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I I t 1 ! of I c J , « | l I I i POLYMELUS AND HIS SON P0MMERN. I lie i:n at sueee— of rolvnielus at Hie stud, as also that of bis half brother. Grafton, in Au- tralia, has always made me regret that Kreildoune. Hie really best it Maid Marians sons, was sent to Uruguay, where be never had a doi;s ebaace acquiring distinction. Though he was lame on the morning of the race he only Just missed the e-arew iti ii. and be had won the Duke ol fork Stakes al Kemp ton the week before. He is liy Kendal, ami Pulymelus is by Cylleno; both from he same mare. I.ut I suppose no one will ever Wear anything more of Brcildonae as a stud horse. Grafton, bj Galopln out of Maid Marian, wa- a bad roarer when sold to go to Australia, but be I ■ came ■ champion sire there all the same: indeed few have sired a greater numlior of winners Be all that a- it may, PolymelUS has fully established himself in England, and his best credential is that he in get stock a good deal batter than lie himself ever was. No bandicapper in his senses would ever have dreamed of giTing Porj moius when a three year- id more than, -ax 108 pounds, for the Cesarew iteh. but many people think thai bis three year old son. Pommem, should have top-weight this year. It seems absurd, tint whieh of the old ones would bo hacked to beat Pommeni at evens, if he really stays! It used to be thought that 112 pounds was an almost Impossible weight for a three-year-old, but Julius and Robert the Devil dissipated that Idea, and St. Cation, whieh won by four tnegths with 122 ik. mid-, opened up a new vista of p ;--: bllttles, for he BOl only won but he did so alter being pulled rijrhl round to clear his hordes and avoid complications, just about or after the Hushes. It e not too niueh to aaj that St. Cation could have won thai race with 1:.:! iMiunds. three-year-old ti gh he »ih: but Pommern has much to do before he ran be accented as a second Si. cation. iln ll ther hand, the i las- of OUT old stayers varies Immensely from year to year, and this time, anion;, the possible top-weights it may be difficult to point to one which Pommern could not deal with on e»en term-. "The Bpeeial Commissioner" in London Spoilsman.
