^'CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Fred Archer give you?" he was asked. "About lo 

 lbs.," replied Rawllnson. This would make Archer 20 

 lbs. better than Hayward or McLaughlin. It was 

 what Henry Arthur Jones would call "an obvious error 

 of classification," and Rawllnson was soon after al- 

 lowed to return home. 



It was about this time, probably, that Mr. Lorlllard, 

 speaking out of the bitterness of his disappointment, 

 said: "It is easier to secure a good horse than it Is to 

 secure a good jockey. You tell them to wait, and they 

 make the pace; you tell them to make the pace, and 

 they are last to get away." "What can you expect?" 

 answered Mr. Ward, who generally had a ready reply. 

 "Many of them are no better than beggars to begin 

 with, and If you put a beggar on horseback, you know 

 he is likely to ride according to the old proverb." 



A curious effect of the Rules of Racing disqualified 



all Mr. Lorillard's two-year-olds for the Homebred 



Produce Stakes at Monmouth. The conditions of the 



race required that the produce of the mares nominated 



should remain wholly the property of the subscriber 



until after the race or pay forfeit. The 



p . J race had closed in 1882, Mr. Lorll- 



Kactng Law ^ ' 



lard having nominated 23 mares. But 

 In 1884 he had made his son partner in his racing 

 stable, which act disqualified the produce of all the 

 mares named. 



At the Coney Island autumn meeting old Parole re- 



