The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-15

sire his fame was in consonance
with tiat he won in contention on
the track
Colin Greatest OF All.
But the great blazing star, the |
one incompatible that must be award |
ed preference over even the mighty !
Hindoo, is that representative of the |
Eclipse line which was but recently |
the wonder of New York racing, the !
unbeaten and invlncible Colin.
In every respect. he was a SUI
perlativcly great race horse II was
his good fortune to come into action.
in time when his chief opponents
were also grand race horses. That
IS the test that serves to demonstrate
/ the supercxccllencc Of an Orminde,
IIiadoo. or a Colin. In such antag-
on,sts as Uncle, Fair Play King
James. Frestonc, Dorante, Stamina,
| Chapultepec. Cohort. Royal Tourist.
and Meclick. he met and yanquishcd
! horses better than the best OF many
other years. For instance, in 1906.
after Burgomaster broke down. Ac-
countant made a clean sweep OF the
rich three year old events Of the
eastern turf and was the chief money
inner of the year. This was because
/ his opposition was OF mediocre class
and it Is more than probable that
I Of pQ
ponentS was easily Accountants SUI
perior. certainly most Of them were,
and high class racers they all
were.
When II is reflected that such
horses as Fair Play and King James
had about as much chance of de.
featng Colin as an ordinary selling
platter would have possessed of out
running either of this illustrious pair,
the absolutely enormous capacity of
Colin as race horse must be appa-
affairs of the turn. His speed was
almost unbelievable, and in the Bel
mont stakes and the Tidal stakes he
showed conclusively that he could
run far as well as fast.
Boasts an Unbroken Record.
In all Colin ran 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
American breeding. His victories were
in purse. the National Stallion race
Eclipse stakes, Great Trial stakes
Brighton Junior stakes. Saratoga
Trial stakes. Brighton Junior stakes
Futurty stakes, Flatbush stakes
Produce stakes, Matron stakes. Bel
month stakes, and Tidal stakes.
1t Is well known that he was takeI
to England for racing last year, bu
could not be started. 1t Is not sc
generally known that while in train
ing his speed was tested agains
two of the fastest sprnters in Eng
land. and that he simply ran ava,
from them. Unluckily he fell hope
lessly lame directly afterwards. ant
English turf patrons were deprive'
of the pleasure of viewing the non
pareil of American racing action.
No mention of mares has bee
made in this article because non
could be justly held TO be the bes
American racer. But in FashiCr
Idlewild, Ruthless. Olitpa, Firenz
Miss Woodford, Imp. Correction. BE
dame, Sallie McClelland. Dew DroI
Wanda, Yorkville Belle. The Butter
flies, Tradition. Cap and Bells, Ar
ful. Maskette. and many others tina
might be named, superb mares hav
graced our turf and worthily hel
their own in great exhibitions {
speed. stamina, and the dauntles
courage that characterizes the tho
oughbred. And of all these, althoug
il cannot be proved. Artful probabl
was best