The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-07
as rival of Boston in the matter OF
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SysOnby.


Every true sportsman loves great
racehorse, but in prasing one he avoids
the language of exaggeration. In the
stable of Mr.. JAMES r. KEENE, the vice.
chairman of the Jockey Club is royalty
bred young racer called Sysonby. Since
the chains were lowered at the Eastern
racetracks the star of this feetfooted
thoroughbred has been in the ascendent.
He has met all who came to tilt with him.
and with one exception all have been
defeated with ridiculous ease. When
the sun went down on his victory in the
Realization Stakes at the Shecpshead
Bay course on Tuesday men cut loose
the adjectives to express the opinion that
Sysonby is the greatest Thoroughbred
that ever looked through bride.
The veteran turfmen and the Keen
sportsmen were more moderate in their
praise of this splendid son of Melton.
Their way of saying their say was the
ouieter one. They had narrowly watched
the colt as he was prepared for the race
in the paddock, and when they saw how
he ran and won. "A great colt, that,
was what they said, as they offered their
congratulations to the Jockey Clubs
vice chairman.
In Sysonby Mr.. kEENE undoubtedly
has a splendid racchorse. He has done
all that he has been asked to do, and
done it so splendidly that he would be
a churl who did not acknowledge his
speed and his stamina. But the Eastern
racing season is still young, and Sysonby
has other rivals to meet and master.
Sysonby ran a fine race on the Fourth
of July, but it could hardly be said to
have been a great race. His most for
midable competitor could never get near
enough to make the Melton colt extend
himself The time for the mile and
three-uuarters was 247. Two years ago
Africander, Star Ruby's greatest son,
ran the same distance second and four
fifths faster than did Sysonby. Yet
nobody proclaimed Africander to be
"the horse of the century, or even the
horse of decade. Perhaps Sysonby
could have broken the record had Tanya,
Mr.. WHITNEY's beautiful daughter of
Meddler, been fleeter of foot The fact
is, however, that the record is still Afrl-
canders and what Sysonbv can do in
the way of record smashing will be
known when he breaks some.
There are other thoroughbreds of
his own and other ages for this fine
Young colt to beat before his title to
absolute supremacy of the American
turf can be established. There is
Artful, commonly accounted to be the
greatest of the get of Hamburg, who
beat Sysonby in last years Futurity, and
there are Ort Wells, fresh from his victory
in the Brighton mile and Hermis and
Stalwart and Irish Lad, if ever again
they go to the races.
Not for the winning hazard Of hun
bred to one shot" would we deprecate
Sysonby's past performances. He is a
great horse and may prove to be the
greatest this country has ever seen. No
man deserves a kinder turf fortune than
does Mr.. KEENE. Every year, however
when this or that thoroughbred cuts a
wide and brilliant swath play of the
Imagination grows vivid and written
and spoken exaggeration runs riot. Let
the turf sharps preserve patience, and
let the turf critics trim their pens. The
racing year will not be old until the
autumn. Sysonby has other prizes to
try for and other thousands to win.
When he has proved his fettle over the
in truth, the king, and so we shall un-
grudgingly crown him,