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P0MMERN A NEW TRIPLE CROWN WINNER. . At New market. September 15, Pommern WOB the . September Stakes at ■ mile and three-quarters and I in doing so rained the credit of being one of the • aristocratic list of horses known as "Triple Crown" ■ w inners. His victory was achieved in a raster, by two lengths with Snow Marten second and Achtoi j third, the "ther starters being Let Ply. Apothecary, - Qui I. "Aura and Blulseye. Pominern was an overwhelming favorite at 1 to :; and Is credited I with having covered the distance in the record breaking time of 2:55: -. The September Stakes i- the war time substitute for the Doncasler St. Leget and concerning the race London Sporting Life said: "The unexpected did not happen in connection i with the Chief event at Newmarket yesterday. Pom sacra justifying the expectations of his legion of [ followers by accounting in- those who entered tin-list- against hll !. As Mr. Sol Joels colt had previously - won the Two Thousand ami the substitute lor the Derby, he has now three classic triumphs i lo his credit. Of course, the New Derby and tlu September Stakes are not alt norther the same as - ibe Kpsom and Doncaster events, from the sentimental noial of view, at any rate: but Pommern. it i-. reasonable lo assume, would have won on tlu Surrey Bourns ami the Town Moor, bad the opportunity been his. lie has accomplished the one thing thai really nialters in Ibis connection -proved 1 bis superiority over hi-, contemporaries, and only the most churlish would quible over his title to be • included in the lisi ,.i "triple crown" heroes. "This lisi has extended during recent years. Th. classics had been instituted many years ere the Guineas. Derby, and St. I.egcr were carried off by the -anie animal, the coir to thus distinguish him s It being Ml. Howes West Australian. Then, after a lapse of twelve year-; and exactly half a century ago — tin- meat Uladiateur, the property of Count Lagrange, emulated the example •! "Test j Australian, also Incidentally winning the Grand Prix- dc Paris in addition a record that still holds good. a vear later Lard Lyon uroa the triple event, following which came a long break until the eighties, when tin famous Ormonde Joined the se leet band. Five 1 1 ars later Common swept the , board, since which period "triple crown" winner* „ have come along fairly frequently. Isinglass. Galtee t Mori. Plying Fox, Diamond Jubilee and Bock Band 1 haviig earned places on tin- srrofl. And now, a , ,1 i". ,i years alter Bock Sand. Pommern has arrived. j D would par haps be exaggerating the merits of the » latest champion to place hii i the -aim- plane as ~ the best of his predecessors; but he i- certainly a i roll a good CUt above the average standard."
