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turities was recorded in 1909, when he finished sec- 

 ond to Soprano in the Kentucky Stake with Muda 

 Guy and was distanced in the Kentucky Futurity 

 won by Baroness Virginia. In 1910 Serrill appeared 

 at the top of the summaries with Peter Thompson. 

 Among other events he won the Kentucky Futurity 

 in 2:071/2 after a six heat contest with Mainleaf and 

 Atlantic Express. 



Dillon Axworthy was retired in 1913 to Nawbeek 

 Farm, Paoli, Pa., A. B. Coxe surrounded him with 

 a bunch of young mares, the majority of which were 

 either futurity winners or traced to them. Two of 

 the fastest were Bertha C. and Czarevna, both of 

 which were heat winners in the futurities, while 

 Denella was out of Nella Jay, the winner of the Ken- 

 tucky Futurity in 1902. From them he built a fu- 

 turity family with Dillon Axworthy at its head. 



Serrill's reputation as a reinsman was linked with 

 this family just as Fred Keyes moved up the ladder 

 with the Elyria youngsters in Ohio and John Gold- 

 smith with the Guy Wilkes colts in California. His 

 first flash was in 1917 when Miss Bertha Dillon won 

 from Harvest Gale at Kalamazoo in 2 : 08 1/2. The pair 

 met again in the Champion Stallion Stake at Cleve- 

 land, where The Harvester filly won after Miss Ber- 

 tha Dillon landed a heat in 2:051/2- Both of these 

 races were trotted in August. Two more were added 

 in September, when Miss Bertha Dillon met The 

 Real Lady at Columbus. The Moko filly won the first 

 engagement in 2:041^. In the second race Miss 

 Bertha Dillon won in 2:031/2, making a new world's 



