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CASQUE RATED HIGHLY BY CRITICS New York Hay 21 Casque the Ken Brush colt which defeated Statesman and Joe Madden on Mon ¬ day will bear the colors of James K Keene in the 5000 Juvenile next Saturday Casque is not of the prolific and swiftfooted family of Domino and Commando but he is as fast as the wind Frank Gardner thought on Monday that lie was sending a great colt to the post in Statesman and John Mad ¬ den had the highest confidence in Joe Madden the Yanket Tarantella colt which bore his colors colorsCasque Casque made them both look cheap Casque is probably better than persons who did not watch his race critically might think He was a bit slug ¬ gish in the first quarter and Notter found it neces ¬ sary to apply the whip He did not flinch from punishment lie ran straight and true It is good to see a green twoyearold race as Casque did the first time out outIt It might sound foolish to say that Casque is as clever a twoyearold as Colin was at Belmont Park last season but Colin at least did not earn his first set of brackets more easily tlian thc Ken Brush colt won his Nor were the twoyearolds Colin defeated more highly thought of by tliclr people than Joe Moddcn and Statesman were thought of on Monday
