The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
KEENE FILLIEs ARE POPULAR.
King Of the Turf Has Excellent
Chance for Futurity.

So many excellent horses are owned by
James r. Keene that Il is a difficult task
to separate al Of them on their merits.
thay is, so Tar as their individual cIassl-
dcauon is concerned
When il comes 20 the youngsters which
have been shown this year. turfmen are
inclined 70 believe thai the FLIES are
much superior to the colts Not that the
two-year-olds OF the masculine sex have
not done well at times in 3Ir. Keene's
colors. but that he has an unconnOnly
good string Of fllizs-
Some OF them seem 20 be 50 good that
experts who have watched rhei- work for
the last two or three weeks are begin
niag % look upon the Keene Stable as
mighty factor for the Futurity. but not
with a colt. as has frequently been the
case, but a FLY
One man Of experience who has watch
Cd race horses a great deal OF his life
says MaskeJte and Wedding Bells sP-
pear 70 him 10 be the pair which viii d.
vide the Fgrurirg money between them
Easke-te Won her first two races n
very impressive style. IN one or them
she broke a track record Her best work
for t5ar race was a Lais mile at Sara
toEa in Is % seconds. over the Horse
Tin, in the Madden Stable. worked the
same distance in - 2-5 seconds all out al
the time. and the owner OF the Madden
stable opened his eyes n establishment
at the possibility % the Eeere fIlies
beating him ont to- the Futurity-
Gaskette worked t5res-quarters % a
mile IN 1-15 - over the main track al
Saratoga While It IS not generally
known. the fIIy has been S-e6 I1 her
right ankle. which has enlarged since she
was a yearll1E- L cannot possibly have
affected her speed, for her marvellous
work over the track shows her great
ability % run
Melisande. q promising Ally. has shown
as much speed as any txo-year-old colt
IN the Eeene stable some think that
she is gamer than any colt which has
been sent out this year She has been
worked against everything IL the Keene
string and has trimmed everything ex-
ceQr Naskette- On July 81 she worked
fIve-eiEhths OF a mile in 1-0l rs. 5reezilg.
On August . she ran q half mile il Il %
seconds. easily. and on August she
raced three-1uarters Of a mile in OH 2-5-
% OBS. 1-47. 0-59 3-5. and 1-12 -. driving.
with Suffragerce as q companion She
beat SuEra Eette two lengths Melisaude
Is IN the Futurity and will be a hard
horse for any colt 20 beat that IS entered
against her
James Rowe. the trainer for the stable.
has been going along slowly with Mas
carada. as he believes that the two fl
lies which have been named can take
I care Of anything which may race against
them this year 1IasCarada has worked
over the main track al Sheepshead Bay
as well as I--2 and il would not take
more than weeks training 70 put her
on edge for the FUtUrity, If il were
I deemed necessary 10 start her.
Tattling is a most promising youngstsr.
I No one seems 10 know just how good she
I is. Whenever Rowe has asked her TO do
} something she has gone out and per
/ formed II as kindly as If she were an old
race horse. On several occasions she has
run halves in = seconds. and on one oc-
casiOn she ran & half in IS seconds
7 SUfragette and AfictiOn have not done
50 weu as some Of the others in the sta
bic. but their work has been good enough
20 insure them q place IL the hne cluster
Of flies owned by Mr. keene-