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opposed again by Santoi (who must have hated 

 the sight of him), odds of 10 to i were laid on. 

 Inasmuch as WilHam the Third won by eight 

 lengths from his stable companion, with Santoi 

 beaten a head for second place, it will be 

 understood that those who had the temerity to 

 speculate on his chance endured no anxious 

 moments. 



A ** walk over " for the Lowther Stakes at 

 the Newmarket Second October Meeting was 

 followed a fortnight later by a duel with King's 

 Courier (later the property of Lord Ellesmere) 

 for the Limekiln Stakes, which resulted in 

 " William ** winning by two lengths. Two days 

 later there came one of the extraordinary happen- 

 ings which abound in the history of the Turf. 

 In the race for the Jockey Club Cup over the 

 Cesarewitch course of 2^ miles — a course ideally 

 suited to him — William the Third was beaten 

 a length by Mr. J. Buchanan's Black Sand, who, 

 two weeks previously, had carried 8 st. 2 lb. to 

 victory in the Cesarewitch. This result com- 

 pletely mystified us. Some well-meaning people 

 advanced the excuse that William the Third 

 was not fit. This suggestion was nonsensical; 

 if he had not been fit I should not have allowed 

 him to run. His defeat was beyond explana- 

 tion ; that is the long and the short of the 

 incident. 



Little did we know at the time that this was 



