''CHERRY AND BLACK" 



kept quiet until the frequent visits of one of the ser- 

 vants to Philadelphia aroused suspicion. The man was 

 discharged, and after that the stable secrets ceased to 

 find their way to New York and Philadelphia. The 

 man's position in the house had given him opportunities 

 to see and hear a great deal, and it was thought he was 

 there for no other purpose. 



The same season at Monmouth an attempt was made 



to ''nobble" Pizarro. Byrnes was awakened from his 



slumbers by a noise in Pizarro's box. Seizing a pistol, 



he dashed out and at the same moment 



Attempt to , r r 



<^ Nobble" Pizarro ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^" COmmg 

 from the door of the box and making 



off at full speed. Byrnes fired over his head, but the 

 fellow escaped in the darkness. Upon examination it 

 was found the lock had been picked. It was evidently 

 an attempt to "nobble" Pizarro, as the colt was a 

 starter for the Red Bank stakes the next day. 



Edward Feakes, who rode for Mr. Lorillard in 1881 

 and for several years following, was born at Cam- 

 bridge, England, in 1856. He was apprenticed to 

 Matthew Dawson, and was with Fred Archer, riding 

 light-weights in the Dawson stable. He came 

 to America in 1871 for Mr. M. H. Sanford, 

 and later rode for Mr. Belmont. He rode Parole in 

 most of his races after the gelding returned from Eng- 

 land. A waiting race was his forte, and as it was also 

 Parole's, the pair were a great success. Feakes was a 



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