A PROMISING CROSS-COUNTRY PERFORMER.—MR. F. ARMSTRONG’S CH G YELLOW AND BLACK, 6YRS., BY ALL BLACK — YELLOW BIRD. J. DEEREY IN SADDLE. TRAINED BY A. J. SHEARSBY. YELLOW AND BLACK started on four occasions last season, winning the following three races: Petane Hack Steeplechase (two miles) and Hunt Club Steeplechase (two miles and' a-half) at the Napier Park R.C. winter meeting, and the June Steeplechase (two miles and a-half) at the Hawke's Bay J.C. winter fixture. This season he has started twice—in the Grand National Steeplechase he dislodged his rider at the initial obstacle, while on the second day of the C.J.C. meeting he ran second to Coalition in the Beaufort Steeplechase (three miles),

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1482, 19 September 1918, Page 7

A PROMISING CROSS-COUNTRY PERFORMER. —MR. F. ARMSTRONG’S CH G YELLOW AND BLACK, 6YRS., BY ALL BLACK — YELLOW BIRD. J. DEEREY IN SADDLE. TRAINED BY A. J. SHEARSBY. YELLOW AND BLACK started on four occasions last season, winning the following three races: Petane Hack Steeplechase (two miles) and Hunt Club Steeplechase (two miles and' a-half) at the Napier Park R.C. winter meeting, and the June Steeplechase (two miles and a-half) at the Hawke's Bay J.C. winter fixture. This season he has started twice—in the Grand National Steeplechase he dislodged his rider at the initial obstacle, while on the second day of the C.J.C. meeting he ran second to Coalition in the Beaufort Steeplechase (three miles),