Four Generations Of Racing Family, Daily Racing Form, 1919-04-01

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FOUR GENERATIONS OF RACING FAMILY BALTIMORE Md March 31 Billy Garth is one of the fourth generations of the Gaths to race horses His father grandfather and greatgrand ¬ father owned race hones and the hereditary trait has pursued itself through Billy and finally on to his son Lewis both of whom are training divi ¬ sions of one of the most formidable stables which will b shown on the Maryland circuit It is said that Billy was at one time a rider this he will not admit though the records prove that he is a firstclass horseman breeder and trainer trainerIt It was fortyone years ago that Billy came into possession of his first race horse and ever since he has been identified with racing He has trained some of the best horses ever bred in the old Dominion State and was for several years Identi ¬ fied with Paul and Roy Rainey For the last sev ¬ eral years he has trained the Capt Ral Parr thoroughbreds twenty three of which he has in training at Pimlico PimlicoHis His son Lewis representing the fifth of the line has another division of the Parr horses at Ben ¬ ning At Charlottesville Vn the Garth family maintains a pretentious breeding farm


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