"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



gestive of his native country. Thus he had Iroquois, 

 Comanche, Santee, Seneca, Pontlac, Choctaw, Mo- 

 hawk, Sachem, Massasolt, etc. — an Instance of the ex- 

 quisite taste and selection he used In the nomenclature 

 of his horses, and which elevated the tone of racing. 

 Could anything have been more appropriate than Iro- 

 quois for the name of an American-bred winner of the 

 Derby? 



He was one of the leading spirits of the Coney 

 Island Jockey Club, and was Mr. Lawrence's adviser 

 In the conception and construction of such great events 

 as the Suburban, the Futurity, and the Realization. 



He was always ready to contribute a purse or endow 

 a race for stakes. To the Lorlllard Stakes, which he 

 founded and endowed, In consideration of which It was 

 given his name, he added, during seven seasons ( 1879- 

 1885), the sum of $20,000. 



He expended more money In race-horses, yearlings, 

 stallions, and brood-mares than any man of his genera- 

 tion, and thus greatly benefited breeders and owners 

 throughout the country. 



He formulated the first general plan of racing gov- 

 ernment In the United States at a dinner he offered to 

 turfmen for that purpose in October, 1890, out of 

 which was created the Board of Control, which later 

 was merged in the Jockey Club. 



He founded the first of the great Stallion Stakes in 

 the East, by which the entry of a stallion secured Its 



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