London 1908 Olympic Games silver prize medal won by the Canadian athlete Garfield MacDonald for the Hop Step and Jump [Triple Jump], silver, two young

London 1908 Olympic Games silver prize medal won by the Canadian athlete Garfield MacDonald for the Hop Step and Jump [Triple Jump], silver, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the edge inscribed SECOND PRIZE, HOP STEP AND JUMP The son of a farmer, Garfield MacDonald (1881-1951) was named after United States President James Garfield, who had been assassinated just over a month prior to MacDonald's birth on 8th August 1881 in Lower South River, Nova Scotia, Canada. A practicing dentist Dr MacDonald, entered the long jump and high jump as well as his best discipline the triple jump at the London 1908 Olympic Games. He took silver in the triple jump recording 14.76m, only bettered by Great Britain's Tim Ahearne whose 14.92m was a new Olympic Record.