"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



*'I backed her at 5 to 2. Her trial was better than 

 any but Pardee's." 



"Then you class her best of the year?" 



"Yes, but I have another that I believe can give her 

 weight and beat her." 



"It 's Wanda's reserve of speed that wins her races," 

 remarked Mr. John F. Purdy. 



"Well," returned Mr. Lorillard, "I have always 

 thought Wanda could outrun any horse living for a 

 quarter of a mile. She 's like Parole in that. She 

 can't gallop in heavy ground— she strides too long. 

 Cholula can race in mud, but not Wanda." 



Wanda had no trouble winning the Monmouth Oaks, 

 but before the West End, fearing she had been in- 

 dulged, Byrnes gave her a hard gallop in 2.40. After 

 that she scoured. Olney, her jockey, having been sus- 

 pended, Feakes was given the mount, and laid back so 

 far that he could not overtake East Lynne, and a dead 

 heat was the result. Mr. Lorillard wished to divide, 

 as he expected to start Wanda for the Omnibus Stakes, 

 but Mr. Bernard declined and in the "run off" Wanda 

 only beat East Lynne by a head. 



Wanda never won again. A ringbone had begun to 



develop; it was noticeable the day of the race with 



East Lynne, and it drove her out of train- 



f^^ ^T ^"S" Wanda was a bright chestnut with a 



crooked blaze in her face and near hind leg 



white to the hock. She was a tall mare, and lengthy as 



