"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



home he beat Wanda at half a mile; but at Coney 

 Island he took catarrhal fever, and was taken with 

 Heimdal to Byrnes' farm at Eatontown and lost at least 

 lOO lbs. They quite despaired of starting him, but 

 with his fine constitution he rallied, and started for 

 the Champion Stallion Stakes. He won the August, 

 however. Cyclops was a grand colt in appearance; 

 but, like the Mortemers, he had great size, and was 

 hardly one of the kind that make the best two-year-olds. 

 Walter H. was a two-year-old Mr. Lorillard pur- 

 chased for $10,000 after he had beaten Dewdrop for 



the Adieu Stakes, "if only to get him out of 



the way," as he expressed it. He was a bay 

 by Voltigeur from a Billet mare with a plain Vandal 

 head, lean neck and good shoulders. Docile as a dog, 

 he would follow his trainer to the paddock without 

 bridle or head-stall. He began life in a humble way 

 at Brighton, where he beat all comers; but he had no 

 engagements and did nothing for the stable after his 

 purchase. 



Late in the season Mr. Lorillard, disappointed with 

 his riding talent, advertised in the English Calendar 

 for a jockey, and Rawlinson, a jockey of some repute, 

 came over. He donned the "cherry" jacket at Coney 



Island; but he was found too slow at the 

 , T , post. Asked how he regarded American 



jockeys, he replied that he thought he could 

 give the best of them lo lbs. "And how much could 



