Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-26
PRICELESS RACERS IN
J. R. KEENE'S STABLES

NEW YORK, December 26-Estimated
as worth not less than half a million DOL
lars. IL it were possible to buy them rom
their owner, forty-three thoroughpreos'
the nroperty of James r. Keene. are at
the sheepshead Bay course, contentediy
nunching their hay and oats, IN rugged
health and eager, apparently, for the re-
sumption of racing next spring. Inc
string is not as large as usual, Mr.. heene
having sold some yearlings and horses IN
training during the season just passed.
Rut II is large enough to give employ
ment to forty-three men and boys. ali OF
whom have some one or more dependent
upon them for their earnings.
Colin the unbeaten, could not look pct
ter. and his nextdoor neighbor. Celt. Is
worthy rival to his brown relative. II
these two colts were in different stables
the great stakes of 1908 would be worth
looking at, for dear as Colin Is to his
trainer and handlers. they also have
very high regard for Celt. Based upon
their stake engagements, these two three
year-olds are easily worth quarter of a
million dollars. Peter Ounce is also In the
string. as we'll as Transvaal. Besom' Res
eouche Red Bonnet and other three-year-
olds. to say nothing of Ballot, Superman
and other older horses
st. Mildred Colt Collins Successor.
1t is, however the coming two-year-
olds which are of most interest to the
public. 1t is the confident belief of M.
Keene as we'll as of Messrs. Foxhall
Keene. J. G. Follansbee and De Courcey
Forbes. who are frequent visitors at the
stalls, that in the seal-brown colt, as yet
unnamed. by Disguise out of st. Mildred,
there Is the legitimate successor of Colin
for two-year-old honors and emoluments.
He has not white mark on him except
a minute bit IN the center OF his intelli-
gent face. He is as supple as an eel and
to the true proportions OF a great racer
he adds the most exquisite temper. Tom
Green, who for the last three years has
broken all of Mr.. Keene's yearlings and
has invariably passed up to James Rowe
q selection Of sood-tempered youngsters,
declared as he fondled this colt that he
has not a vice or wicked inspiration
"All Of Mr.. Keene's yearlings are broken
at the barrier before ], hand them over to
Mr.. Rowe" said Green, land the conse-
auence is that not one OF them has ever
been on the schooling list. Suffrage,
which was bad at the barrier, I did not
break"
II the unnamed st. Mildred colt could
now be guaranteed to win as many races
be worth at least 500, 900. Colin has won
about $133OOO. The new aspirant for
Collins fame is the fastest yearling ever
tried at Sheepshe ad Bay Tom" Green
said yesterday that Colin was the best
tried yearling he had ever seen UP to
the present time. Green did not say that
the unnameds trial was better than
Collins.
"Best Yearling in the World
He did say, however. that he thought
he had the best yearling in the world un-
der his care. It will be five months at
least before the new aspirant will be seen
in public.
There are more than a dozen high-bred
yearAngs in Mr.. Keene's string this year
which on breeding and looks should do
much to uphold the glory of the stable in
1903. The last of the Commands is one
His dam 10 Running Stream. There Is only
one BY Ben Brush, out Of Cap and Bells