"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



by Boston; 3d dam Magnolia by Glencoe; 4th dam im- 

 ported Myrtle by Mameluke. He was bred by Mr. 

 Aristides Welch, Chestnut Hill, Pa., March 27, 1878, 



and sold with Mr. Welch's yearlings in 

 escrtpton jyj^y^ 1879, to Messrs. P. and G. L. Loril- 



lard. He was not a large yearling, but grew 

 to good size later. He had a very high-bred appear- 

 ance when he matured, his head as clean-cut as a cameo, 

 wide between the eyes, small at the muzzle, large eyes 

 and broad nostrils. His ears were long and slim, and 

 he carried them "pricked." His most conspicuous 

 point was his beautifully inclined shoulder. He was 

 rather high at the withers, and his back "dipped" a 

 trifle, but there was a grand spread of quarters behind 

 it. His legs were not heavy in bone. His pasterns 

 were long and oblique; his feet of fair size, wide at the 

 heel and the coronary band perfect. There was a 

 great deal of finish to him and he had the look of a 

 "gentleman" all over. 



Gerald and Sachem, the two-year-olds which had 

 raced in America during the spring, landed in England 



in August, with the three-year-old filly 

 ^ , Aranza, and September 30 Gerald started 



for the Rous Memorial. He finished third 

 in a field of six, the two in front of him, Dutch Oven 

 and Nellie, being among the best of the year. On Oc- 

 tober 10 Gerald ran second for the Middle Park Plate. 

 It was a great performance for a colt only a few weeks 



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