"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Mr. John Corlett, writing In the Sporting Times re- 

 cently, remarks: "Lord Coventry believes Mortemer 

 was the best horse that ever was foaled, and he was 

 supported In that view by Admiral Rous. A big, over- 

 grown horse, he took a long time to ripen, but when he 

 won the Ascot Cup he was 'a smasher.' He stood 17 

 hands high, and was good over any course, no matter 

 how long or short. He had the action of a pony, and, 

 big as he was, loved to hear his feet rattle. It was the 



rain that fell overnight that lost him the 

 M. Lefevre's Chester Cup. He was trying to give three 

 T? ^ stone to the four-year-old Glenllvat, and 



was second. Congratulating M. Lefevre, 

 his owner, on a great performance of Vulcan, he meta- 

 phorically waved us contemptuously aside with 'Ah, 

 he Is nossing— wait till you see my Mortemare.' 

 We waited. It was In a sweepstakes on the T. Y. C. 

 that we saw him and he had to meet 

 l^^^t™ ^ou NQj.^^j^b ^^j Typheos, two of the 

 See my Mortemare . -on 



fastest horses or the time, ror all 



that. It was 6 to 4 on Mortemer, and he won any- 

 how." 



The first crop of Mortemers bred In America (In 

 1882) produced a sensation, for among them were 

 Wanda, Chimera, Cholula, Exile, Unrest, Bahama and 

 Adonis, winners of 21 races In 1884 and $49,500 In 

 stakes. Wanda was the champion two-year-old of her 

 year, and champion three-year-old filly. In 1885 Mor- 



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