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PRETTY POLLYS WORTHY DAUGHTER. It is a remarkable fact that in spite of her brilliant racing career, fine breeding and Avondcrful conformation. Pretty Polly has been so little successful at the stud. Barren in her first two seasons to LaA-eno and Spearmint respectively she was not covered until she Avas six years old she slipped tAvins in her third to the latter sire, and, in fact, produced nothing Avortliy of her reputation until she Avas thirteen years old. Avhen Molly Desmond came as the result of her alliance Avith Desmond. Neither in size, color, nor any other respect does she resemble her dam. but takes after her sire, a beautifully symmetrical filly, showing much of the St. Simon quality, strongly knit, but if anything rather on the small scale. It was not until September that Molly, Avhich had long beforehand been cedited Avith racing ability of high class made her first appearance in public for the Autumn Stakes three-quarters at NeA-markct, and as the result of a hard fight, dead-heated with Athdara, AVhile Count Warbler, under a disadvantage of nine pounds, AAas beaten two length from them. Favored in n ragged start, she next came home five lengths in front of the heavily-backed Lily of the Valley filly, which began slowly, but the result would not have been altered in any circumstances. In the Middle Park Plate, at even Aveights, she Avas caught and beaten a head on the post by North Star, with Grand Fleet third. tAvo lengths away, and, in contrast to her usual habit, lost so much ground in the early part of the race for the Criterion Stakes, that she failed by a head to catch Gay Crusader, to which she Avas giving eight pounds. This Avas an exceptionally unlucky defeat, as she Avas going much the faster of the two, and would have Avon in another stride. Still, she had on the whole accomplished sufficient to confirm the high opinion early formed of her in priwite, and certainly gives promise of making up into a good three-year-old indeed, many good judges Avould give her slight preference OA-er Diadem, among them Mr. DaAvkins, avIio placed her on the same mark with Margarethal, four pounds behind Knutsford and one in front of Lord DAber-nons filly in his assessments for the Free Handicap. Possibly his estimate of Margarethal may have been a little too flattering, in spite of her defeat of North Star and Athdara in the Buckenham Stakes, Avhen she got away Avith a good start, AVhile her next essay counts for nothing, as she AA-as left looking at the scenery at the start for the Triennial Produce Stakes, Avon by Planet. But after that Molly Desmond beat her fairly and squarely for the Criterion Stakes, and Avill doubtless confirm the superiority should they meet again under similar conditions. All the same, it is unfortunate for Mr. Hulton that the daughter of Sunstar Avas not entered for the One Thousand, in which his choice rests among Silver Wand, Rosmarln and ReA-erence, the last a half-sister to Craganour and Nassovian that has not yet run. Wells, better knoAvn as the filly by Cyglad Wethers Well, is one of the disappointing sort, and Avith the Bayardo Lilv of the Valley filly and Pennula possibly the best "of the others, the One Thousand Guineas looks like going to Diadem or Molly Desmond, the former for choice. "Vigilant" in London Sportsman.
