"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



to find a new place. Laying aside all joking, Gerald 

 became so savage he was hard to handle. Sachem was 

 nervous. Iroquois broke a blood-vessel just as his 

 brother Harold did here In '79." 



"Iroquois Is otherwise sound?" 



"Well, he did throw out a slight enlargement just 



above his quarter. What It was puzzled even Barrow, 



the Newmarket veterinarian, but It gave no 



r ' , trouble. It was the breaking of a blood- 



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vessel that compelled us to stop him." 



"What were the circumstances?" 



"That 's a mystery. When It broke he was only can- 

 tering. When Gerald broke his It was after very strong 

 galloping." 



"How do Iroquois and Foxhall compare?" 



"Foxhall's speed would put him at the top of the tree 

 In any year, but I think Iroquois a better stayer under a 

 strong pace. Foxhall Is a great horse; his only draw- 

 back Is his small feet." 



"How about Sachem?" 



"Sachem was a bad color. He had great speed, but 

 he had no heart for a hard finish. He Is nervous and 

 worries. He was spoiled before he left America. As 

 a two-year-old he had been highly tried and turned out, 

 the Idea being to send him to England. Then Mr. 

 Lorlllard matched him against Onondaga for that race 

 at Sheepshead Bay. He was taken up In a hurry, 

 trained In a hurry, and not half fit on the day of the 



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