"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



had so fastened Itself upon the minds of the sporting 



writers that they could see nothing good 



^^^ In him. The best "touts" In the kingdom 



were blinded. Seven days before the race 



they "saw him gallop with Mistake and felt satisfied 



that the older horse could settle the young one." The 



next day he galloped i J4 niUes with Seneca and Passaic 



and "the latter pulled over him all the way." They 



added, "He had to be ridden hard to keep near Passaic 



and pulled up much distressed." On the morning of 



the 8th he had "made his appearance with cloths on his 



fore legs— something was radically wrong with the 



Derby winner." 



Mr. PIncus said nothing, and allowed the little panic 



to proceed. However, Mr. Charles Bathgate, who was 



in England at the time managing Foxhall and Mr. 



Keene's stable, wrote us under date of August 3 1 : "Our 



friends in America have not accorded PIncus the credit 



that is due him, for he really took a lame horse from 



the hands of his predecessor and won the principal 



event of the year. The colt will win the St. Leger, 



when I hope you will use the opportunity to accord him 



his full meed of praise." 



Iroquois came to the post for the St. Leger 



Iroquois ^ favorite at 2 to i, the public "following the 

 Wins the ,, 1 m i • r 



St Leger n^o^ey, while 5 to i was quoted agamst bt. 



Louis and Ishmael ; 1 1 to i against Limestone 



and Geologist; and 20 to i against Bal Gal. Fifteen 



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