American Thoroughbred 



IMPORTED SAIN Continued 



Stockwell, Rataplan, King Tom and Galopin.. Some idea of what the No. 3 horses 

 achieved in the stud may be gathered from this table : 



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GOLDEN MAXIM 



A Stake Winner and Second in the Great Realisation at Coney Island. The property 

 H. T. Oxnard, Esq., California. 



This horse is probably the best of the get of that excellent stallion, Golden Garter, 

 a half-brother to Sanfoin, the Derby winner of 1890, who is now also famous as the 

 sire of Rock Sand. The latter won the "Triple Crown" of 1903, and contrary to the 

 expectations of many of the best judges in England, proved himself a good deal the 

 best horse in the all-aged division of 1904, as he placed Sanfoin second on the list of 

 winning sires for the year just closed. 



GOLDEN MAXIM'S dam. as might be inferred from his name, is by the Australian- 

 bred horse Maxim, son of the great Musket, who headed the list of winning sires in 

 that country for four seasons. Carbine was Musket's best turf horse and Trenton his 

 best son as a sire. Maxim was destined to split the pair, being a better racehorse than 

 Trenton and getting a much sounder type of horses than did Carbine. His racing 

 career began at two years old, when he hooked up with no less a horse than the re- 

 doubtable Abercorn, who is believed to be the best horse ever foaled on the great South 

 Continent. He was beaten a nose, with five of the "cracks" behind him. His other 

 races were of no great note till he met Nelson, a winner of 17 cups in New Zealand. 

 The latter was a hot favorite, but Maxim stood him on his head before they had gone 

 a mile ; and in the remaining ten furlongs he simply cantered through and won txy 

 forty lengths, pulling up. He made two seasons in New Zealand and was then im- 

 ported by Mr. J. B. Haggin at a cost exceeding $20,000. 



Golden Maxim is a representative of the No. 11 family, which now ranks second 

 on the list of sire-producing families. In England it shows St. Simon, the greatest 

 sire of the last thirty-five years ; Birdcatcher, who divided popular favor with Touch- 

 stone from 1840 to 1860; Faugh-a-Ballagh, sire of the wonderful Leamington; Orme, 

 sire of the great Flying Fox, winner of the "Triple Crown" and premier sire of France 

 for 1904 ; Venison, whose get were unsurpassed for gameness ; and Golumpus and his 

 brother Hedley, both sires of classic winners. In America we find, as members of 

 this family, imported Belshazzar ; Australian, who got seven high-rate sires ; Ben Ali, 

 sire of the great Geyser; and among newer importations such fine young stallions as 

 Arkle, Order, Shapfell, Torso and others. 



