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Great William returned to the United States in 1903 to take over as vice president of Hannover Bank. At that time, the president of the bank was still his uncle James. On October 24, 1904, Great William married Elsie Ogden Clyde. The couple had four daughters and a son, William Odward Jr. After the death of his uncle James, Great William became the president of Hannover Bank in 1910 and inherited the Bel-Air property left by James, including the Bel-Air building and stables. From the 1930s to the 1950s, the horses from the Bel Air Stables have won all the major races in the United States, won the Ipson Oak Cup, the St. Reg Horse Stake Cup, the Guinness Thousand Horse Race and other first-class championships, and won the triathlon Won the crown twice.Great William's brilliant performance in the horse racing world made him appear on the cover of "Time Magazine" on August 7, 1939.

The fly in the ointment is that Great William has never been able to get a ranking in the England Derby, which was second to none in the world at that time. This is his lifelong dream and his lifelong regret. William was elected to the United States Racing Association in 1917 and served as its president from 1930 to 1950. In 1950, Great William became an honorary member of the Racing Association of Great Britain. Great William Woodward died in 1953 at the age of 77.The entire property was inherited by his only male descendant, William Odward Jr. So when his father was alive, William Odward was always called "Little William".

Another example is the "Bel-Air Manor" in "Property"—— Bel Air Estate - Registered Historic Place, United States of America Address: 12207 Tulip Parkway, Poway, MD Location: 38 degrees 57 minutes 57 seconds north latitude West longitude 76 degrees 44 minutes 48 seconds Category: Architecture Lin Yuan politics/government physical education history of sociology Bel-Air Manor was built in 1745 and consists of the Bel-Air Mansion and the Bel-Air Plantation. Thirteen years ago, in 1732, Charles Cavendish, the fifth British Governor and Baron of Baltimore, appointed Samuel Ogg to be the governor of Maryland and gave him 3,000 pounds to build the governor's residence.Samuel was not yet married at the time, so he was not in a hurry.

In 1737, Samuel set aside 550 acres of land on the outskirts of Annapolis, and hired architect Benjamin Taxco to design and build the Bel-Air Building for him. After Britain declared war on Spain in 1740, Samuel Auger was urgently recruited to England. When he returned to the United States in 1747, he brought back his new wife and two thoroughbred horses from England.By this time, the Georgian-style Bel-Air House had been completed. The Bel-Air Mansion later housed another Maryland governor, Benjamin Auger, son of Samuels.Before and after the War of Independence, Benjamin had many contacts with George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, and was the president's personal friend and aide.According to Washington's presidential diary, he attended a dinner at the Bel-Air Building on October 1, 1773.

The last descendant of the Auger family left Bel-Air House in 1877 and the estate changed hands several times... in 1898 to a wealthy banker, James Woodward. When James died in 1910, the Bel-Air property passed to his nephew, William Woodward. In 1914, Great William hired the "Delano and Aldrich Construction Company" to imitate the original style to expand the Bel Air Building into the east and west wings and add a connecting corridor, so that the whole building echoes from the left to the right.At the same time, Great William expropriated land from his neighbors. After completion, the Bel Air Manor covered an area of ​​2,280 acres and became a large-scale horse farm.

In 1918, Great William's first two-year-old racehorse entered the race. In 1923, renowned horse trainer Sonny Fitzmont was recruited into the Bel Air Stables.For more than 30 years since then, Belleair Manor has become famous all over the world for having bred two famous triathlon champion horses, and it is one of the two major stables in the United States that enjoy this honor. Great William Woodward died in 1953 at the age of 77.The Bel-Air estate was inherited by its only male descendant, William Odward Jr. ………… Another example is the introduction of "Nahiva" in "Animals". "Nahiva" is the famous horse that Jenny Odward mentioned to Willis, Duchess of Windsor, at the banquet of Mrs. Becker.