"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



Ganymede of his own breeding, took the field, adding 

 a colt called The Chamberlain. They won several races, 

 but the only conspicuous ones were with David Gar- 

 rick, who won the Reapers, and finally 

 David Garrick ^^^ Annual Champion Stakes of 1900, 

 Wins Annual . t. , ,, , , 



Champion Stakes beatmg Ethelbert and others at 2j4 



miles. The race was worth $19,650, 

 and the stable's winnings at the Coney Island autumn 

 meeting amounted to $24,480. 



David Garrick was intended for a high-class horse, 

 but he had a temper of his own, and was an almost 

 impossible horse at the post. However, he had shown 

 enough form to make Mr. Lorillard think seriously 

 of his chance for the Ascot Gold Cup. He had won 

 the Derby, the St. Leger, the Middle Park Plate, and 

 now he yearned for a conquest of this great after-test 

 of Derby and St. Leger winners, which 

 jf^^^^ MA ^^^y Isinglass and Persimmon had ac- 



Sail for Endand complished within twenty years previ- 

 ous. He had tried David Garrick and 

 proved him a stayer, and that was the needed quality. 

 Accordingly, David Garrick was shipped to Blackwell 

 in England, and Danny Maher, his jockey, accom- 

 panied him, arriving at Newmarket in October, 1900. 



David Garrick wintered well, and with the top- 

 weight, 122 lbs., started for the City and Suburban at 

 Epsom April 27, 1901, with 10 to i against him in the 

 betting. Maher rode him, but he was unplaced, the 



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