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on the track until he was seventeen years of 

 age, and then was sent to Kentucky and bred 

 on shares because no one would pay his stud 

 fees. After he was dead the blood of George 

 Wilkes was more sought after than that of 

 any other horse. Another son was called 

 Artillery. His history is very obscure, but 

 we know that he was sent to the race track 

 because his name is in the list of horses hav- 

 ing official records. We also know that he 

 was bred a few times because we find his 

 name in the list of sires. One of his offspring 

 was a son named Bellini which was sent to 

 the race track and later disappeared from 

 sight as far as contemporary breeding gossip 

 is concerned. About the time Bellini died, 

 which was more than sixty years after his 

 grandsire was born, several of his offspring 

 showed astonishing speed on the race track. 

 Every breeder then wanted Bellini blood, 

 but it was extremely rare. A man who se- 

 cured some of the blood, in a remote section 

 of the country, called Bellini "the greatest 

 stallion ever foaled, " yet the total number of 



