belmont colors have never been seen
at the head of Futurity finish.
$47,750 for the Winner
But there have been few richer prizes
than that which will reward to-day's
victor and no better field or more rep
resentative will ever have paraded to
the post unless many Withdrawals de-
velop from the overnight nominations.
Twenty-Five Of the very best of the
two-year. colts and fillies, not only
of the E ,U, but of the West as we'll,
have been named for the red letter
event. Should all 60 to the post it
would guarantee the heaviest field that
ever contested Futurity. This gen
erous overnight nomination assures
for the juvenile stake gross value of
S58, ,410, of which the winners share vii.
be S47,750. 1t is to be regretted that
August Belmont's Messenger is not of
the field, for here he would have "a
chance to clinch a championship gen.
orally conceded. But all the others
are in, that is; all the others of cham
pionship caliber that are on edge for
their best performances.
Provided the track remains fast
Harry Payne Whitney will have the
greatest representation in Flagstaff,
Chickvale and Picketer. His trainer,
Jimmy Rowe, will be the busiest man
at the track. He must saddle not only
these three, but the Greentree Stables
Untidy, which he trains as we'll and
which will run coupled with the three
others. The Greentree also is sending
out Pandowdy. The Whitney Green
tree entry will probably rule favorite.
G. A. Cochran's Goshawk is also
bound to be highly favored. He is one
of the top weights at 1870 pounds, to-
gether with c. A. Stoneham's Mckee
and J. S. Cosden's Martingale, every
one of which is extremely dangerous.
E. R. Bradley and the Quincy Stable
will each have two representatives, the
latter Caveat Emptor and Bluemont
and Bradley Blossom Time and Betty
Beall.
Sally's Alley for Kilmer
w. S. Kilmer will start only his fine
flly Sally's Alley. He had high hopes
of Sunference until Sally's Alley ran
such a smashing race her last start.
when she set new record through the
chute. Rancocas will depend solely on
zev, sure winner should the track
happen to be muddy. The West will
be represented by John Wards Donges,
the Bradley pair and Jefferson Living
ston's Newmarket. Among the dark
contingent none are more highly re-