"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



albane, a filly of great speed, but jady after six 

 furlongs. Battledore was one of the best of the Glen- 

 lyons and came near being sold after winning a selling 

 stakes, but Mr. Lorillard's uncle happened to be among 

 the bidders, and through a mistake in identity re- 

 marked, "That 's one of the mares Pierre wants to 

 sell," which the bidder overhearing, he stopped bid- 

 ding, saying, "If Lorillard don't want her, I don't, 

 either." 



Barrett, after his return from England, wintered 

 well and the stable had great hopes, after he had won 

 the Jerome Stakes, that he would stay with age better 

 on our prepared tracks than he had on the turf 

 courses in England. But Charlie Shauer, his 

 jockey, chuckled when, during the winter, he read in the 

 newspapers how he had "easily disposed of Spend- 

 thrift" at Jerome Park, and told his friends he was 

 "lucky to beat a wind-broken horse at a mile." It was 

 even so — Barrett was a non-stayer. 



There was heavy betting at this time. A "tout" was 



discovered at Rancocas in the person of a household 



servant. Mr. Lorillard had frequently found himself 



forestalled in the betting, and was puzzled to know the 



source. Whenever he had a "good thing," he was 



amazed to find the "secret" the property of 



, XT professional betting men; and what added 



to the irritation was the feeling that it came 



from some person in his employment. The matter was 



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