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when Woodard and Brasfield won two races with 

 him at Louisville and one at Lexington. They gave 

 him a record of 2:23%. 



W. C. France purchased Harry Wilkes, June 20, 

 1884, and on July 4 won with him at Maysville, Ky., 

 in 2:231/2- Between that date and the first week in 

 December, Harry Wilkes started in nineteen races 

 of which he won sixteen. He won at Pittsburgh in 

 2:18i/i, at Buffalo in 2:161/2, at Hartford where he 

 landed the $10,000 Charter Oak Purse, and at 

 Springfield where he equalled the track record of 

 2:15. 



In 1885 Harry Wilkes won ten out of twelve races. 

 The season opened at New York, where he won from 

 Billy Button, Kenilworth, and Felix. He also de- 

 feated Trinket in three specials before being shipped 

 to Pittsburgh where he won in 2:151/2 from Clemmie 

 G., Trinket, Phyllis, and Jerome Turner. Clingstone 

 won a special from him at Detroit in 2:151/2 and he 

 lost to Phyllis at St. Louis. 



Harry Wilkes won fifteen of his sixteen races in 

 1886. His first start was against time at Toledo 

 where he trotted a half-mile track in 2:17. His racing 

 began at Pittsburgh on July 6 and closed November 

 27 at San Francisco where he won over Guy Wilkes, 

 Antevolo, Charles Hilton, and Arab in 2:15. During 

 this campaign Harry Wilkes defeated Clemmie G., 

 Joe Davis, PhyUis, MajoHca, Libby S., Belle F., and 

 OHver K. He cut his record to 2: 14% 'at Cleveland 

 and lost again at St. Louis. 



Before starting on this trip Frank Van Ness 



