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SOME GREAT UNBEATEN TWO YEAR OLDS IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN TURF Wliilc few years pass without the appearance of twoyearolds that emerge from their initial season in racing undefeated thanks to being subjected to the test of competition on comparatively few occa ¬ sions and in moderate company it is only occasion ¬ ally that the tvoyearold of the highest class competing with its compeers and picking up the penalties that its successive triumphs entail retires at the end of its twoyearold season with an un ¬ tarnished record The yast few years have brought only one that measures up to the standard in mind even although during the period of depression from which the turf in this country has emerged some juveniles of undoubtedly highclass have been in action The last but one such was the brilliant Colin whose achievements in 1007 stamped him as one of the most extraordinary thoroughbreds that America lias produced The readers of Daily Itacing Form may be interested in a resume of the racing records of the unbeaten juvenile stars whose feats entitle them to inclusion in this highly exclusive class classGEOEGE GEOEGE LOEILLAEDS STAE SENSATION SENSATIONSensation Sensation was a beautiful brown colt of faultless action and great speed In his time tracks were deep and slow and the richest stakes wcr scant in value compared with those provided for the juvenile racers of later days He met all the good youngsters of his time and vanquished them conclusively All of his races were for stakes He was the property of George Lorillard throughout his racing career which only covered his year of triumph Sickness in the winter following his two yearold racing incapacitated him from further service on the track Subsequently he was a suc ¬ cessful sire His racing record the year being 1870 was as follows followsRace Race Track Dist Time Value ValueJuvenile Juvenile Stakes Jerome Park 12 in uO 2150 2150July July Stakes Monmouth 58 111 107 475 475Flash Flash Stakes Saratoga 12 m 40 = 4 2100 2100Saratoga Saratoga Stakes Saratoga 34 m 118 2700 2700August August Stakes Monmouth 34 m 118 2550 Criterion Stakes Monmouth 34 in 122 2525 Nursery Stakes Jerome Park 34 ml18 3100 Central Stakes Pirnlico 1 in 15014 2050 TEEMONT THE BLACK 70NDEE OF 1886 1886The The year 1885 was one of great triumphs for the powerful stable owned by Dwycr Brothers no horse contributing more effectively than the black twoyearold colt Tremoiit by Virgil Ann Feif by Lexington He was a truly wonderful twoyear old exceedingly quick on his feet and usually away from the post so fast that his opponents were beaten from the start in vain efforts to match the electric speed at once developed In none of his races was there even approximately a close finish except in the solitary instance of the Surf Stakes at Sheepshcad Bay Here in a bad start he was practically left at the post but took after the others and finally won from Queen of Elizabeth by threequarters of a length In all of his other races it was Tremont first at the finish in a canter anywhere from three lengths to ten lengths in front In the Junior Champion Stakes he defeated such a celebrity as Kingston by eight lengths Tre mouts seasons record was as follows followsKnee Knee Track Dist Time Value ValueJuvenile Juvenile Stakes Jerome Park 12 m 484 2400 Sequence Stakes Jerome Park 5S in 10214 2275 Foam Stakes Sheepshead P ay 58 in 104 2800 Surf Stakes Sheepshead Bay 58 ml02 2875 Zephyr Stakes Sheepshead Bay 34 in 11714 2075 Paddock Stakes Sheepshead 34 m 11714 2325 Spring Stakes Sheepshead Bay 34 in 116 2185 June Stakes Sheepshead Bay 34 in 118 14 2135 Great Post Stakes Sheepshead 34 ml104 2700 Good Bye Stakes Sheepshead 34 ml15 1100 1100Atlantic Atlantic Stakes Monmouth 34 in 1164 2405 2405Tyro Tyro Stakes Moumouth 34 m 119 4010 4010Junior Junior Champion Stks Moumh 34 ml1714 8800 Total 39135 HANOVEE WAS TEEMONTS TTNDEESIUDY In the same year that Tremont ran 1SS6 Dwycr Brothers had another unbeaten twoyearold colt that