"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



scamper ensues as they are turned into their paddock. 

 Lizzie Berry's filly is a nice mover and Minnie Minor's 

 filly with a crooked blaze gallops so lightly that she 

 "would n't break an egg." We cross the fence to where 

 some young Falsetto and Duke of Magenta weanlings 

 are huddled together under the wing of a mare by 

 Bayonet. A chestnut roan by the Duke from the grey 

 mare Felicity is promising, and Judith, the old steeple- 

 chaser, has thrown a chestnut by Falsetto, who "shows 

 his sire's action" as he gallops away when they rattle a 

 hat at him. 



Uncas was standing up to his knees in straw, and "the 

 last of his race" lacks the length of his famous brother 



Wanderer. Some have called him "cobby," 

 P 1 „ but he has great depth of brisket, and girths 



69 inches; his arm at the swell is 18^ 

 inches. Never a tall horse, he supplies that in bulk. 

 Powhatan, "the brother to Parole," is taller than his 



brother and a heavier horse. Moccasin, 

 j^ . the bay son of Macaroni, is a strapping big 



one; he has bad legs, but has done well in 



the stud as the sire of Amazon, Disdain, and Vampire. 



Mortemer was standing like a statue in his yard. 



There is something impressive in the personnel of "the 



mighty Frenchman." Massive, stately and 

 Mortemer . • 1 1 i 1 • 1 



imperious, he looks a king among horses, re- 

 calling the words Shakespeare puts into the mouth of 

 the Dauphin: 



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