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DUKE OF PORTLAND RLDUCING STABLE Heavy Taxation Ono Strong Reason for Curtailinu Operations on the Turf LONDON England May 10 The Duke of Port ¬ land intends to reduce his racing and stud respon ¬ sibilities and will sell most of his horses in train ¬ ing The yoarlinirs will be sold at the Newmarket Second October Meeting and the mares and foals in December The duke will continue to race in a small way Excessive taxation is the reason for his virtual retirement His connection with the turf has been a glorious and historical one It centered early about trnimr Matthew Dawson jockey Fred Archer and St Simon SimonThe The true beginning of the Duke of Portlands triumphs on the turf was at Goodwood in 1SS3 when with the same combination of trainer and jockey he won the llalnaker Stakes with the then twoyearold St Simon Victory followed on vic ¬ tory after that and iu 1SSS and 1SS he fairly dominated the classic races with Ayrshire ami Donovan In 1MIO Memoir won the Oaks and St Lejer for his grace Kemollna having won the One Thousand Guineas for him In 1SSI3 he won the Oaks with Mrs Putterwick iu 1SD1 with Amiable and iu 11100 with La Roche loiter on iu l0r William the Third won the Ascot Cup and Alex ¬ andra Plate both in a canter and this was prob ¬ ably tin best horse ecept St Simon which the Duke has ever owned St Simon commenced his stud career in 1S8 at the Heath Farm Newmarket the fee being only 210 and in that first season he got Memoir Signorina Semolina St Serf and six other winners of twoyearold races In his second season 1SS7 St Simon began his astonish ¬ ing career at AVelbeck and by that time his fee had been advanced to 501 From that time forth he rose by sheer merit to a point of eminence which has never been surpassed not even by Stockwell and he commanded and deserved the highest fees that have ever been paid It was hoped that St Serf and AVilliam the Third would carry on the successes of their sire but they cannot be saiil to have dime this or anything approaching it though both were good stallions St Serf got one or two classic winners and AVilliam tin Third was the sire of AVinkipop Clarissimus which now nowstands stands at AVellKek along with Ca bie is highly highlythought thought of and he has developed into a beautiful horse Piiug by Radium Quintessence lie is full of the litst winning blood and his threeyearold brother Paragon is doing nothing to disgrace the family
