The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-03
GOSSIP OF THE RACETRACK
kEENE,S HORSES HAVE Won 2S
RACES TO DATE,
Also Nearly $4,000 IN Stakes and Purses
Popular Stable, with Miller - Jockey
StrouB Betting Proposition for the
Public STAKE Events TO~dny's card.

Stroug Betting Proposition for the
Public stake Events -TO~dny's card.
James r. Eeens's horses have won twenty
three races 90 far this season and have earned
dearly 10000 In stakes and purses. Juddng
fsom the strength of the popular stable. Mr..
Keene may win more than 100000, the mark
he set two years ago. From present indca-
tons he holds o strong HAND In point Of running
bonors In both the three and two year old
divisions. Peter Pan and Superman, both
sterling three-year-olds. have made good
and they will be regarded as topnotohers
until the famous Sslvidere oan take their
measure. In Colin Mr.. Keene has a phenome-
nal young colt who. It 10 believed, Will come
very near filing the place Of the dead 6ysonby.
Yet Colin is not the only really great two-
vear-old that munches oats In the Beene barn.
for II Is said that In the course OF time other
feet footed youngsters will be uncovered,
which means that the voe-ohairmsn OF the
Jockey Club viii make q powerful bid for
avery stake Of Importance TO be run In the
East this year.
With second call on the services Of Jockey
Miller, Mr.. Keene affords q remarkably GOOD
basis for turf speculation. for the public
knows that In this particular instance the
horses and the rider are doing their level
hest all the time,
Since the season opened Gt Adu0duot the
Keens stable has provided these winners.
with their share Of the purses or stakes:
Masks and Faces. $50; Suffrage. $3.50; Fri
7ette, $500; Citizen. 1890; sepoy. $500; FRI
zette, Rosedale Stakes, $3.50; Transvaal,
Maiden Stakes, 81 .e7o; sepoy, $50; Suffrage,
ToboEgan Handicap. $500; superman.
$500; Philander. $500; Superman, Brooklyn
Handicap, / $780,: Trsnsvaal, ManhAsset
stakes, 1920: Zambesi. o. 900; Sepoy, $500;
Suffrage, es7o; Grtmeldi. $3.50; FhBette.
Laureate Stakes. IS, 425; Colin, $40; Fam
us n----.4- S1 nOE. D.N1r Dan naI1a4pk
Stakes, 32l .7eS; GrimRldi, 500; Colin, Ma
tional Stallion Stakes, 91o.146.
II Commando had lived there is no doubt
that he would have become one Of the great
est sires in the world. With the three-year-
olds Peter Pan and Superman to perpetuate
his memory. the two-yOar-old Colin is another
OF his get to win fame. Others that have
heen sired by Commando and have won IL
the Keene colors are Kuroki. now a four
vear-old; Mentha, a three year-old 6lly;
lambes, q three-year-old colt, and Transvaal,
a two-year-old. In addition to Colin these
two-year-olds. all by Commando, will prob
ably race In the near future; Celt. Defiant.
Flower OF the Forest. Peter Ounce and
R~estigouche.
Peter Pans victory in the Belmont Stakes
On Decoration Day showed the colts real
quality and was not an accident. Before
the present season opened Trainer Rowe
If the Keene stable expressed the opinion
privately that Peter Pan would develop
into a rernArkab BILE three-yea r-old and would
win q majority Of the stakes for horses Of
that age. When, therefore, Peter Pan was
beaten In the Withers by Frank Gill there
was much surprise. A poor ride by w DuRan
vas supposed to be partly to blame. as the
Jockey made too much use Of his mount in
the first half mile. That was the reason
why Jack Martin was substituted for Dugan
when Peter Pan started in the Carlton Stakes,
in which he was beaten by Dinna Ken. On
that COCA sion Martin rode the big colt in per-
feot style. but the son of Commando seemed
TO quit Just when he should have gone on
and won. Then 10 was that the critics said
that Peter Pan was only a Splinter and that
he lacked heart.
by that time that Peter Pan really needed
a lot Of hard work to get him in his best shape,
So early last week, it is said, Peter Pan WAS
sent out to work a g~ruelling mile and a half
on two occasions as a preparation for the
Belmont Stakes. This sort Of exercise
awakened all the latent energy in the big
colt so that he was himself In the S25, 900 ace
last Thursday. Even II Miller had put Super
man under q drive In that race there are
many good Judges who insist that Peter
Pan would have won In a Ealop just the
same. Rowe never thought that Superman
was a better colt than Peter Pan. even when
the former won the Brooklyn Handicap,
ana hoNG luNU O" dpptdlb ~ ' NV
what he was talking about all along.
The POPULAR Of racing was never more
pronounced thar this season. From the out
set the attendance has been greater than
before in spite Of the fact that public form,
because of various adverse conditions. has
been a delusion and a snare. The immense
attendance at Belmont Park on Decoration
Day was a fitting testimonial to the populsr
rule Of the Jockey Club. II some of the re-
formers who are continually crying out a gainst
the racetrack could have seen this gathering
of nearly $4,000 orderly persons they might
ha We changed their minds as to the evil
results" from the sport. There was no intoI-
ication, no rowdyism, no disputes in spite Of
the thousands of dollars that changed hands
on the result OF each race and no personal
encounters OF any kind. The Pinkertons
did not have to exert themselves more than
any other day. except in the handling Of the
thousands who tried to board the overloaded
trains after the races. Speaking OF this Won
derful crowd. 4. S. Rowland, the general
mana ger OF the WestchesteT Racing Assooia-
ton. said that it was the largest that had ever
been seen on a racetrack in this country.
" racing was not properly controlled and
men Of integrity were not at the helm. no
such throngs would turn out to see the horses
run. The Jockey Club deserves all the praise
that is bestowed upon its members these
DAYS for Che way they have safeguarded
the snort in spite Of the vicious assaults that
have been made upon it from various quar-
tiers.
The Belmont Park meeting will wind up on
Wednesday and the scene will then shift to
Gra Vesend, where another session Of tw elve
days will be held The Van Cortlandt Handi-
cap. seven furlongs, will be run tomorrow
with all the best s%printers eligible. On We'd
nesday the Eclipse Stakes. for two-year-olds,
and the Grand National Steeplechase will
prove strong attra ctions Forthe Eclipse. Colin
is eligible. together with Masque. Incognito,
Peter Ounce, Earl's Court and Cape Chaplet,
all from the Keene stable. In addition to
these are Bar None, Angelus. Cohort, Wave
Crest. Gold Heart, Golden Pearl and others.
For the Grand National, 7. s, Martin, Good
and Plenty, Hot Shot. Hylas, Grandpa, John
NJ. p, Pagan Bey, Coligny, Fl Cuchillo and
other good jumpers are liable to start.
At Gravesend on Thursday the attractions
riIl be the Greenfield Steeplechase, the Cti-
terion Stakes for two-year-old tllies and the
$4,000 Westminster Handicap at a mile and
a quarter. For the last named event the
probable starters are Gloriter, Tokslon,
Dandeliop. Tangle, McCarter, running Water,
Far West. Whimsical. Go Between, Good
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