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THE ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER OF COLIN If Colin bad remained sound ho had before him this year the prospect of making himself the great ¬ est iifuwy winner of record in this or any other oiinlry But that prospect has gone There may IK some ground for hope that this grand young horse lias not been so seriously Injured sis has been re ¬ ported but assuming that Hie contrary is tin case his record Is still one not likely to be equalled or forgotten soon I ast y ir shrewd and experienced turfmen ni n not likely lo be warped in their judgment by tin brilliancy of repeated successes pronounciMl Colin the greatest twoyearold ever brcd oh this continent This opinion Is not lo lie seriously questioned All that n truly great horse could do be did with consummate case time and again But he belonged to the illfated house of Doniino and as in the eases of his Illustrious grand sfre and sire his light was to be extinguished all too soon soonOf Of Colins career it can be briefly said that In all be started in thirteen races and won thirteen racis With one exception these were all groat stakes His introduction tV racing was in a live furlongs duMi for a purse at Bclmoiit Park Wednesday May 2l 1X7 In whlcli lie easily defeated twentytwo oppon ¬ ents Bar None finishing second to him as be did several times subsequently in races of greater im ¬ portance Then followed a wonderfully triumphant career in which as the dales for their running camf on ho won in orderly succession the National Stallion Race and Eclipse Stakes at Belniont Park the Groat Trial Stakes at Sheepshcad Kay Brighton Junior Slakes at Brighton Beach Saratoga Special and Graml Union Hotel Stakes at Saratoga Futurity Stakes ind rlatbnsh Stakes at Shecpshend Bay Produce Stakes at Brighton Beach and the Matron Stakes and Champagne Stakes at the Bchnout Park autumn meeting meetingThe The least weight lin ever carried In a race was 110 iiounds This was on the occasion of liis first start Aflor that bis lowest weight carried was 120 pounds iii the Flntbiish and his highest 120 pounds in Hie Great Trial Stakes and Matron Stakes lie run fiveeighths of u mile in 58 carrying 122 pounds five and i half furlongs over n muddy track In l0 ii with 125 up threequarters straight In llli with 125 threequarters around turns in 112 with 122 and seven furlongs in 123 with 122 pounds He was simply a miracle of speed and ability to carry weight weightHis His Jtistory on the track is expressed In the fol ¬ lowing table Year Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won 1907 12 12 0 0 O 131007 1008 1 1000 12000 Totals 13 13 0 0 0 143097 1907 Stake Track and Date Net Value ValueNational National Stallion Stakes Beluiont Park ParkJune June 1 9308 Eclipse 9308Eclipse Stakes Belniont Park June 5 8235 8235Great Great Trial Stakes Shccpshead Bay Juue 20 19550 19550Brighton Brighton Junior Stakes Brighton Beach BeachJuly July 27 11 750 750Saratoga Saratoga Special Saratoga August 10 13000 13000Grand Grand Union Hotel Shakes Saratoga Au ¬ gust 11 8250 8250Futurity Futurity Slicopshend Bay August 1 2 UU UUFlatbush Flatbush Stakes Sheepshcad Bay Septem ¬ ber 7 8350 8350Produce Produce BrightonBeach Stakes Second Half Brighton Beach September 30 0874 0874Matron Matron Stakes Colts and Geldings Bel Belmont mont Park October 7 9340 9340Qiiampagno Qiiampagno Stakes Belniont Park October October1C 1C 5700 1908 1908Withers Withers Stakes Belmont Park May 23 12090 12090Totals Totals 12 stakes 142147 142147Purse Purse at Belmont Park 950 950Total Total winnings 143097