subsequently was a mighty race horse in other years while Tremonts racing was all done when whenhe he was a twoyearold This other colt was Han ¬ over a chestnut colt by Hindoo Bourbon Belle Tremont was campaigned extensively but Hanover was only started in three races His first essay was in the Hopeful stakes at Moumouth Park which he won from Fitzroy with some difficulty by a half length Then he won the July Stakes from Oneko again by a half length but carried 120 pounds to Onekos 110 His last race was when he won the Sapling Stakes from Kingston by two lengths in after years besides being one of the highestclass racers of American turf history he also became a great siro when retired to the stud His twoyoarold career was wasHaw Haw Track Dist Time Value Hopeful Stakes Monmouth 34 milel15yt 4420 July Stakes Monmouth 34 mile 11514 4415 4415Sapling 5500s Sapling Stakes Moumouth 34 mile 117 5500 Total 14335 1 THE NEVADA WONDEE OF 1889 EL EIO EEY EEYEl El Kio Beys year was 1889 He was a brother to Emperor of Norfolk and probably naturally even a greater race horse The Emperor was a bay but El Itio Key was a big chestnut of mag ¬ nificent appearance a model of symmetry and power He was bred owned and raced by Theodore Winters of Nevada His first start was in the St Louis Brewers Stakes at St Louis Then he was brought to Chicago and at Washington Park won the Kenwood Stakes Hyde Park Stakes and a purse Taken cast from here he won the Great Eclipse Stakes AVliite Plains Handicap and Diinmow Stakes at the first meeting ever hold at Morris Park His flight of speed was meteoric and no weight was too much for his powerful frame In his first race at Washington Park with 123 pounds up he stumbled and almost fell directly after the start going down so far that his face was squarely against the track yet he recovered and in an amazing flight of speed overtook his faraway competitors and finally won from Lord Peyton by a length Developing lameness after winning the Dunmow he was retired He was trained the fol ¬ lowing year but fearing he would break down Mr Winters concluded to race him no more Yet it is a fact that he worked a mile at Washington Park in l384fc with 140 pounds up then far faster than the mile record His record was wasItacc Itacc Track Dist Time Value ValueSt St Louis Brewers Stakes St L 34 ml22 1380 Purse Washington Park 5 12 furl 108 500 Kenwood Stakes WashiugtoiuP SS iul01 2920 llyde Park Stakes Washton P 34 uil14 3540 Great Eclipse Stakes Morris P 34 ml14 23750 White Plains llau Morris P 34 m 114 0520 Duumow Stakes Morris Park 34 m 11214 5225 Total 40835 40835DOMINO DOMINO GEEATEST OF AMEEICAN WINNEES WINNEESDomino Domino was a sensational twoyearold a wonder of speed courage and ability to carry weight His nearest approach to defeat was in a match race with Dobbins the two great colts running a dead heat His year of twoyearold glory was in 1893 and in honor of the Worlds Fair he was sent out here to Chicago and paid his expenses by capturing the rich Hyde Park Stakes at Washington Park Otherwise his triumphs were achieved over the tracks in the vicinity of New York His record as a moneyearning twoyearold has never been closely approached his grandson Colin coming nearest to it His career as a twoyearold pro ¬ duced the following results resultsItacc Itacc Track Dist Time Value ValuePurse Purse Gravesend 58 m 102 895 895Great Great Amern Stakes Gravesend 58 ml01 18675 Great Eclipse Stakes Morris P 34 111111 16750 Great Trial Stakes Sheepshead 34 in 114 23100 Hyde Park Stakes Washton P 34 in 114 16900 16900Produce Produce Stakes Monmouth 34 m 114 10875 10875Futurity Futurity Stakes Sheepshead F C 112 48885 48885Dobbins Dobbins Match Sheenshoad F C 112 1250 1250Matron Matron Stakes Morris Park 34 m 109 24560 Total 170890 170890THE THE BUTTERFLIES THE STAE OF 1894 1894May May 28 1894 Gideon Daly started a beautiful bay filly by Sir Dixon Mercedes in a purse race at Gravesend Her name was The Butterflies and she won easily from Philomena June 4 She won another purse at Morris Park defeating Kidicule and some