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CLUMSY FABLE ABOUT OLD TOBOGGAN As clumsy a turf fable as was ever sent out of the fableland of New York is one recently circu ¬ lated about old Toboggan drawing a Tilow in the cotton fields of the south after winning 100000 for James 1C Kevne The old son of Kingston and Glide A as racing at the New Orleans merrygo rounds intli the Locke law closed them and will race over thtm again when they reopen as Is threutei ed As a matter of fact Toltogiom was al ¬ ways ui sound ajid raced In the Keene colors for but two sti sons not starting as a twoyearold For Mr ICe ne he won in IHM and HHH one race and 4030 lis second behind Irish Lid and Ixfori ltd dame Highball Stalwart and others in the Metro ¬ politan Handicap of 1904 earniug 2000 of that total Naturally an extremely fast horse his un soundness made Toboggan unreliable and before the racing of 1905 began Mr Keene turned him over to his cull operator Doc Streett who raced him to the close of the regular season at New Or ¬ leans last spring For Streett Toboggan ran in three years fiftyone races won sixteen was second In seven third in 7 more and unplaced In twenty one Toboggans winnings In sis seasons he is now eight years old wore but 10824 and of this amount instead of the fables 100000 for the Keene stable Toboggan earned just 4030 In the table below are the figures of Toboggans turf career careerToboggan Toboggan Lr h 1900 uy Kingston Glide Year Age tge Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp 1902 2 1903 1904 4 1905 5 5190G 190G 1907 7 Totals G 02 17 11 10 24 10824 Ovned 10824Ovned and raced by James R Keene
