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"[...]three-quarter inches high. He has a neat head and neck running into rather a straight shoulder, with great length, good barrel, excellent hips and stifles, sound feet and legs well under him. He has fine turn of speed, and from the way he finished up the Derby to-day gives every evidence of being a good stayer. He was bred by Mr. H. P. McGrath, at McGrathiana Stud Farm, near Lexington, Ky., and is by Imp. Leamington, out of Sarong, by Lexington, her dam The Greek Slave, by Imp. Glencoe-Margaret Hunter, by Imp. Margrave-Mary Hunt, by Bertrand-Betty Coons, by Hephestion-by Hampton's Twig-by Imp. Bedford-by Harlequin-by Imp.[...]".

Excerpt from History of the Kentucky Derby: 1875-1921 Baden-baden started five times at two years old, won one, lost four. He was unplaced at Lexington, Ky., for sweepstakes, one mile, won by 'glentina in He ran second at Louis ville, Ky., for the Belle Meade Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, won by Mcwhirter in 'same meeting ran second to Belle of the Meade for the Sanford Stakes, one mile, in Same meeting ran second to Belle of the Meade, 100 lbs. Each, for a sweepstakes, one mile, in the best on record, and at Nashville won the Young America Stakes, one mile, in beating King William, Barbara, Joe Burt and Alice Murphy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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