other twoyearolds by two lengths That was all the racing she did until she went to the post favorite for the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay August 25 She won all the way but only defeated Brandywine by a good neck in fast time She was a great filly undoubtedly and even able to defeat the great Domino the next year Her short campaign as a twoyearold was as follows followsItacc Itacc Track Dist Time Value ValuePurse Purse Gravesend 58 m 103 8G5 8G5Purse Purse Morris Park 58 m 5014 835 835Futurity Futurity Stakes Sheepshead F Clll 48710 COLIN THE CLEAN CUT CHAMPION OF 1907 1907Colin Colin the last great twoyearold raced over American courses was the sensation of the season of 1907 on the New York tracks He was the property of the late James It Keeue and was bred by that renowned turfman being by the dead Commando Pastorella He raced only as a two yearold and a threeyearold and left a record unsullied by defeat After filling three of his threeyearold engagements in this country he was sent to England but went wrong in training in that country and was retired to the stud there without having raced abroad Later on he was returned to this country and was purchased by Price McKinney of Cleveland Ohio While it is difficult to draw accurate comparisons between the crack racers of different periods it can Iin said or Colin that many competent judges consider him the greatest thoroughbred that has ever graced the American turf His threeyearold success included the whining of the Withers Belinont and Tidal Continued ou second page UNBEATEN TWO YEAR OLDS Continued from first page Stakes and his record as a twoyearold Is shown below Race Track Dist DistPurse Time Value Purse Rclmont Park 58 in 101 950 National Stallion Stakes Belmont Si 8 5S 93CS Eclipse Stakes Belmont Park 512 fl00 8235 Great Trial Stakes siieepshead 3 i Brighton Junior Stakes Brighton 3 4112 11750 Saratqga Special Saratoga 34 m 112 13000 Grd Union Hotel Stakes Saratoga 3 4113 8250 Futurity Stakes Sheepshcad F C 111 25l 0 Flatbnsh Stakes Sheepshead 78 m 124 if 8350 Produce Stakes Brighton 34 m 112 9874 Matron Stakes Belmont 34 m 112 9340 Champagne Stakes Belmont 78 m 123 5700 Total 131007 131007PEERLESS PEERLESS FILLY REGRET LATEST STAR STARThe The latest two yearold to enforce a claim to ad ¬ mission to tills star of stars class was the peerless filly Regret She was not introduced to the racing public until well along in the campaign of 1914 making her first appearance at Saratoga August 8 From the outset she was flown at the highest game Her first race was for the Saratoga Special at threequarters of a mile over a fast track This she won in 111 with 119 pounds up defeating Pebbles Paris Luke and four more The manner of her accomplishment of this fine racing feat i impressed the beholders greatly and from that day on she was a public idol August 15 she tool up 127 pounds in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at threequarters and giving away much weight to all made a show of Soliy 113 pounds Dinah Do 107 and five more speedy ones She ran the distance in 113 over a slow track Her next and last race was in the Hopeful Stakes at the saint dis ¬ tance August 22 It was a heavy track that day and with the same steadying impost of 127 pounds in the saildle she was set a great task but came through triumphantly in lU winning by a half length from Andrew M 114 pounds with the great colt Pebbles 131 pounds a good third eight more of the best of the year running unplaced How this good filly set the seal to her greatness the next year as the only one of her sex to win the Kentucky Derby is within the knowledge of all interested in racing Other good and highclass fillies will api ear in due time but it will be long before the equal of the superb Regret will be seen in our racing Her record as a twoyearold was Saratoga Special Saratoga threequarters mile milein in 111 5125 5125Sanford Sanford Memorial Stakes Saratoga three quarters mile in 113 2075 2075Hopeful Hopeful Stakes Saratoga threequarters mile in l107f 9590 1790
