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C H E R RY A N D B LA C K TT HE CAR E E R CH? NHL I HE RR E IKH HLLA R D BY W s O S B U R GH . X PRINTED FO R PIERRE LO RILLA RD 1 9 1 6 C O NT E NT S C HAP T E R P A G E I T H E R EVIVA L O F R ACI NG AT J ERO M E PAR K 1 8 — 1 8 R ACI NG , 73 7 7 T H E RACE F O R T H E C HA M P I O N S H I P R 1 8 8 ACI NG , 7 V T H E M P L D 1 8 — 1 8 8 2 CA AIGN I N E NG AN , 79 Y T WI N NI N G T H E D ER B A ND S . LEGE R T H E RAN CO CAS S T U D V I I I 1 8 — 1 8 8 2 R ACI NG , 7 9 A VI S IT T O R A NCO CAS “ X T H E M OTH ER S O F T H E C H E RR Y JAC K ET R 1 8 8 ACI NG , 3 1 8 8 RACI NG , 4 X 1 8 8 III R ACI NG , 5 [ V II CONTENTS C HA P T E R X I V T H E L 1 8 8 6 SA E S , T H E U T O 1 8 8 — 1 8 R ET R N R ACI N G , 9 9 5 T H E D M P L D S ECO N CA A IG N I N E NG A N , 1 — 1 8 9 6 1 9 0 . X T H E U T O M 1 8 — 1 00 VI I R ET R N A ERICA , 9 9 9 X VI I I C O NC LU S I O N P R E F A C E M OST o f the racing stories I have r e a d had more to do how with Showing some otherwise uninteresting p erson , wh o o f lived upon the precarious p roduct his cunning , had p erformed a great coup in the betting , and o ften s a . by methods somewhat i rregula r , to y the least The merits o f the great race - horses seem o f seconda ry im portance . The leading turfmen and legislators a re ignored to Show the acuteness o f some individual whose only title to distinction is his recklessness with money he never earned . Whoever exp ects to find this a volume o f that de scription will be disappointed . B etting will be treated — as an incident o f racing not as its obj ect . The great - races and the great race horses , the leading owners , o f f trainers , and j ockeys the p ast forty yea rs af ord ample materi al o f general interest with which to fill a volume without going into the details o f their betting , which is a p ersonal matter and concerns them alone . The obj ect o f this volume is to record the ca reer o f [ vii ] PREFACE Lo rill a r the late Mr . Pi erre d as a turfman . His career was one o f the most important in the history o f Ameri can racing and o n e fo r which all devotees O f racing o f have reason to be thankful , as it was the success his stabl e in England with Pa role a n d Iroquois that o f a roused the fi rst real interest Americans in racing , an interest that penetrated the country from coast to coast . ’ L rill a r . o d s In dealing with M r career , I have been compelled to maintain a chronological order which is unfortunate in that it p revented my having a more co n fi denti al chat with my readers . I Should have preferred f taking the subj ects of hand in a gossipy style , a s an enumeration o f races w on and lost is apt to p rove tedious . The conversations recorded a re from memo randa made at the time , o f which I have more than enough to fill many volumes . OS B U . W . S . V RG H a n u a 20 1 1 . J ry , 9 5 CHAPT E R I T H E REVIVAL OF RACING AT JE ROME PARK n n l f e a ou s e e e m Thi k wh e w e t a k o ho rs s , th t y th ’ n P ri n ti ng the i r prou d hoo fs i the r e ce ivi g e a rth . P l u H e n o e . r y V, ro g ITH the revival o f racing in the East , following o f b e the close the Civil Wa r , Jerome Park came at once the headquarters o f sport and the M ecca o f fashion . A race day furnished a brilliant spectacle - i n - e as the gay four hands swung through C ntral Park , to thence Jerome Avenue , and along the A Brillia nt “ ’ ” lilac - bordered lane to the M embers Gate in stately p rocession and magnificence o f equipage which , according to the newspapers O f the “ ” o f . time , illustrated the triumph civilization “ ” At the foot O f the Club - house Bluff the drags were pa rked , the horses unhitched , and refreshments ’ served o n the drags from which New York s fairest daughters viewed the racing . There was visiting from o n drag to drag , as an evening at the opera among the boxes . Then , be fore the principal race o f the day , the [ 3 ] CHE RRY AND BLAC K ladi es and gentlemen would descend from the club fi r- house , down the hill , through the grove , and across ’ the cours e to the M embers Stand . The first citizens o f the metropolis and their famili es , governors o f states , and even ex President Fillmore , supported racing by their presence , - and all was gentle and eminently well bred . The grand stand was double - ti ered and divided into o n e f o r three sections , the centre being members and o f o f thei r famili es . The great gates the p ark were i ron and a pleasant sp orting feature were la rge medal O f lions horses galloping , with j ockeys up , in the colors o f bi n . B elmont , M r Jerome , M r C ameron , Mr Francis Morris , M r . Hunter , M r . Sanford , Mr . Lewis G . Mo rri s and M r . Watson . There were few more agreeable places than the club house a t Jerome Pa rk . Apa rt from its a rchitectural beauty and charming surroundings , there was some thing ba ronial to its interior ; and while the fi r- crowned “ eminence o n which it stood was ha rdly a heaven -kiss ” o f . ing hill , it was something an Olympian abode Its saloons , its cheerful halls , its spacious ball T bc Club room where melody so O ften echoed , and Home which , a s the door o f the south wing opened , burst upon the Vi ew with its great quaint old Louis X IV - o f a n fireplace and a rm chai rs , casting a grey light tiquity upon the scene — all these contributed to the senses o f com fort and pleasure . E 4 ] CHE RRY AND BLAC K The a rray o f racing “ cracks ” that looked down from the walls formed an a rtistic treat to the racing e nthu i ’ s a st and might cause him to paraphrase Mr . Pope s ’ “ ” lines o n M r . Addison s di alogue o f The Medals O r i n f a ir s e ri e s l a u r e ll e d c r a cks b e sh own l n n L n n A G e coe e e a d e e a e o . h r , th r xi gt For Lexington was there — from the brush o f Troye ; while Kentucky , American Eclipse , Fashion , Lecompte , ’ c o and others o f the rp s d é li te o f America found places . ’ From S a rto ri ou s representation o f Eclipse to the last decade o f Derby and St . Leger winners , were group ed the most celebrated ho rses that have won T he T urf - fame over an English race course . Filho da Ga llery i i i f o r a n Puta , b g and robust , seems th rst ng “ ” sh E miliu s other y at Sir Joshua , and in fl esh shows little O f the stag - like neck o l d B en Ma rshall gives him “ ” - in condition . Ma rgrave and the hollow backed Glencoe and the dainty Priam a re there — magic names to Ameri can horsemen — while Flying Dutchman in the “ ” tartan , and Voltigeu r , whose distended nostrils and ” “ ” o f - outstretched flag tell pace complaint , a re also “ ” there t o remind us o f The Great Match at York .