New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-28
COLIN RACES TO FAME.
WINS BRIGHTON JUNIOR
Dir. Kcene's Good Colt Maintains
TnbroL.en Record of Victories.


james R Keene's Colin. Ike Peter Pan. he's
ret the seal on his greatness. The wo-year-old
son Of Comma ndo- Pastorella took up 127 pounds
and the rich Brighton Junior Stakes. Of
S15o00 in commanding style at Brighton Beach
yesterday, winning his fifth straight race and
maintaining his unbroken record ~ victories
lie won by q full length from Chapultepec,
while six or eight lengths back Harry Payne
WLitney's Bar None LED the stragglers Colin
the six furlongs fl the fast time OF 1:12 10
This the more remarkable. inasmUch he
had 10 face half a gale OF wind in the run UP
the backs1retch and around the turn which
more than Offset the advantage II gave him in
the last quarter The time was within two-ffths
Of z second Of the track record of ii 40, made
by Lady Anne, with 10S pounds up few days
ago. Under more favorable conditions Colin
would have set a mark for the six furlongs
that would probably have stood for days to
come
Colin now has won $4,000 in round numbers.
as his share of the stake yesterday was So, 900.
HIS first start was in an overnight race ct Bel
mont Park which he won In q common gallop,
and since then ne has won the National Stallion
Stakes the Eclipse Stakes, the Great Trial
Stakes and the Brighton Junior. Inciden-
tally Collins victory placed Mr.. Keene's win
rings for the season at S223 7S1 %. Collins
sire. Commando, won the first running OF the
Brighton Junior, IN 1900
Colin was q pronounced favorite at odds on.
his preliminary gallon was Impressive, and
work ChapUltepec. Bar None and Monopolist
were equal second choices at to l. while Billy
Lakelands Question Mark played for &
killing" and backed from 100 l TO Is 10 l.
The tip on this son OF Gold Crest Roseban ap-
reared 10 be more or less general and while II
seemed a bad spot TO unload" Billy Lakeland
and his friends were so confident that hundreds
accepted him blind faith and followed the
play. The colt fiatterad his followers 20 the
head OF the stretch. but himself out in
r--TF,
most was required.
The start vas fair although ChapuItepec was
more or less tangled up and did not get settled
down 10 racing until he had gone a sixteenth of
mile, Colin went right to the front. but Smoker
soined him, and they raced head and head up
the beckstretch. Colin shook Smoker off round
sng the far turn, but forced TO give battle at
ence 70 Question Mark, which ran up so strong
rhet his followers began TO shout Jubiiantly,
with q mental picture OF sudden wealth. Colin
quickly disposed bf him however, and was still
ready for Chapultepec's determined challenge
at the last f1rlong pole He conquered him as
he had the others, and. coming away, with
hrs ears prfciled and with plenty in reserve by
e full length. II a brilliant performance,
and stamps him one Of the greatest colts ever
bred IN this country.
Chapultepec also ran brilliant race, and
deserves high credit. He was in receipt Of only
two pounds from Colin. and ran the best race Of
his career, inasmuch as he had TO overcome
slight handicap at the start. Bar None which
has been rested uD at Brookdae Farm ran TO
his best form. perhaps This IS the third time
that he has been beaten by Colin, and he viii
have To go after easier game to earn brackets
Holm J TTvland. who trains Nonopolist,
rather disappointed al that colts showing, IN
spite of the fact that he made UP little ground
IN the stretch
The disfg1lring growth on Collins hook has
been reduced 10 q large extent since his last ap-
77earance IN public and was hardly noticeable
except on close inspection. James r. Keene was
st the track 10 see him race, and in his quiet
1eav was greatly elated 81 the sterling perform
ance He went out 10 the paddock 10 see tho
colt cooled out, and after Congratulating Jimmy
Rowe his trainer. patted and caressed the horse
for 2 minute or two. Colin VIII now be pointed
for the Saratoga Special and the Futurity, both
Of which rich stakes he appears to have at his
,nercy, If he trains on
F r Eitchcock's Dandelion won the Seashore
Handicap. at mile and a quarter. He was
heavily backed at odds-on. but Miller had to
Tide him out to the last ounce TO Withstand the
determined challenge Of Red Leaf. The latter
closed fast and Dandelion had 10 run the dis
4snce in 2.Q4 As 10 win. Buttling, which made
the early running. pulled up 50 lame that he
may be broken down. Kercheval, the Burns
Handicap winner In California last winter, was
q dismal last, ana ran as If three OF four races
short.
Commodore Fontatne galloped home easy
winner in the Brighton Steeplechase. which had
an added money value Of 5000. Grandpa made
the mace on sufferance for a mile and half
when Commodore Fontaine took command
Coligry was pulled and hauled about in an effort
20 place him In the early part, and then failed
20 respond when Donahue called on him.
Se1eIl the odds-on favorite in the first race,
opened UP q gap Of four lengths rounding the
FAR turn but stopped almost 10 a walk and fin
fshed far back. PenarTis, coming from far back,
got I'D IN the last stride TO beat Lad Of Lang
don 2 90 to ! shot. short head. The lat
tiers sudden Improvement was rather startling
IIe WAS beaten eight or ten lengths few days
ago In cheap maiden race, and even with
pull in the weights his race yesterday was in
striking contrast
Asgaszine heavily backed by ''Dayy" johnson.
tasted filst long enough to win the second race.
while Jacobite, the odds-on favorite. staggered
home a winner Of the last race from the badly
ridden Reidmoore.
Miller broke his string OF hard luck, and after
poing three days without winner rode Dande-
Jion and Colin TO victory. z. Dugan also rode
two winners yesterday in Magazine and ia
cobite.
A big half-boliday crowd, numbering some
twenty thousand persons, was In attendance.
Jacobtte was bid up $500 over his entered
selling price Of 81. 900 after winning the last
race. but c. z. Durnel protected him with the
usual So advance.
AZ a sale of racehorees in training. in the
paddock Yesterday Frank J. Farrell bought
Blandy from August Belmont for S3oOo