"CHERRY AND BLACK"
years, with their ebb and flow of fortune, the "cherry
and black" of Lorillard retained its prestige and main-
tained the "balance of power" on the turf to a degree
that in the field of world politics statesmen have strug-
gled to preserve; and whatever the asperities of the
time may have produced, it cannot be said in relation
to his career as a turfman that Pierre Lorillard lived
in vain.
  It was Mr. Lorillard who invaded the turf of Eng-
land with greater success than has fallen to any foreign
turfman. It was the success of Iroquois and Parole
that gave the great impulse to racing in America, in
that it attracted the attention and aroused the pride
and the interest of the people in the sport, and led to
its wonderful growth and popularity throughout the
country.
  It was Mr. Lorillard who introduced into our stakes
the minor forfeit clause, whereby, after a horse had
been tried, it could be "declared out" on the payment
of a nominal sum. Previous to this all stakes had been
either "half forfeit" or "play or pay."
  It was he who proposed an amendment to the Rules
of Racing (and it was adopted) by which horses
starting for a race must be notified to the Clerk of the
Scales, and their numbers posted, fifteen minutes before
a race. Previous to this there was no rule as to time,
except in races for stakes.
  The colts he raced in England were given names sug-
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