The New England Futurity was a short-lived Thoroughbred stakes race at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island which the Daily Racing Form reported it to be "New England's richest and most important stake"[1] For two-year-old entire colts and fillies, it was first run on October 28, 1936.
In a major upset, the Ethel V. Mars colt Reaping Reward ($25.20) defeated Jerome H. Loucheim's overwhelming favorite Pompoon to win the inaugural running.
On October 17, Quinn declared that Narragansett Park was "in a state of insurrection," and ordered the National Guard to enforce martial law and lock down the track.
[3] There would be no fall racing, and the situation would not be resolved until February 9, 1938 when a court order resulted in law enforcement seizing the racetrack's record books.
Trained by future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Max Hirsch, the colt beat Fenelon from the powerful Belair Stud stable.