"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



late in the winter, and it is possible their preparation 



was hurried to make up for lost time. Then 



r Iroquois broke a blood-vessel, and did not 



Iroquois ^ 



start for a race during the entire year. 

 Sachem never regained his courage after the match in 

 America with Onondaga, while Gerald had become 

 very savage and difficult to handle. 



Gerald was prepared for the Two Thousand Guineas, 

 and three days before the race was given a trial with 

 Mistake. In this trial there was a misunderstanding. 



It was to have ended with the Rowley Mile, 

 . .L -r ■ / hut instead of pulling up, they went on up 



the hill. A heavy shower came up, making 

 the going soft, and Gerald finished quite distressed. 

 The next day he broke a blood-vessel. He was 

 "scratched," and Sachem was started as a forlorn hope, 

 and ran unplaced. As Gerald's bleeding made him too 

 doubtful, Sachem was prepared for the Derby instead. 

 Both colts were started, however. Sachem finishing 

 third to Shotover. Neither Gerald nor Sachem w^on a 

 race during the year. Gerald's bleeding rendered it 

 impossible to get him fit, and Sachem had become a 

 rogue and would not try. 



"It was n't another 'American year'; we had our 

 feathers badly plucked," said Mr. Pincus when he re- 

 turned home. "Some said we lost our luck when we 

 changed our quarters. The Hermitage was a good 

 place, but Mr. Brown's lease had expired and we had 



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