"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Reefer, 4 years, 98 lbs. ; Touchet, 5 years, 126 lbs. ; and 

 RIdotto, 4 years, 106 lbs. Parole was favorite at 6 to 4 

 on; 5 to 2 against Reefer. It was said Archer made 

 his run with Parole too soon. However, the day fol- 

 lowing, Parole, with 134 lbs., started for the Great 

 Cheshire Stakes, and this time, lying well 



^^^,^ ^"^, back, came with a rush at the finish and 

 'With 154 Lbs. 



won by three lengths, turnmg the tables 

 on Reefer, who, with 1 18 lbs., was second. TheLondon 

 Sportsman spoke of Parole's dash of speed as "some- 

 thing electrical." The Sporting Life, explaining Reef- 

 er's loss of the cup, said: "Nothing can be more con- 

 clusive that something was wrong, than the frightful 

 exhibition Parole made of his field the very next day. 

 With the steadier of 9 st. 8 lbs. he smothered his horses 

 and left them almost standing still." 



May 30, Parole, with 125 lbs. up, won the Epsom 



Gold Cup, I J/2 miles. At Ascot he was beaten for the 



Ascot Stakes with 125 lbs., RIdotto, the winner, having 



109 lbs. For the Goodwood Cup he was 



f^^^,/^^ beaten by Isonomy. He was third for 

 the Gold Cup •' / 



the Great Yorkshire Handicap, with 125 

 lbs.; the winner, Dresden China, 48 lbs. He had 118 

 lbs. In the Cesarewltch, which Chippendale, 103 lbs., 

 won. For the Great Challenge Stakes, six furlongs, 

 Parole, with 126 lbs., was unplaced to Rayon d'Or. 

 After having been prepared for the Cesarewltch, which 

 Is over two miles, It was asking a lot of Parole to meet 



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