426 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



he did not achieve all that his ardent admirers 

 expected. He dropped dead at 

 February 25, 1917. His record 

 winners to the close of the 191 8 

 follows : 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915* 



1916* 



1917* 



1918* 



Winners. 



5 



9 

 II 

 16 



19 

 19 

 17 

 20 



4 

 6 

 6 



2 



Races. 



6 



15 

 18 



36 



42 

 30 



27 



5 

 7 

 6 



3t 



Welbeck on 

 as a sire of 

 season is as 



Value. 



^^2,649 



5,681 



6,248 

 20,874 

 20,405 

 12,672 

 12,801 

 21,883 



1,830 



5.024 



973 

 i,oi3i 



232 £ii2,053j 



* Racbg conducted on very restricted lines owing to the War. 



The most notable of his offspring are Battleaxe, 

 Ardentrive, Third Trick, William the Fourth (third 

 in the Derby), Merry Jack, Winkipop (winner of 

 the One Thousand), King William, Willonyx 

 (winner of the Ascot Cup, Cesarewitch under 

 record weight, etc.), Wrinkler, Willaura, Wilfrid, 

 Ultimus, Rose worthy, William of Orange, Queen's 

 Man, Karenza, Taslett, Birlingham, Nassau, Pilli- 

 winkie, Roseland, Trois Temps, and Nassovian. 



It is my privilege to claim the credit of breed- 

 ing Willonyx, the best of William the Third's 



