CHAPTER XVIII 

 CONCLUSION 



THUS we have traced the story of the "cherry and 

 black" jacket from Saxon to David Garrick, 

 from 1873 to 1 90 1, through twenty-nine years of rac- 

 ing and Its vicissitudes; beginning with the days when 

 the "blue with red sash" of the McDanlel Confederacy 

 rode triumphant with Its Harry Bassett and Spring- 

 bok; succeeded by the period when the "maroon and 

 red" of the Nursery rose again to power with Sultana, 

 Olltlpa and Fiddlestick; only to be followed by the 

 "white with red star" of Mr. Astor, with Vagrant and 

 Baden Baden. Then comes the "blue and orange" of 

 "Prince George," with Harold, Splnaway, and Sensa- 

 tion. Anon, we have "the Dwyer dynasty" with 

 Bramble, Blackburn, Hindoo, Miss Woodford, Tre- 

 mont, and Hanover, Interrupted by the triumphs of the 

 "tricolor" of Cassatt and the "orange and blue" of 

 Haggin, the "all scarlet" of Morris, and the "all 

 black" of Withers. Now we have the era of Keene 

 and the "white with blue spots," and Its Domino, Com- 

 mando, Sysonby and Colin. But through all these 



