THE CORONATION CUP— AND AFTER 33 



Bernard Dillon, the present jockey for the Clarehaven 

 Lodge stable, had the mount on Pretty Polly, Maher 

 riding Bachelor's Button, and Bartholomew being up 

 on Nimay. 



Bachelor's Button was set to give the favourite 7 lb., 

 but to counterbalance this great advantage in her favour 

 was the fact that she had not been specially trained with 

 a view to this race and had never run previously in 

 public over a greater distance than a mile and three- 

 quarters. 



It is curious to note the doubts that have always 

 existed in certain quarters with regard to Pretty Polly's 

 stamina (although I suppose a victory in the Gold Cup 

 would have dissipated these doubts for ever), as ap- 

 parently in some people's imagination a horse that has 

 tremendous speed can never stay. 



I am quite ready to agree that this may sometimes be 

 the case, but it must always be remembered that Pretty 

 Polly is a phenomenon and outside the law of averages, 

 and she has shown her ability to win over any distance 

 from five furlongs to two miles and a quarter. 



Both Bachelor's Button and Pretty Polly looked 

 quite at their best, and the former was as fit as hands 

 could make him. 



In the betting Pretty Polly was favourite, five 

 "ponies" being offered and taken "bar" one. 



At the start the odds were : 5 to i on Pretty Polly, 



