Great Stork Derby

Female residents of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, competed to produce the most babies in order to qualify for an unusual bequest in a will.

"[4] Seven of them were disqualified,[4] but eventually Judge William Edward Middleton ruled in favour of four mothers[4][5] (Annie Katherine Smith, Kathleen Ellen Nagle, Lucy Alice Timleck[6][failed verification] and Isabel Mary Maclean) who each received $110,000 for their nine children ($2.24 million in 2023 dollars)[7].

[8] Two of the disqualified candidates, Lillian Kenny and Pauline Mae Clarke, each received $12,500 out of court in exchange for abandoning pending appeals.

[5] The Canadian 2002 TV movie The Stork Derby, depicted the stories of Lillian Kenny, Pauline Mae Clarke and Grace Bagnato and starred Megan Follows.

[9] In 2016, Toronto's Muddy York Brewing Company produced a Stork Derby Stout as a nod to the unusual event.