THE TREBLE EVENT ii 



about a quarter of a mile by the winner. A procession 

 truly ! Time : 2 mins. 465- sees. 



In spite of this decisive victory over a mile and a 

 half, there were still some who disbelieved in Pretty 

 Polly's staying ability. 



It is quite true that she changed her legs towards the 

 close of the race for the Oaks, but this, as subse- 

 quently proved, was a habit of hers. 



" An eminent trainer," who saw the Oaks, was reported 

 after the race to have said that she would not win the 

 Leger. I have a strong suspicion that this gentleman is 

 the same man as the one who said after the Jockey Club 

 Cup that she was "all out." 



Perhaps my readers will be of opinion that some one 

 was certainly "all out," but not Pretty Polly! 



In the interval between Epsom and Doncaster she 

 appeared twice in public, on both occasions against 

 fillies of her own age. 



In the Coronation Stakes, at Ascot, she defeated 

 Montem and six others, and at Goodwood, in the 

 Nassau Stakes, she ran away from two fifth-rate op- 

 ponents, starting at 5 to i on in the first race, and 

 33 to I on in the second. 



M. Edmond Blanc, who had obtained second place 

 to Rock Sand in the Derby of 1903, with Vinicius, had 

 attempted to improve on his luck with Gouvernant, a 

 son of Flying Fox, 



