106 RACEALONG 



George Wilkes was taken to Kentucky in 1873. 

 He died in 1882. In nine years he laid the foundation 

 of a family of light harness horses that is still tap- 

 ping at the door of popular favor. At the first remove 

 the get of this horse included Harry Wilkes, Wilson, 

 Baron Wilkes, Guy Wilkes, J. B. Richardson, Rosa 

 Wilkes, So So and Wilton. His sons were scattered 

 all over the continent: Alcantara and Alcyone being 

 in Massachusetts, Guy Wilkes in California, Am- 

 bassador and Hambletonian Wilkes in Michigan, 

 while of those which were retained in Kentucky, 

 Red Wilkes, Wilkes Boy, Onward, Jay Bird, Simmons, 

 Baron Wilkes, Gambetta Wilkes, William L., and 

 Young Jim sent out a flood of speed, like their sire. 

 Red Wilkes carried on in the fast list through Ash- 

 land Wilkes, the sire of John R. Gentry, and Patchen 

 Wilkes through the stout battler Joe Patchen to 

 Dan Patch. Alcyone got McKinney whose son Zombro 

 got San Francisco, the sire of Lu Princeton, St. 

 Frisco, Jeanette Rankin, Fireglow, Chilcoot, Mary 

 Putney and Sanardo. William L., almost an outcast 

 but a brother to Guy Wilkes, lives in turf history 

 as the sire of Axtell, whose son Axworthy got Guy 

 Axworthy, Dillon Axworthy, General Watts, and 

 Judge Maxey, Mr. McElwyn the sire of Main Mc- 

 Elwyn appears at the next remove. 



While George Wilkes was making a reputation 

 in Kentucky, Happy Medium came to the surface. 

 It resulted in his transfer to Kentucky where he got 

 the unbeaten champion Nancy Hanks. Before leav- 

 ing Pennsylvania this son of Hambletonian was 



