"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



of training. He is i6.oJ4j and as graceful as an ante- 

 lope. He is of a highly nervous organization, and we 

 have heard that with much stud service he refuses his 

 feed. "Four white legs deny him," runs the old adage. 

 "But he has also a white face— that makes it a 'flush,' " 

 answered one of our party. 



Duke of Magenta came out like a war horse and 

 then began throwing up his heels as he did in training. 

 Bramble saw those heels all too often in '78. A light 

 bay, 16.0%, he girths 72 inches; his limbs are very 



large, the arm 21 inches, the gaskin 24^ 

 j^ ^ inches, which gives some idea of the enormous 



driving power he possessed. "No one ever 

 knew how good he was," was a common remark, as 

 none could live with him ; and when he went to England 

 what a great race-horse Bramble became in '79, win- 

 ning all the cups ! He marks his children, for if you go 

 through the paddock and see a bay plentifully sprinkled 

 with gray hairs you are safe if you conclude it is "one 

 of the Duke's own." 



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