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in the other. On the third trip, Wilkes Brewer came 

 through in front in 2:081/4 with Ima Jay in the place. 

 Also after W. J. Leyburn finished second to her in 

 2:131/4 on the next trip, Ima Jay again took up the 

 battle and forced Wilkes Brewer out in 2:08%, mak- 

 ing a world's record for a fifth heat on a half-mile 

 track. 



Later on when the daughter of Nutwood Wilkes 

 appeared on the Orange County Circuit, she had 

 everything her own way. She won at Monroe, 

 Goshen, and Middletown in nine heats, the fastest 

 being finished in 2:09%. 



During 1917 and 1918, the activities of Wilkes 

 Brewer were limited to the mile tracks, except in 

 two events. Sickness put a crimp in her career in 

 1917 but in 1918 she won five out of eleven starts 

 and reduced her record to 2:05%, when she defeated 

 Mack Forbes, Blanche Carter, Lotto Watts, and 

 eight others at North Randall. 



While Wilkes Brewer was a peculiarly bred trot- 

 ter, like the old champions Maud S. and Jay Eye 

 See, she has but one cross of trotting blood on the 

 side of her dam Mary Bales, a mare that became 

 conspicuous by producing the pacer Zombrewer, 

 2:04%. 



Mont joy, the sire of Mary Bales, was bred in 

 Maine. He was got by General Withers, a son of 

 Almont and Bloom by Ashland, the latter being by 

 Mambrino Chief and out of the thoroughbred mare 

 Ulvilla by imported Margrave. Molly J., the dam of 

 Mary Bales, was also got by a galloper, her sire 



