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except Guy Thistle, Lilly Stranger, Lilworthy, and 

 Guy Axworthy. 



Guy Thistle made a pacing record of 2:18l^ and 

 sired Loota 2:081/4. Lilly Stranger trotted in 2:15i4. 

 She produced the trotters T. S. Bingen 2:18%, 

 Toshia Cochato 2:19l^, and the pacer Ditt Will 

 2:141/4. 



Lilworthy was a sister of Guy Axworthy. She 

 produced the champion yearling pacer Frank Perry 

 2:15, Worthy Cord 2:16l^, and the trotter Lil Cord 

 2 :26. Guy Axworthy was the last foal Lillian Wilkes 

 dropped at Shultshurst. He made a four-year-old 

 race record of 2:08%. 



John H. Shults considered Guy Axworthy and 

 Olcott Axworthy the best horses bred at his farm. 

 Olcott Axworthy went blind and was sold. Guy 

 Axworthy remained at Shultshurst until the trotters 

 were disposed of. 



For a time Guy Axworthy had an uncertain career. 

 Senator Bailey took him to Lexington where he got 

 Ante Guy 2:031/4. Thd next trip to the auctions put 

 him in New Jersey where he got Lee Axworthy 

 l:58l^. From there he went to Poughkeepsie where 

 he sired Arion Guy 1 :59i/2. The next transfer was 

 to Walnut Hall Farm, where he sired Mr. McElwyn 

 l:59l^ and Guy McKinney 1:58%. 



In June, 1929, when I was in California, C. A. 

 Harrison told me that he had talked with Asa V. 

 Mendenhall in reference to the breeding of Flora, 

 the grandam of Guy Axworthy. He put me in com- 

 munication with Mr. Mendenhall, who wrote the 



