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WILKES BREWER 



It is unusual for half-mile track trotters to attract 

 national attention. There has been a few of them, 

 however, as was shown by the series of races be- 

 tween Kenyon W., Baron Reaper, and Joe Bowers 

 on the Illinois tracks in 1911 and which culminated 

 in a desperate five-heat contest at Ottawa, where 

 Joe Bowers after winning two heats in 2:091/4 and 

 2:1114 was beaten by Kenyon W. in 2:09%, 2:10%, 

 2:14. Baron Reaper forced him out in each of the 

 deciding heats. After this race the combination was 

 broken up by John L. Dodge purchasing Joe Bowers 

 and taking him east. Kenyon W., however, went 

 on to meet other rivals. Fair Maiden and Baron 

 Reaper being the only ones to show in front of him 

 during the balance of the season. 



In 1916 Fred Jamison appeared on the double 

 ovals with a splendid sample of racing material 

 called Wilkes Brewer. She was a dark chestnut with 

 flashy white markings, that had been raced during 

 her three and four-year-old form with fair success. 

 Four firsts out of twelve starts was all she had to 

 show. 



Wilkes Brewer passed into Jamison's stable at the 

 close of 1915. She responded to his method of train- 

 ing and under it won eleven races in a row, although 

 at Lima, Ohio, it looked as though Harvey Ernest 

 had taken her measure with Ima Jay. On that July 

 afternoon, Ima Jay won two heats 'in 2:1214 and 

 2:091/2, Strafford being second in one and The Acme 



