"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



sporting friends; the evening newspapers printed In 

 mammoth head-lines, "Another American Victory." It 

 was race day at Jerome Park, and shortly before noon 

 Judge Monson, assuming the role of herald, rushed 

 from stable to stable shouting, "Iroquois has won the 

 Derby! Iroquois has w^on the Derby!" The Juvenile 

 Stakes was run that day, and Gerald, destined to be 

 Iroquois's successor as a Lorlllard starter for the 

 Derby of the next year, finished second to 

 Rejoicings— Onondaga. Dave Clark, who held the 

 Z^Tomahawk Starter's advance flag, had It decorated 

 with the name of Iroquois and a huge 

 tomahawk. That day, and far Into the evening, re- 

 porters besieged Mr. Lorlllard's residence for an Inter- 

 view, but he eluded them. At the theatres, allusions 

 made by the actors to the brown hero of Epsom evoked 

 thunders of applause. At the Bijou they were singing 

 the "Mascotte." When, In the opera, PIppo asked 

 Prince Lorenzo, "Do you want the earth?" the latter 

 replied, "No; I want Iroquois," and the house fairly 

 rose at him. 



In England the result of the Derby was received 

 differently. Some declined to consider Iroquois an 

 American colt, as he w^as the son of an English sire. 

 Others solaced themselves by concluding that It was "an 

 off year" for three-year-olds. We took occasion to 

 write Mr. PIncus a congratulatory letter and received 

 the following reply : 



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