WILLIAM THE THIRD 417 



Eight days after his victory at Newmarket, 

 William ran in the Esher Stakes at Sandown 

 Park. This race was then a nine-furlong 

 handicap. Our colt was weighted at 6 st. 5 lb., 

 and was ridden by Childs, an apprentice who 

 claimed a 5 lb. allowance. William, therefore, 

 actually carried 6 st. What a chance to bet 

 upon ! The public, however, did not realise 

 what a " good thing '* he was, for they backed 

 St. Nydia (giving 22 lb.) at 4 to i and Cateran 

 Lad (giving 20 lb.) at 9 to 2 to beat him. The 

 bookmakers laid 7 to 4 against the son of St. 

 Simon! Needless to say they had to pay over 

 him, for he won as he liked by six lengths from 

 St. Nydia. He had at least a stone in hand 

 that day. 



William the Third had not been nominated 

 for the Two Thousand Guineas; but he com- 

 peted in the Newmarket Stakes (ij mile) and 

 won, but by a head only, from Mr. Leopold de 

 Rothschild's Doricles, who had finished second 

 (two lengths behind Handicapper) in the Two 

 Thousand Guineas a fortnight previously. The 

 betting between William the Third and Doricles 

 had been very close — 2 to i against William 

 and 9 to 4 Doricles. I could not understand 

 the form, for I expected to see William win 

 easily. 



Then came the Derby. The favourite was 

 Volodyovski, a colt by Florizel II., owned by 



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