''CHERRY AND BLACK" 



"That was said to be the chief fault of the Morte- 

 mers in France." 



"So I have heard," replied Mr. Lorlllard. "I have 

 several very large ones, Loulanier's filly especially. 

 You can't do much with such large two-year-olds." 



Wanda was unplaced for the Hopeful and July 

 Stakes, but she won the Tyro, with her mate Cholula 

 second, and it was the same in the race for the Sea- 

 bright stakes, when McLaughlin rode her. But the 

 Champion Stallion Stakes was Wanda's 



, r^j . crowning achievement. It brought the 



the Champion ^ ^ ° 



pick of the country to the post. Mr. 

 Lorillard started Wanda and Chimera, but Mr. Bald- 

 win came from Saratoga with the California-bred trio, 

 Mission Belle, Volante and Verano, which had swept 

 all before them in the West. The Western men came 

 on from Saratoga in hundreds to back them. When 

 the horses emerged from the maple grove, they were 

 certainly impressive, led by grooms, followed by Isaac 

 Murphy, Blaylock and Holloway in the "black and 

 red" of Santa Anita, and after them a great crowd. 



"What do you think of them?" asked Mr. Lorillard, 

 eyeing them closely. 



"Wonderfully well-grown lot." 



"Do you think they '11 beat me? You have seen them 

 at Saratoga." 



No ; we had not seen them race. 



"They are splendidly grown and developed," con- 



