The Washington herald., 1907-12-29
KEENE HAS The BEST RACERS
ThOrOughbreds Which Garry His
Colors Worth Half a Million.
Promising YeRrIinGs, at Sheepshead
Experts to he Best I'm World.

New York. Dec. 2s.-Estimated as worth
not less than $4,000 II IL were possible
to buy them from their owner. forty
three thoroughbreds. the property Of
James r. Keene. are at the Sheepshead
Bay course. contentedly munching their
hay and oats. in rugged health. and eager.
apparently. Tor the resumption OF racing
next spring. The string is not as large
as usual. Mr.. Keene having sold some
yearlings and horses IN training during
the seasons just passed. But It Is large
enough 10 give employment TO forty-three
men and boys. all Of whom have some
one or more dependent upon them FOR
their earnings
Colin. the unbeaten. could not look bet
ter. and his next-door neighbor, Celt, is
q worthy rival 10 his brown relative. II
these two colts were in different stables
the great stakes Of 1905 would be worth
looking at. for dear as Colin is 10 his
trainer and handlers. they also have a
very high regard for Celt Based upon
their stake engagements these two three
year-olds are easily worth $4,000. Peter
Ounce IS also in the string. as well as
TransvaaL Bosom. Resugouche, Red
Bonnet and other three-year-OIds. 70 say
nothing OF Ballot. SupeTman. and other
older horses
1t is. however. the coming two-year-
ODDS which are of most interest 10 the
public. II is the confident belief OF Mr..
keene, as well as Of Messrs. FoxhaM
keene. J. q. Follansbee, and De COur-
cey 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-yeaT-Old hoHOrs and
emoluments. He has not a white mark
upon him, except a minute bit IN the CEN
ter OF his intelligent face He is AS sup
pie as an eel, and 20 the true proper
tons 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 10 James Rowe a selection OF
good tempered youngsters. declared as
he fondled this colt that he has not a
vice or a wicked inspiration. All OF
Mr.. keene's yearlings are broken al the
barrier before l hand them over 10 Mr..
Rowe" said Green. and the consequence
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 10 win as many races
and as much money as Colin. he would
be worth at least $4,000. Colin has won
about Sl3s.0o0 The new aspirant for
Collins fame is the fastest yearling ever
tried at Sheepshead Bay. Tom" Green
said yesterday that Colin was the best
tried yearling he had ever seen I'D 70
the present time. Green did not say that
the unnamed's trial was better than
Collins
He did say. however. that he thought
he had the best yearling in the world
under his care. 1t will be five months at
least before the new aspirant will be seen
IN public.
There are more than a dozen high-bred
yearlings 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 IS Running Stream. There
IS only one by Ben Brush, out OF Cap
and Bells II. There IS a half-sister to
Peter Pan, q half-brother to Superman.
half-brother to Bohemian, and others
OF equally good blood lines.