LAST CORONATION OF PRETTY POLLY 39 



day could have imagined that it was her last coronation, 

 the last time that she should be acclaimed the actual 

 victor. 



In the light of after events, it may be that the 

 owner of Pretty Polly thinks that the gods exacted too 

 heavy a price for Spearmint's Derby and Grand Prix. 



So must the world have enthused over the good 

 fortune of Polycrates of Samos, even when his destruc- 

 tion was impending. 



