Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-16
PLAIN TALK ABOUT
THE RACING GAME
Gush of Turf Writers About the
Horse of the Century-Size
of Crowds and Reports of
Enthusiasm Exaggerated.
By Clearance c. Cullen.

NEW YORK, September 14.-This good
Keene colt. Colin, Is being acclaimed ''the
horse of the century,, the peerless 1.-THE
renowned 1.-The mighty" and so on. II
should be remembered however, that there
are turf writer's who have the stopping over
habit. 1t is as well, too, to keep in mind
the fact that the horse of the century
pops pretty nigh every year over here on
these New York tracks. The annual
horse Of the century may be either a
two-year-old or a three-year-old. All he
has to do Is to get into fine fettle and to
develop a winning streak. and certain Of
the turf-writing people are sure to hand
him that precious horse of the century
laurel.
1t would be the sheerest foolishness, of
course, to deny that Colin is mighty good
two-year-old, If not indeed. great one.
He is still unbeaten. He has done every
thing asked Of him. He has won nine
straight races, and he was extended in only
one OF them, the Futurity. when Bar None
caused the Keene crack to be pretty
straight at the wire. All the same. Colin Is
so far ahead OF Bar None that he simply
outclasses that one
Yet all of this doesn't mean that Colin Is
the greatest -year-old ever seen on the
American turf or that he is the horse or
the century" If he Is still unbeaten. 1t Is
lust as well to remember that he certainly
has not had much to beat. Not for many
years has the two-year-old lot been so
completely on the punky order as the bunch
of young 'uns that have come to the races
this year Clever is about the only term
of praise that can be applied to any OF
them outside of Colin l don't know of one
of them that has shown the two-year-old
stake class of plenty or tWo-year-old lots
OF former years. And SO COIN, peins
real clinker of course, has run away ana
hid from the kind opposed TO him every
time he's come out in the colors. He has
had It all his own way on account OF this
being curlously pronounced off year for
horses of his age.
Success of Peter Pan.
Mr.. Keene is away out in front. Of course,
as a winner this year, and that being the
case. II Is the custom to hand his horses
that have done the winning all of the hys-
terical encomiums that overworked adjec-
tiyes erect. His good three-year-oid Peter
Pan. now resting down on the keene farm
In kentucky, was the victim OF sorry lot
hand 1t out that Ballot. keene's second
string in the three-year-old division. is
great If Ballot is a great three-year-old.
I never saw race track turnStile. Yes,
he has won lot OF races. Yes. he has
done everything asked OF him.. Yes to
whole lot OF stuff of that and similar
sort But he's so far behind horses of the
Hamburg and Ornament and Waterboy
and Irish Lad and Hermis and Sysonby
class that IT would be ridiculous to even
attempt to class him with that sort. Ballot
has been chucked into those soft spots. too.
every time he's been sent out to nail a
stake. and he has only had to romp to get
the things he has been sent for. There has
been nothing to straighten him out.
Attendance Figures Exaggerated.
By the way, don't swallow the attend