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POLYMELIAN A REPUTED STAR RACER Eastern Turfmon Predict That W. R. Coe Has a Champion in Son of Great Polymelus. Ni-w York. June 1. — MetroKditau turfmen are-pre-ilie ting that W. U. Coe has u champion in Iolyniclian. a son of Iedyme lus. one of Englaners fore-most stallions, which made an auspicious debut :.t Itelmont lark last Wednesday, when he won the-closing race of the elay in convincing fashion. Iolymi-lian was purchaseil by Mr. Coe jit the- Now-market sales in September, 1915, ami after lieing brought to this country, went wrong and was mart to the- Coe iaui-h in the Shoshone Valli-y, Wyoming, when- he was turned out all last year. Early this year, after a loinj trip east. Poly-me-liau was placed in charge of William Karrii-k. who is confident hi is destined to Im-coiiio one e.f the" fastest horses seen in this country during the- present ele-cade. And this opinion is shared by some- of the most astute judges, among them Andrew Piatt, a turf fedlowe-r for fifty-four years. Naturally, Poiyuielians breeding is assitranee enough that, in addition to jMissessing an abundance of stamina, lie is a grand-looking colt, symmi-tri cally proportioned and standing full sixteen hams high, but the most significant fact, traine-r Karrie-k asserts, is the strimp of the true long distance rn:i-ne-r which thus far has characterized all his work in view of the misfortune which has attended some, of Mr. Cocs previous costly ventures, sue-h as White Hackle, which broke- down shortly after being purchase.! from lata E. .Madden, it is parlic-ularly gratifying to him to know that hi- stabb- has been augiimcnteel by such a horse as Polymelian gives every promise of becoming. Wiiila- Pedymeliaii was not starti-d in the Toboggan. thc only fixture- at the Betal nt Pari; meeting for which he- was named, he has a quartet of fUiK. engagements at the- Ai|uciluct meeting, which opens June 04. These- iniliiele the Prooklyu Hanilicap. u -i ns County Handieap, Carter Handicap and the P.rooll.hlle. Following the close of the Aqueduct meeting. Polyimliaii may lie seen at Saratoga, where he js eligible to the Saratoga Handicap, the Champlain Handicap, the Merchants and Citizens Handicap and the Delaware Handicap.
