{{Short description|American racehorse owner (1863–1934)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | name = William Garth | image = | caption = | occupation = [[Horse trainer|Trainer]], owner, [[Horse breeding|breeder]] | birth_place = United States | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|09|12}} | death_date = {{dda|1934|06|15|1863|09|12}} | death_place = [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], US | resting_place = Garth Chapel Cemetery, [[Owensville, Virginia]] | career wins = | race = [[Walden Stakes]] (1906)<br>[[Fall Handicap]] (1907)<br>Washington Nursery Stakes (1907)<br>[[Tyro Stakes]] (1909)<br>Minto Selling Stakes (1911)<br>[[Pimlico Nursery Stakes]] (1913, 1921, 1923)<br>[[Aberdeen Stakes]] (1919)<br>[[Suburban Handicap]] (1920)<br>[[Excelsior Stakes|Excelsior Handicap]] (1921)<br>[[Spring Juvenile Stakes]] (1921)<br>[[Youthful Stakes]] (1921)<br>[[Delaware Handicap (Saratoga)|Delaware Handicap]] (1922)<br>[[Hopeful Stakes]] (1922)<br>[[Tremont Stakes]] (1922)<br>[[United States Hotel Stakes]] (1922)<br>[[Withers Stakes]] (1922)<br>[[Gazelle Handicap]] (1923)<br>[[Carlton Stakes]] (1923)<br>[[Dwyer Stakes]] (1923, 1929)<br>[[Knickerbocker Handicap]] (1923)<br>[[Laurel Handicap]] (1923)<br>[[Potomac Handicap]] (1923)<br>[[Chesapeake Stakes]] (1924)<br>[[Keene Memorial Stakes]] (1924)<br>[[Astoria Stakes]] (1928)<br>[[Victoria Stakes]] (1932)<p> '''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown race]] wins:'''<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1920)</p> | awards = | honors = | horses = Dunlin, [[Paul Jones (horse)|Paul Jones]], Martingale | updated = }}
'''William M. Garth''' (September 12, 1863 - June 15, 1934) was an American trainer, owner, and breeder of [[Thoroughbred]] racehorses best known as the winning trainer of [[1920 Kentucky Derby]] victor [[Paul Jones (horse)|Paul Jones]] for owner [[Ral Parr]].<ref>[https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1920 1920 Kentucky Derby stats at Churchill Downs, Incorporated] Retrieved August 4, 2018</ref> He also trained Martingale to a second-place finish behind [[Zev (horse)|Zev]] in the [[1923 Kentucky Derby]].<ref>[https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1923 1923 Kentucky Derby stats at Churchill Downs, Incorporated] Retrieved August 4, 2018</ref>
==Garth family background== William M. Garth was a descendant of the prosperous family of Thomas Garth, the first of the Garth family to settle in [[Albemarle County, Virginia]] in 1762.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/va/va0000/va0042/data/va0042data.pdf U. S. National Park Service Department of the Interior - Historic American Buildings Survey] Retrieved August 17, 2018</ref> One of several in the family named William, he owned Ingleside Stock Farm which had its own training track and a 5,000 square-foot horse barn. The property was on Garth Road outside [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] which was named for his family.<ref>[http://www.readthehook.com/98936/farm-house-demo-county-preservationists-speechless Better Publications LLC - ''The Hook'' archives, Charlottesville, Virginia] Retrieved August 17, 2018</ref> In 1923 he purchased [[1911 Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Meridian (horse)|Meridian]] to stand as a [[Stallion|sire]] at his stud farm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1923020501/drf1923020501_1_4 |title=Garth Buys Sire Meridian |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1923-02-05|accessdate=2019-09-29}}</ref>
William Garth is buried in the Garth Chapel Cemetery on Garth Road in [[Owensville, Virginia]].
His son, J. Woods Garth, followed in his father's footsteps and is best known as the trainer of Snob II, a multiple stakes winner who ran second to [[Pillory (horse)|Pillory]] in the 1922 [[Belmont Stakes]].<ref>[https://www.belmontstakes.com/uploads/historical_races/history_pdf_1922.pdf Belmont Stakes history] Retrieved August 16, 2018</ref>
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