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standard performers. The following table embraces the sons; 

 of George Wilkes that have twenty or more standard performers 

 to their credit: 



LEADING SONS OP GEORGE WILKES. 



Among the other seventy-one producing sons of George Wilkes: 

 that do not come within the scope of this table are many most 

 promising sires of rapidly growing prominence, and indeed this 

 family is branching out wonderfully in every direction. This 

 family is an emphatically improving one. In extreme speed, in 

 racing capacity, and in form the third Wilkes generation is better 

 than either the second or first. Of trotters, such as Beuzetta, 

 2:06f, Ralph Wilkes, 2:06f, Hulda, 2:08|, Allerton, 2:09, the 

 once sensational Axtell, 2:12, and many others of the first rank 

 by sons of George Wilkes sustain this judgment. The pacing 

 instinct is rampant in the Wilkes blood, as is attested by the fact 

 that twenty-five per cent, of the performing get of George Wilkes" 



