"CHERRY AND BLACK*' 



owner a share of the stakes and qualified the entry of 

 its progeny. 



He conceived and executed the plan of building 

 Tuxedo, which has become one of the fashionable cen- 

 tres of the country. 



It was he who Introduced aluminum plates, made at 

 his order by Tiffany & Co., which were much lighter 

 than any ever used on the foot of a race-horse. 



It Is difficult to Imagine what a man possessing such 

 energy of character and powers of construction would 

 not have accomplished had he devoted himself to any 

 of those greater fields of human endeavor which open 

 to men of genius. Had Mr. Lorlllard elected to take 

 part In the affairs of state, It Is probable that today his 

 name would be mentioned with those of our eminent 

 publicists; had he devoted himself to the profession of 

 arms. It would not now be said that the Spanish-Ameri- 

 can war produced no great general. 



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