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Show KEENE ENTERS COLIN L IMPORTANT-EVENTS ONLY Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW YORK. Feb. 1. It Is evident from a study of the events In which Jamos R. Keene's Colin Is engaged that the stable has no doubt of the great colt's ability to go the route In the very best company as a three-year-old. Of the large number of events which closed January 2, the unbeaten sou of Commando Com-mando baa boon nominated In only the most valuable ones, and in no case Is he eligible for a race at a mile or less. Many other high-class runners of last year's Juvenile division have been nnmcd for the same races in which Colin'e name appcarn, but their names can also bo found on tho lists of les3 valuable races and of fixtures Intended principally for the sprinting division, their ownurs throwing out nn "anchor to windward" in case their horses fail to develop nbll-1,'.,t0 nbll-1,'.,t0 ,run ,J0Ule- It is. therefore, a distinctly high compliment that Mr. , c:Ue-p.aya to ,1,s flrreateat money-winner pf 100 by this practical declaration that he considers him too good for any but the most Important fixtures. Mr. Keeno's other star youngster. Celt who3c sensational second to Colin in the Flatbush stakes, on the occasion of his first appearance under colors stamped him as a really great colt, Is verv liborailv ongaged throughout the list, and Is evidently evi-dently considered the stable hop In case ot mishap to Colin. Not only ia Celt In all three or the classes, hut he has been named for nearly all the sccondarv events. Horuemen of every degree ihnrc tho belief that Colin will prow one of the greatest three-year-olds ever seen In America. t i |