"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Homebred, the Flatbush, the Central, and the Electric, 

 and retired champion two-year-old of the year. 



In the Flatbush the card had Wanda carrying 5 lbs. 



penalty for "having won $2000 since Aug. 15." Wanda 



had won the Homebred Produce. Mr. Lorillard 



claimed she did not incur a penalty as the forfeits due 



by barren mares could not be calculated, 



otn oj ^y^^ entry of a barren mare being void. 

 Kaang Ldisu ^ ^ 



There had been 20 barren mares, and 



their forfeits, if counted, would make the race worth 

 $500 more than it actually was. Hence Wanda was 

 allowed to start without the penalty. 



Wanda was not alone in spreading the fame of Mor- 

 temer. Chimera, a magnificent filly, a dappled chest- 

 nut with a star and snip, won the Red Bank Stakes. She 

 stood 16.1^, and it was feared "she was too big," and 

 after winning the Moet & Chandon was retired. 

 Chimera was from the grey mare Lizzie Lucas by 



Australian. Cholula, a chestnut colt by 

 Ch'ld Mortemer from Fannie Ludlow by Eclipse, 



was another, but of rather a different type 

 from the other Mortemers. He was not so large, but 

 more compact, with rather straight pasterns. He won 

 the Atlantic Stakes and was a thoroughly good one, but 

 was used as pacemaker for Wanda and Chimera much 

 too often, and "trained off." Exile, by Mortemer from 

 Second Hand by Stockwell, was one of the few bays 

 Mortemer sired, but was marked like him — a star and 



