Ballyhoo Bey Wins Futurity In Thrilling 1900 Race
Tod Sloan riding Ballyhoo Bey for William C Whitney captured the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay, earning $23,000 as Olympian finished second and Tommy Atkins third. A crowd of about 15,000 watched a dramatic stretch duel amid wet track conditions and a big Whitney surge in the field.
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Lank y Bob Fitzsimmons Remains Remarkable Fighter
The long profile notes Bob Fitzsimmons as a durable, brainy fighter who rebounded from earlier losses to Sharkey and Jeffries. It highlights his fitness, wealth, and disciplined career, contrasts with past champs, and recalls his disputed age claims and key bouts from 1886 to the late 1890s.
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