CHAPTER XXI 



THE COMING OF THE MODERN TYPE 



Parole was one of the popular favorites of that 

 day. He belonged to Pierre Lorillard. His form 

 in this country was most successful, as is evi- 

 denced by his defeat of Ten Broeck and other 

 animals of unquestioned class. But his fame as 

 an American race-horse depends chiefly upon his 

 accomplishments in England, where he beat the 

 best horses in training as a six-year-old. Over 

 there he won the Newmarket Handicap, the last 

 mile and a half of the Beacon Course, beating the 

 great Isonomy, the best horse in England at that 

 time, and others. He won the City and Suburban 

 Handicap, a mile and a quarter, with 119 pounds 

 on him, beating seventeen English starters. He 

 captured the Metropolitan Stakes, two miles and 

 a quarter, carrying 124 pounds, beating Castle- 

 reagh. Then he took up 134 pounds and won 

 the Great Cheshire Handicap, at a mile and a 

 quarter. His crowning accomplishment was 

 when he took that classic and honorable event, 

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