CHAPTER V 

 THE LAST CORONATION OF PRETTY POLLY 



PRETTY POLLY made her reappearance in the 

 March Stakes at Newmarket run on the day 

 succeeding the decision of the Two Thousand 

 Guineas. 



She was accompanied in the paddock by another cob, 

 her old friend, Little Missus, having, so it was said, 

 succumbed to rheumatism. 



The mare looked exceedingly well and was as forward 

 in condition as the occasion required. 



The field to oppose her was of but small dimensions, 

 and the fact that there were seventy-five sovereigns for 

 the runner-up may have prevented a walk-over. 



Besides Mondamin, second to the mare in the Lime- 

 kiln Stakes at the previous Houghton Meeting, were 

 two good-class handicap horses in St. Wulfram and 

 His Majesty, but at weight for age they were obviously 

 outclassed. 



There was practically no betting, the nominal odds 

 of 35 to I GOO being asked for, and the tempting offer 



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