"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



1880 



The season of 1880 proved quite an Improvement over 

 1879 for the Lorlllard stable. Uncas, despite his er- 

 ratic temper, ran kindly when he had the rail at his side, 

 which he had seemed to miss while In England. He 

 began with a brilliant victory for the Westchester Cup, 

 winning also the Grand National Handl- 

 TT. jr cap. Duke of Montrose won at Coney 



Island, while the two-year-old Barrett 

 won the August and Criterion, beating the renowned 

 filly Splnaway. Barrett was an enormous colt by 

 Bonnie Scotland, plain but muscular, with great depth 

 of heart and back ribs and quarters as massive as a 

 steer's. His defeats of Splnaway gave him great pres- 

 tige, and Mr. Lorlllard dispatched him to 

 ^ rr England with an eye to the Derby of '81 ; 



but he was palpably a non-stayer. Toward 

 the close of the year Parole was brought home from 

 England, and when he appeared at Jerome Park re- 

 ceived an ovation, his appearance recalling Scott's 



And next I saw them saddled, lead 

 Old Cheviot forth, the earl's best steed; 

 A matchless horse, though something old. 

 Swift in his paces, cool and bold. 



The old hero responded by winning all of the four 

 races for which he started. As Mr. Brown was unwill- 

 ing to remain In England, Mr. Lorlllard sent Jacob 



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