The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-18
Talking
IT Over
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-Saturday
1 = will be baby boss day out at
Belmont. What / mean to say is
that the Futurity will be run. It
Is race for 2-year-olds, and as
the name implies, is designed to es-
taolish a line on the future greats.
But somehow or other it seldom does
They have been running the futuritv since
Proctor Knott won and with two or three
scattered exceptions the winner hasn't
amounted to very much
One OF these exceptions however. hap
pened TO be a sleek Hooking youngster
named Man OWar. Of whom you may have
heard. They tell me this youngster grew
up to be quite a successful man in his
racket and that the Sam Riddles never
regretted their investment They bought
him as yearling for something like
$4,000. A couple Of wears later you couldn't
have bought one Of his old shoes for that.
There haven't been many standout
2-year-ol6s this year. Not among the baby
bows at least. The best locker among all
the kids is a gal. Possibly the Princess
Eueeni fashions are to blame. At any rate.
the Futurity favorite is c. v. whitneys
Top Flight. daughter OF Dis Done and
flyatit. nice respectable old boss people.
but modern enough in their views to let
daughter have her fling.
The Whitney baby hasn't been beaten
In five starts. In a couple of races she
ran right over her boy friends and was
back in the barn slipping cocktails before
they had crossed the line. EVERYBODY
around the barn says she's right frisky
little trick. regular tom boy, but that
there amt any real harm in her. and
that her papDy and nanny don't have to
worry.
Well. 1t wouldn't be any great shock II
the little gal stepped out and won Sat-
urday. nor would it be anything unusual
lot OF other gals have won the Futurity
including Hamburg Belle. Artful. Step
Lightly. Sally's Alley. Mother Goose and
Anita Peabody. Anita-sweet kid, she
was. too-won in 1927. and was the last
OF the gals to steal the show
IT costs an owner 81 900 to start
Il one of his babies in the Futurity.
There will be close to twenty start
ers Saturday, and the total value
of the purse will be around 100000.
For a number of years the Futurity
has been the richest race in the
world.
Two years ago when Wichone won the
purse was $685. $780, Last year, when
jamestown won. 1t was worth 500. 800. I
never found out lust what made the race
such gaudy thing in dollars and cents
unless 1t is that the kids these DAYS de-
mand a lot Of humorng.
AS spectacle and draw. for instance
you wouldn't put 1t up against the DERBY
out in Kentucky. or four or five other such
races that the public has taken to its
heart
Still. the futurity in way is in a class
BY itself and It usually turns out to be a
thrilling race. Once in a while it is at
tended BY exciting circumstances. AS. for
instance. the year the racing officials de-
clared Huron ineligible and the late jim
permit for the colt to start.
Huron finished second in the race. but
he might as we'll have finished in Kala-
maozo for all the attention the placing
judges paid to him. Corrigans entry was
hlandly ignored in the official result and
a thing called Yorkville Belle was awarded
the dough.
AS race the Futurity is always
thrilling event to watch but as / say it
seldom gives you a reliable line on next
years 3-year-old champion.
Twenty Grand couldn't do any better
than third last year. and if this guy isn't
one of the greatest race bosses that ever
munched an oat my name is Mae West.