''CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Olney rode to orders, but Katrine only finished third. 

 For the Stevens Stakes she was still at 2 to i, but fin- 

 ished third. For the Raritan Stakes she was favorite, 

 but was beaten by Exile. Finally, in the Newark Stakes 

 she "broke the ice" and won, but her hard races in hot 

 weather had caused her to lose flesh. She recovered 

 with a short rest, but in the race for the September 

 Stakes she was cut down on her off hind leg. Olney 

 lodged a complaint against McLaughlin, who rode 

 Richmond, but it was not allowed. Katrine must have 

 been born under an unlucky star, for cer- 

 tainly Mr. Lorillard would not have 

 backed her as he did unless she had shown him 

 enough to justify it. He maintained to the last that 

 she had beaten Wanda. Byrnes, who trained both 

 fillies, confirmed it. Said he: "To give you an idea 

 how good she was, before Pontiac won the Suburban 

 we tried her with him at 5 lbs. for the year, and she 

 beat him. We thought there was a mistake, and tried 

 them again, this time at even weights, and she beat him 

 again." 



It is a curious fact that no less than five first foals 

 of their dams have won the Suburban— Gen. Monroe, 

 Ben Brush, Africander, Hermis and Pontiac. Indeed, 

 Pontiac's dam was only five years old at the time of 

 foaling. Pontiac was a black colt imported in utero, 

 but bred by Mr. Lorillard at Rancocas in 1881, a son 

 of Pero Gomez and Agenoria, a sister to Pizarro, by 



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