New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
MORE FAME FOR
UNBEATEN COLIN
NOW CLOSE TO BIG MONEY
WINNERS OF TURF.
Big Croscd at Track to See the Son
of Commando Continue His Al
Conquering Way.

his same old lazy way Dorante. Stamina and
Chapultepcc In the rich Tidal Stakes OF szeVo'
Betting or betting. Colin was such an al'facuoH
that a crowd numbering some fifteen thousand per-
sons went down The track 70 see the sooo three-
vear-old continue his victorious career Nine out
Of every present showed their appreciation ny
cheering and applauding as Colin raced nome some
three lengths before Dorante, which was the only
one of the others which could keep within strklhg
distance in the last quarter.
Coins share of the Tidal Stakes was sl5ee'
which brings his total winnings up 10 Sl7S5@' IN
round figures and places him third among the
biggest winners of the American turf. Domino,
The - ,.isire Of Colin, novsheads the list with
sae255 and Svsonhy is second with slsiiSS Lake
Colin both these horses were owned by James H.
Keene 1t is only q question OF time, to all ap
n.srances when Colin will take his place at the
ton and Il is iust possible that before MS racing
days are over he may surpass the total OF s1S''oeo
won bv Tsinglass which heads the list OF great
winners in England
lanes R Keene the vice-chafrTnan OF the Jockey
cq,,h who made a worlds record for winning own
ers last year with something over s4ooo'O is now n
fair way 10 duplicate or at least closely approach
sbe big total his horses earned last year Up 10
rhis tine hfs colors have been carried TO Vc'orE
sn s71rh rich and historic fixtures as the Nithers
The Belmont the Brooklyn HandfcaP, the s1anoaIa
Stakes the Suburban Handicap and the llodi
c..r.s and his total winnings for the season now
.-oount 70 s1sl 200 He st the track yesterday
.. .. Co1,, nerforr, and he followed closely his
-verv move from the time ne went on the ,rack
FOR his warming up sailop until ne was oooie" '
and led away TO the stable
M- Ke4ne IS not the kind Of man 20 show unoue
.lo+to- ,,,- he appeared TO he more enthusiastic
Than usual yesterday and plainly enjoyed nearing
his friends laud Colin TO the skies Nheh sohie
body suggested that il would take some horse
" heat The son Of Commando he smiled IN q conn
dent way but refused TO be drawn INTO a olsCus
xion as 10 the relative merits Of Colin Celt ana
Ballot three Of the greatest horses ever oleo anu
oeveloped in this country, and all "hich are
owned by Mr.. keene.
The Tidal Stakes, at one mile and quarter
was r,n as the fourth race, and Colin was held at
! to : by those who were asked TO make quota
r5on Harry Payne Whitney's Stamina unoea'en
this wear up TO yesterday and generally RANKED
as -he best three-year-old FLY in training, was
among Coliu's opponents the others being r a
rorevr7e's Do-ante and the 3. & o. Stables Cha
r,utepec. Dorante had been scratched from 'he
Suburban Handicap. in which he was eligible un-
der riretv-1ree pounds. 20 start against Colin at
weight for age in the Tidal. Mr. Forsythe had
The utmost confidence in his good and consistent
sr-ee-vear-old. The colt good race ana ap-
reared 70 have Colin straight at the head Of me
stretch but other horses in previous races have
srpeared 10 have the lazy, easygoing son OF Soih-
-7sndo straight zlso. only 10 be beaten easlly al
~ .ra .rd This was Dorante's fate yesterday.
Stamina aceG head and head with Colin for
Quarter Of mile. perhaps. and then dropped PACK
beaten even at that early point OF the race III
irving 10 live vfth pace that has killed OF so
business and FaIloping along in that smooth
Tric+fonless way for which he is famous made the
running up the backstretch and around the turn
Stamina and Chapultepec were soon compieteiS
out Of it but Dorante moved up strongly on 1ile
urn and was lapped Colin for few strldes
o. -h. head cf the stretch. When Strengthened cut
for home Notter drew his whip and shook II at
colin two or three times TO prevent his ioa1ng
npd 10 keep him up TO his work 1t also looked
for 2 moment as il trying TO bear out
he Vrhp ana
he came right away win in the easiest possloe
manner. so far appearances went, by 1See
lengths and in the fast time Of 29s
The size of the crowd which was quite as large
as that on Suburban day. was distinctly encouras-
ine to those interested in the sport, as it proved
once more that racing popular enough Wlth
holiday seekers 10 he continued even "llhout tle
hookrnalyers There betting, except OF 'he
,nar-to-r1an kind. and mighty little Of that, bu
most of those present took lively interest in thf
snort + was almost too hot for comfort ever
with the cool breezes blowing off the ocean, nu
this dia not lead OF those present 10 iedNe "e
fore the last race was run. The same conol'oh
,,revai,ed as on previous Gays since the new Ia"
srafrsr betting was passed, but the police, unoe
] the temporary injunction secured on frldaE' Oh
NOT interfere with those present. although the!
were on hand prevent any open violation OF IA
statute No arrests were made
After the Tidal Stakes chief interest centred :
she r-trod ctorv Steeplechase the short coufs
Of about TWO miles. Thomas Hitchcock Jr' ;
13avorat won easily after his stable companion
T,,5~a pos had made the running for mile Will
Tbistledale and T. s Martin fought il out for tn
7lace with the former getting the decision by
short neck T s Martin blundered badly at tn
bank on the backstretch, otherwise he might heN
forced Bayonet out
Mr Hirchcock's elatfon at winning the race witt
Isavonet quickly turned TO detection. as Judge Pos
<ell from exhaustion or the bursting of a bloo
vessel lust after the finish and after kicking an'
1h-ashing around for twenty minutes or more va
put out of his misery by friendly bullet The vet
erinarans MADE every effort to save him by col'
water treatment their efforts were in vain, ant
8Gr Hitchcock finally gave the word TO destroy him
H r. Duryea's Mediant good looking flly bI
-fe6dler-BaIlantrae. the twenty-ninth running
OF the Foam Stakes a way To indicate that sh
viii hold her own in better company later. she cam
aVav rather easily in the last furlong. when Jane
p Keene.s Casque which had raced Uncle jim
into submission. tired. john T. Madden's Hgl
Range chased Medant home. The other winner
were Harry Payne Whitney's Timber. T. ". Coul
ters Brother Jonathan and the Chelsea Stable
The Wrestler
A. = meeting of the Saratoga Racing Association
YESTERDAY morning it was definitely decided 10 run
of the programme Saratoga for twelve days a
least. and longer If the Empire City Racing Associa
tiOn should decide hold its midsummer meet
ing II was said further that the Saratoga Racin,
Association might apply for some Of the dates 0
The Brighton Beach Racing Association If the Lat
did of its fun meeting in July
IN spite q the fact that clause was inserted il
the contracts for the closed events which would
lieve The Saratoga Racing Association from run
ring them in Of adverse legislation IL was de
cided that seven of the stakes would be al
originally planned. follows: The Hopeful o
s2a.0e3 the Spnaway. Grand Union and Unites
States. of $1,000 each; the Travers, OF $500 th'
Flash. Of 900. and the Alabama, OF $500 1t Wal
said further that the other fixtures including th'
Saratoga Handicap, the Great Republic Stakes and
The Saratoga Cup. would he off in all proba