THE REVERSE AT LONGCHAMP 25 



" The past has proved it, and the future will prove 

 it. . . ." 



And the future has proved it, and proved it up to the 

 hilt. 



For Macdonald II won this race the following year 

 in a common canter with the welter weight of 10 st. i lb. 

 up. 



And how Pretty Polly and Zinfandel have proved it 

 is known to all. 



Hardly had a fortnight elapsed when, on the classic 

 heath of Newmarket, Zinfandel, in the Jockey Club 

 Cup, and Pretty Polly, in the Free Handicap, demon- 

 strated that they had shaken off the effects of sea and 

 climate, for in these two races each won in the very 

 commonest of canters. 



In the latter race Pretty Polly receded in the betting 

 in an extraordinary manner from 8's and id's laid by 

 backers to offers by the Ring to take 7 to 2, owing to 

 some fancied disinclination on her part to go to the 

 post. 



But there was no disinclination, fancied or otherwise, 

 on the return journey Across the Flat, for Pretty Polly 

 jumped off on the lower ground, and holding the lead 

 throughout won, with her ears pricked, in a canter from 

 Rydal Head and His Majesty, St. Amant, the Derby 

 winner, being amongst the unplaced. 



French visitors, who had seen these two horses easily 



