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HIS PRAISES UNSUNG The gray colt Enlister a son of Enquirer ran a wonderful race in the first Kentucky Derby though the rac ing guides tell no story of his brilliant performance He was one of those started in the rear division and after meeting with much hard luck in the race finished lapped on the three placed horses Later racing proved that the best horse had won but those who watched the race close that after ¬ noon were fully satisfied that with an even break Enlister would have beaten Aristides in the big race that day dayThe The gray colt was ridden in the Derby by Cyrus Holloway who after ¬ wards became famous in California as a trainer and jockey for E J Baldwin Enlister was one of the hard luck horses of the turf Later on in his career he all but beat Ten Broeck in a wonderfully run race and had he possessed the size of a really well developed horse he would doubtless have been one of the great winners of all time His dwarfed growth was owing to having been raised as a colt in a pen with mules and when sold by his breeder he brought only 90
