"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



and Suburban created a greater one. But the day fol- 

 lowing (April 23), the old gelding came out again, this 

 time for the Great Metropolitan, 2j4 miles. His vic- 

 tory the day before had frightened off all opposition 

 except Castlereagh. He had no lbs., Parole 124 lbs., 

 and Parole won pulled double. 



Now it was "Brother Jonathan's wonderful race- 

 horse." The Sporting Life said : "Light-necked, rough- 

 coated, leggy and curby-hocked. Parole without his 

 name and deeds would have been passed 



''Brother Jona- by. 'Rough and ready' is a good motto 



than's Wonder- ,- n r 1 j 1 



r / D L « ror men as well as tor horses, and the 

 ful Kace-horse ^ ' ^ 



Americans seem to have applied it. Yet 

 there are people who say England is a great nation. 

 Over-education, pampering, free trade and the defeat 

 of Ridotto are ruining the country, and the sooner we 

 get back to home truths the better. Give us then the 

 good old rough and ready business; do not let us be- 

 lieve in 'fashion' in breeding so much as we have done, 

 and so learn the lesson that 'a horse is a horse.' " The 

 Sporting Times said: "The three-year-old Uncas is, we 

 hear, within 21 lbs. of Parole, and on the Rowley Mile 

 is just two seconds behind him. He was tried 'by the 

 clock' the other day, and pleased his trainer wonder- 

 fully. Brown has made the Newmarket trainers stare. 

 They see a flag dropped and look out for something 

 great. All they behold is 'a solitary horseman.' " 

 But the sensation Parole's victories created in Eng- 



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