50 PRETTY POLLY 



It is, as has before been remarked, the absolutely 

 effortless way in which her races have been won that 

 denotes her pre-eminent ability. 



Her victory over Zinfandel at Epsom stands out as 

 a wonderful performance for all time. For Zinfandel 

 was undoubtedly a good, and indeed a great, horse. 



And so with the Tragedy of Ascot, a tragedy that is 

 not perhaps yet wholly devoid of its triumph, in the 

 great race that she ran, and the gallant fight that she 

 made when the odds were all against her, Pretty Polly 

 leaves for ever the racecourse for the paddock, but she 

 leaves a void in the life of the Turf which is never 

 likely to be adequately filled. 



It may be hoped that some of her stock will uphold 

 the honour of the yellow and dark blue as worthily as 

 she has done, and that in them may be some at least 

 of the characteristics of the great mare whose blood 

 runs in their veins, and whose deeds will never be 

 forgotten, for as long as the world endures the glorious 

 daughter of Gallinule and Admiration will always be 

 remembered with pride and gladness, not only by those 

 who have had the privilege of acclaiming her victories, 

 but by future generations, who will have handed down 

 to them as an everlasting tradition the name which 

 embraces the most brilliant era in the annals of the 

 English Turf,— that of Pretty Polly. 



