"CHERRY  AND  BLACK"

The  Lorillard  yearlings  usually  had  as  thorough
"competitive  examinations"  for  racing  as  the  civil  ser-
vice is  supposed  to  require.  Their  trials  this  season
occurred  during  the  Coney  Island  autumn  meeting,  and
caused  a  regular  hegira  of  jockeys  to  the  New  Jersey
farm.  In  fact,  several  owners  during  the
Y^l  ^  meeting  were  compelled  to  "scratch"  their
horses  for  want  of  light-weight  jockeys,
most  of  whom,  it  was  reported  on  inquiry,  had  "gone  to
Rancocas  to  ride  in  Lorillard's  trials."  Mr.  Lorillard
was  so  well  pleased  with  the  trials  of  his  Mortemer
yearlings  that  he  said  he  would  be  willing  to  make
another  campaign  in  England  If  he  could  obtain  com-
petent jockeys.  He  offered  Rowe  and  McLaughlin
$15,000  each  per  annum,  with  the  option  of  sending
them  to  England;  but  the  trainer  and  jockey,  after
consulting  with  the  Dwyers,  declined  to  secede  from
their  allegiance  to  the  "red  and  blue,"  and  Mr.  Loril-
lard remarked  afterward,  "I  'd  have  saved  money  if
I  'd  given  them  $50,000."

Harris  Olney,  who  rode  so  many  races  for  the  Loril-
lard stable,  was  born  at  Manchester,  Iowa,  in  1865,
and  learned  riding  under  Jacob  PIncus.     He

^  rode  his  first  race  for  Hon.  Perry  Belmont  on
Ada,  82  lbs.,  in  1880,  and  came  to  Mr.  Lorillard  in
1881.  In  1882  he  won  6  out  of  35  races;  and  in  1883
he  won  17  out  of  68.  His  light  weight  gave  him  plenty
to  do  in  the  stable  riding  exercise,  trials  and  races.
