LAST CORONATION OF PRETTY POLLY 37 



The day previously her owner had won the Derby 

 with Spearmint, a son of Carbine, a colt who had been 

 bought as a yearling by Major Loder at the annual sale 

 of the Sledmere youngsters at Doncaster. 



It was a lucky purchase, as the colt not only won 

 the Derby, but also, although only after a hard struggle, 

 the Grand Prix. 



Many sensational stories were afloat preceding the 

 Derby as to a wonderful trial in which the son of 

 Carbine was supposed to have defeated Pretty Polly 

 at 191b. 



The trial was altogether mythical, as the two had 

 never been tried, and good honest colt as Spearmint 

 was he was no better than the best of a moderate lot, 

 and had Maintenon given his best running at Long- 

 champ it is very questionable whether the Grand Prix 

 would not have remained at home. 



It had been confidently expected that Cicero would 

 have had a cut at the great mare in the Coronation 

 Cup, but owing to the hard ground it was decided to 

 reserve him for Ascot, and besides her old friend 

 St. Amant, whose sensational victory in the Jockey 

 Club Stakes had resuscitated him, there was only the 

 three-year-old Achilles, who had some form to recom- 

 mend him (as well as a very big pull in the weights), 

 as he had won the Champagne Stakes at the previous 

 Doncaster September Meeting. 



