The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14
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fStaKeS and the Turf stakes at the
same meeting, and each time Check
mate was second. Taken east to
Sheepshead Bay he won the Coney
Island stakes from p, Lorillard's fast
horse, Barrett, and followed this up
by defeating Eole and Parole for the
Coney Island cup at the regulation cup
distance of two miles and a quarter.
This concluded his grand racing ca
reer, and the truth is it should never
have been marred by a defeat.
Hindoo was not an impetuous race
horse, as was his stable comrade, Luke
Blackburn. He was a sober minded
horse that was content to stride along
wherever his jockey was minded to
place him, and then go to the front and
win when given the signal to do so.
His like Is seldom seen in racing, and
as sire his fame was in consonance
with that he won in contention on the
track.
Colin Greatest of All.
But the great blazing star, the one
Incompatible that must be awarded
preference oven even the mighty Hin
doc, is that representative Of the
Eclipse line which was but recently
the wonder of New York racing, the
unheaten and invineibe Colin.
In every respect he was a superla-
lively great racehorse. II was his
good fortune to come into action in a
time when his chief opponents were al
so grand racehorses. That is the test
that serves TO demonstrate the super
| excellence of an Ormonde, q. Hindoo,
or a Colin. In such antagonists as
Uncle, Fair Play, King James, Fire
| stone, Dorante, Stamina, Chapultepec,
| Cohort, Royal Tourist and Meelick he
met and vanquished horses better than
the best of many other years. For in
! stance, in 1905, after Burgomaster
broke down, Accountant made a clean
sweep of the rich 3-year- old events of
the eastern turf and was the chief
money winner Of the year. This was
because his opposition was of mediocre
class and it is more than probable that
| each Of those named as Collins oppon-
ents was easily Accountants superior,
| certainly most Of them were, and high
class racers they all were.
When it is reflected that such horses
as Fair Play and King James had
about as much chance of defeating
| Colin as an ordinary selling platter
would have possessed of outrunning
either of his illustrious pair, the alb
| solutely enormous capacity of Colin as
as racehorse must be apparent to even
one IMMERSED in the affairs of the turf
His speed was almost unbelievable
and in the Belmont stakes and the
| Tidal stakes he showed conclusively
that he could run far as we'll as fast
Boasts an Unbroken Record.
In all Colin ran in fifteen races and
won them all. To him fell the richest
prizes of American racing, and men
who had grown gray in watching the
successive generations Of our horses
come and go declared none his equal
| had ever before come from American
| breeding. His victories were in a
| purse, the National Stallion race
Eclipse stakes, Great Trial stakes
Brighton Junior stakes, Saratoga Tria
stakes, Brighton Junior stakes, Flu
turity stakes, F1atbush stakes, Produce
| stakes, Matron stakes, Champagne
| stakes, Withers stakes, Belmont stakes
and Tidal stakes.
1t is well known that he was taker
to England for racing last year, blu
| could not be started. It is not so gen.
| orally known that while in trainins
| his speed was tested against two Of
| the fastest sprinters in England, and
that he simply ran away from them
Unluckily he fell hopelessly lame d.
rectly afterwards, and English turf
patrons were deprived Of the pleasure
Of viewing the nonpariel Of American
racing action.
No mention of mares has been made
in this article because none could be
justly held to be the best American
racer. But in Fashion, Idlewild, Ruth.
less, Olitipa, Firenzi, Miss Woodford
Dew Drop, Beldame, Sallie McClelland
Dew Drop, Wanda, Yorkville Belle
The Butterflies, Tradition, Cap ant
Bells, Artful, Maskette and MANY 9th.
ers that might be named, superb mares
have graced our turf and worthily hello
their own in great exhibitions Of speed
| stamina and the dauntless courag,
that characterizes the thoroughbred
And Of all these, although it cannot bt
proved, Artful probably was best.