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WILLIAM THE THIRD 419 



erby running to an ounce, and it may be fairer 



to admit that at that time Volodyovski was the 



better of the two. One is, perhaps, too much 



inclined to estimate William the Third's abilities 



in the light of the form he afterwards developed 



— form which was far and away superior to that 



he revealed as a three-year-old. Moreover, if 



the Derby and the race at Hurst Park had been 



n over two miles instead of a mile and a half, 



Volodyovski, I am convinced, would have been 



eaten on both occasions. 



Unfortunately, William the Third was not 



engaged in the St. Leger, in which Doricles 



beat Volodyovski by a neck. He was allowed to 



walk over for the September Stakes at Sandown 



ark; and his only other outing that season was 



e Kempton Park Stakes (mile and a half) in 



ctober. He ran unplaced to Epsom Lad, 



Santoi, and Volodyovski. William did not 



race " at all that day, and I can only say I 



as very disappointed by his performance. 



As a four-year-old William the Third was a 



vastly improved horse. He had furnished nicely 



nd was much stronger than in the previous 



eason. We no longer had any occasion to 



orry about him. I have said that staying was 



is real game, and the Ascot Cup, his first race 



n 1902, revealed his superlative stamina. There 



were eleven runners, among them Osboch, 



Santoi, Black Sand, King's Courier, La Camargo, 



