Musket (3) (imp) 1867

Plate 2 in ‘Racehorses in Australia’ (Edited by Dr W H Lang, Ken Austin and Dr Stewart McKay): From a painting of the horse at the age of 18 years by Martin Stainforth, in the possession of the artist.

Brown Horse, 1867, by Toxophilite, a half-sister to General Peel’s dam. Winner of the Ascot Stakes and 9 of his 11 last races. Imported to New Zealand in 1878. Sire of Carbine, Trenton, Hotchkiss, Nordenfeldt, Maxim, Martini-Henry, etc. Died 1885. From a painting of the horse, at the age of 18 years, in the possession of the artist.