New-York tribune., 1908-05-25
COMMENT ON SPORTS
COLIN STANDS ALONE.
Nescs and Tie1cs on Carrent TOPICS,
.4mateur and Prot fcss'OndL


Colin has the conformation of equine giant
with an the refinement of the perfect type OF
the Thoroughbred. he has the courage and heart
OF q lion and the disposition of mild man
nered and sweet tempered kitten; he is hard
md willing worker when needs must but quite
disrosea TO take life and racing easily. like
br overgroHn box. 1t is this happy conblna-
ton Of qualities that makes Colin the horse OF
the century and / am not alone in TINS OPINION
Now that the great son OF ConlInando-fdSlo-
rella has come safely through his first start or
the year and won the historic Withers in the
same impressiVe way he raced to twelve stralshl
victories last year. there is every reason TO be-
beve that he will continue his unbeaten career.
barring some unfortunate accident HIS sifoo'li'
frictionless stride is pleasure to watch. and
thousands who know him only on the racetrack
love him as Only a good horse can be loved
Jimmy Rowe who trains for Mr.. Keene. de-
serves high praise for sending him 10 the post
in such perfect condition. His love for the
brilliant colt can hardly be measured in woros-
The railbirds have been insisting that Celt Is
better horse than Colin, but on this question the
majority Of Tacegoers suddenly ha.! from MIS-
souri,. If Celt is within ten pounds of Colin then
James r. Keene has not one but two, Of the
greatest horses ever bred and raced IN lhis
country, if not in the world.
Races under conditions which provide that the
horses must be handled by boys who have never
ridden a winner abonlination, and the
sooner they are left off the programme the bet
ter The idea originated with II. O. Crickmore'
at Morris Park, TO the end that youngsters who
got little or no chance TO ride might gain some
experience The idea appeared TO be good
one and two or three years ago the various rae
ing associations agreed TO put one race on the
,,r1p H0nf1-
tions. in the hope that they would serve to de-
velop budding talent in the saddle. Races OF
this kind have not served the end in view, and
the time has come for them to he dropped be-
fore some serious accident results race for
maiden jockeys last Tuesday amounted to little
more than a bowling farce. The inexperienced
boys could not handle their mounts. and the
horses were scattered all over the track in the
run through the stretch. Corncob and Tom
Iolan came into collision two or three times
and the only wonder was that one the other
did not fall The boys that show any promise
while working horses in the morning do not lack
FOR an opportunity show their worth in races,
and green boy can learn more in one race with
real jockeys than in a dozen scrambles with
Youngsters who know little more than himself
IT is hard TO account for the bad slump the
Giants took in their play last week. but there is
still reason to hope that the series with Chicago
Will not be altogether one-sided, and that the
WORLDS champions Will not have things so much
their own way, as has been the case up to this
time II is a most important series, and will
determine for the time being at least, whether
the Cubs will continue TO force the pace in the
league race The Giants have not been playing
in the West the ball they are capable of. but
that is no reason TO believe that they will not
settle down again. as the men have the neces-
points OF the game TO make championship
combination The loss Of three out of four
games to Cincinnati and three out of four to st
Louis was discouraging. to say the least, and
judging from reports. lack Of team work both in
the field and al the bat and failure to take ad
vantage Of opportunities were the causes of 1t all
It is not necessary TO make excuses for the team.
however. and once il settles down again there is
almost sure to be a different story to tell. The
series with Chicago viii end on Wednesday, and
then the team viii come East TO play three
games in Brooklyn and three at Boston before
getting back to the Polo Grounds June 4.
The Yankees are still fighting in the van in the
American League, and should continue to hold
the place, for the next few days at least They
lost one game to Detroit and one to Chicago last
week but with one exception the team played
the same high class ball which has character
ized its work since the season began. Chicago
VIII be at American League Park for one more
game to-day. ard then St Louis comes for three
games. on Friday important series will be-
gin with Philadelphia, as the Athletics have
been pressing the Yankees hard for the lead.
The two teams viii play double header on
Memorial Day, and in all probability the hilltop
grounds viii not be big enough TO accommodate
the fans, though the Giants Will be playing
in Brooklyn. The Superbas did pretty well to
beat Pittsburg in three games last week, and
their followers took fresh hope. even though they
are the tail-enders
Princeton has only Yale TO beat to earn the
undisputed championship of the intercollegiate