The Racing of To-day 409 



Scotland, was a good horse in 1884. General 

 Monroe had the year of his life in 1884, for after 

 his Suburban victory he came back and won the 

 Cup. Only one animal could be found to start 

 against him, and that was the chestnut filly Blue 

 Grass Belle, who had no particular class. The 

 Cup that season was a great disappointment. It 

 was also the year for the appearance of Wanda, 

 a chestnut filly by Mortimer belonging to Pierre 

 Lorillard. She beat a smashing field in the Surf 

 Stakes and gave them a line on her future excel- 

 lence. So far as performance in the big all-age 

 events of the year were concerned, General Mon- 

 roe came very near being the best horse of the 

 season. His winning of the Westchester Handi- 

 cap at Jerome Park was one of the events of that 

 meeting, although the field opposed to him was 

 not one of the highest class. 



