"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



temer was third in the list of "winning sires" with 41 

 races and $68,680. After his second season, Mor- 

 temer's foals rather fell off In quality. For this there 

 were several reasons, one being that they followed their 



sire in being horses of great size and slow 



Mortemer and ^-^u -iij^jri. 



A dM maturity; hence, ill adapted tor two-year- 



old racing of which Mr. Lorillard was 

 fond — and Indulged his fondness. It spoiled many of 

 them, which, had they not been rushed, would probably 

 have shown to greater advantage with age. The other 

 reason is that Mortemer was over-bred, and most of 

 the mares with which he was mated were Lexington 

 mares and very advanced In age. Mortemer was no 

 longer a young horse. Many of his mates were twenty 

 years old and over, and these had to be returned for 

 service very often; in fact, one of them, it Is on record, 

 returned eighteen times In one season! 



Duke of Magenta and Falsetto entered the stud In 



1 88 1, the former beginning well as the sire of Young 



Duke, but, like most of Lexington's 



1 P^j ^ sons, Duke of Magenta's fame rests 



with his exploits as a race-horse rather 



than as a sire. Falsetto began well as the sire of the 



celebrated filly Dewdrop, the champion of 1885 and 



1886; but before her merit was known 



c- Mr. Lorillard sold Falsetto for $6000 



as a dire 



to Woodburn. In 1884 Iroquois having 

 returned from England with the prestige of a Derby 



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