STALLIONS FOR 1887. 



Season of 1887 at Highland Stock Farm, 



LEXIIVOTOIV, KY. 



GEORGE~WILKES, 



Measured by the 2:20, the 2:25 and the 2:30 standards, was the greatest sire of trotters that ever lived. By the 

 same measure his sons rank as follows: 



I Phil Thompson . . 2:16^ 

 ! Prince Wilkes . . . 2:2(>K 

 Ernestine (pacer) . . 2:24 



Jny Bird has sired . . Eagle Bird (4 years old) 



Red Wilkes has sired . . >, 5 V R P sheIld' .'.'.' 2:28^ 



Wayne Wilkes (pacer) ' I-l^ Alcyone has sired . . Silver one (3 years old) 

 ( Richard .... 2:30 



t William H. 



Alcantara has sired . . 



King Wilkes has sired . . Oliver K 



Fuller Wilkes has sired . David L 2:24^ 



Young Wilkes has sired . ] ^{{l"" 1 ' ' ' ' |y Mambrino Wilkes has sired Gus Wilkes 2:27^ 



iq j Wilkes Spirit has sired . Preston Wilkes . . 2:29J^ 



Young Jim has sired . . {g^ggf*. '. \ \ ' |g* I Lyle Wilkes has sired . Mattie Wilkes . . .2:30 



We go by THE RECORDS, which, as the official count, show Red Wilkes considerably in the lead. 



RED WILKES 



fctandf as the King of Wilkes Stallions. 



No fair minded man can look at the 2:30 records and dispute the above statement. Some son of George 

 Wilkes may possibly in time outrank him as a sire of speed, but at the beginning of 1887 he is certainly far ahead 

 of his nearest competitor for the honor of being the greatest son of the greatest horse that evt r lived. 



His success cannot be attributed to superior advantages, for he has not been at the head of a great establish- 

 ment, whose owner was able to give him mares suited to him in breeding, conformation and disposition. He has, 

 on the contrary, been used as a public stallion and allowed to cover alike the good, bad and indifferent mares of 

 the sections in which he has stood. 



We dp not claim that RED WILKES has had no show, for we do not think that all of the best mares are in 

 the possession of the large establishments; but we can safely say that his opportunities, when compared to the 

 sons of George Wilkes, to which owners could give and have given the best mares money could buy, have been 

 limited. There are sons of George Wilkes that have covered three HIGH-BREU mares to RED WILKES 1 one, but 

 he has gotten the trotters, and gotten them from all kinds of mares. 



It is unnecessary for us to here dwell on the merits of the youngsters by him that have trotted fcr and won 

 colt stakes, nor do we care to do more than call the attention of breeders to the fact that many of his get have won 

 races and have marks close to 2:30, made on indifferent tracks. The day of those colts and horses is to come and 

 will come. THE BASIS is 2:30, and though we firmly believe that with an equal chance RED WILKES will soon 

 outrank any stallion whose services are offered to the public, we prefer to claim for him no performers whose 

 records are not within that line. His season fee is $150, which, considering the way his colts are trotting and 

 selling, is certainly reasonable. 



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 ^""Catalogues sent on application. Address, 



W. C. FRANCE, 



LEXINGTON, KY. 



