The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
Unbeaten Colt Colin Is the
Greatest Of All Thoroughbreds
Continued From Page Thirteen.


prominence and by mighty deeds OF
speed and endurance challenged ana
triunphed over all competitors AND
stirred the racing world powerfully
One was that line which began In TINS
country with Glencoe and descended.
from him through Vandal Virgil, Hint
doc. Hanover and Hamburg.
The other began with the imported
horse Eclipse and comes to this day
through Alarm, Himyar, Domino an1
Commando in direct succession. In the
meantime. twenty years from the time
Lexington would have been the unanlT-
nous choice of American experts Whein
asked to name the best American race
err, his influence. eXerted through ms
remarkable sons and daughters, was
remarkable sons and daughters, was
on his pedestal. But the passage G'I
another twenty years, bringing u'e
query down to 1894 had RELOCATED Lext-
ington to the list Of forgotten ones, ann
now a repetition Of the query woul Fd
have lead to a surprising dlscord f'L
claims in which the partisans OF Fa l.
set+o Hindoo Hanover, Domino, Luz ie
blackburn. Salvador, Kingston, EN- l.
peror of Norfolk and Henry Of Nst-
Z,srra would have loudly voiced the
claims of their favorites, and in every
case with substantial grounds for theRr
preferences.
Then. to come closer still, right dow n
To orr own times in fact, such EXAM
ples of the most glorious qualities GU
the racers as Ethelbert, King MACE
Clifford. Africander, Hermis, HamDuTs e.
Burgomaster, McChesney, Ballot, Sys-
onhv MoreIlo, BroomstiCk, Irish basd'
Peter Pan and many another whose
heetness and undying courage served
to electrify and enrapture mad ly
cbeering thousands in the course OF
modern racing.
Hiah Class VS.. First Class.
Writers careless of their words fr e-
ouentlv call ordinary racers first class
whereas the really and truly first class
racehorse is a rare animal. A, hrst
class horse is one that is practical wn-
beatable. Many high class runners
come out from year to year that nq'r-
der on first class, but lack little IN
the essentials necessary to attain IN at
high rating. Sam Hildreth's King
lanes is an example of the high ella IS
racer that is still not of the first class.
Honest very fast, up to high weight
and a veritable bulldog in courage, ne
was vastly outclassed by COLI
Through the years there have been
many justly popular idols, which, IL e
King James, lacks that final touch or
extreme greatness that gives the reg
ognized first class one his proud SAL
premacy.
This narrow border line between FIRST
class and high class is not so clearly
defined that mistakes in classification
may not occur, but no one can go as
tray in saying that Boston, Lexington,
Tom Bowling, Longfellow, Harry Bas-
slit Kingston Hanover, Hindoo, Henry
of Navarro, Domino, Salvador TenrTy,
Ethelbert. Kinley Mack and our latper
dav Colin were all first class race
horses. And there have been others
Merits of Hindo and Colin.
To sift the merits Of these magnif-
cent creatures and finally select che
one best Of all is so obviously mats er
of extreme difficulty that any concl u
sion reached may justly be objected to.
Yet there is one in the line of GLENCOE
and another in the line of Eclipse that
seem a step in advance of their conn
petitors and if opinion gives TO one OF
this pair a slight advantage over the
other it must be largely on the theory
that continued scientific breeding by
the sagacious men must inevitably TELL
its tale in rendering the best of today
in some measure better than the hest
of preceding days. The two horses re
ferred to are Hindoo and Colin.
Hindoo was a bay son of Virgil and
Florence, the latter being a daughter
of Lexington. He was foaled in 1878
and in his racing career started THIRTY
five times, won thirty races, was Sec
ond in three, and third in two, thus
never being unplaced. AS a 2-year-
old in 1880 he won seven stake races
in succession for his then owner, Dan
lei Swigert, the Colt and Fflly stakes
at Lexington; Alexander stakes and
Tennessee stakes at Louisville; Juven-
lie stakes and Jockey Club stakes al
st. Louis, and the Criterion stakes and
fremont Hotel stakes at the old west
let up in training and his fame had
become such that Dwyer Bros. sent
an agent west and bought him fer SIS,
900, a great price, indeed at that time
He was taken east and hurriedly put
in training again. Although not fit
Hindoo started twice at Saratoga and
ran third to Crickmore and Thora in
the Windsor Hotel stakes at Saratoga
and second to Thora, a superb FLY, IL
the Day Boat Line stakes at the sans
track.
Dryers Realize Mistake.
Perceiving that they were making I
mistake, the Dryers retired the col
again and that wisdom was richly re-
warded the next year. Then as a
year old he won eighteen CONSECUTIVE
races before again meeting defeat. FL
began at Lexington by winning tia
Blue Ribbon stakes at mile and
half then in trfumphal sequence won
the Kentucky derby and Clark stake
at Louisville. two overnight races a
Jerome park, the Tidal stakes am
Coney Island derby at Sheepshea
Bay; the Ocean stakes, Lorillsr
stakes and a special sweepstakes a
the Monmouth Park summer meeting
the Travers stakes, Sequel stakes an
United Hotel stakes at Saratoga; th
Champion stakes and Jersey ST. Les;e
at the Monmouth Park August meet
ing and two overnight sweepstakes a
the Coney Island Jockey clubs IA
meeting. Then, as he had done whe
a two year old, each time by Coy
Oden Bowie's swift and staying hors
Crickmore. Both reverses were din
solely to having gone stale from to
much racing. Hindoo has easily beet
on Trickmore when ysipht ~, faot Ln