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which was named Young Daisy. This filly had a 

 good way of going and was bred. She produced Duke 

 Wellington, 2:20; Graylight, 2:16i/2> and Prince La- 

 valard, 2:11%. Also after John W. Conley selected 

 Kentucky Prince for me I bred him to Young Daisy 

 and secured another filly which was named Mar- 

 guerite. This mare was a fast trotter but was not 

 raced. She was foaled in 1876. 



"In 1889 after John W. Conley, W. P. Ijams, and 

 Fred Moran paid $105,000 for Axtell, I sent Mar- 

 guerite to Terre Haute, Ind. and bred her to that 

 remarkable colt trotter." 



Marguerite remained at Terre Haute until she 

 produced Marguerite A., 2:12i/2J Axtellion, 2:15l^, 

 and Axworthy, 2:151/4. 



After Mr. Darling's death his trotters were sold 

 at a New York sale. When Axworthy was led into 

 the ring no one would make a bid on him, possibly 

 on account of him having been injured after he made 

 his record as a two-year-old. When John H. Shults 

 noticed it he said, "I will not stand around and see 

 any of Mr. Darling's horses led out of the ring with- 

 out a bid." He nodded for $500 and Axworthy was 

 knocked down to him. 



This proved his most fortunate purchase although 

 he made hundreds before that date and after. 

 At Parkville and Shultshurst Farms, Axworthy laid 

 the foundation of a family which still dominates the 

 turf. Of his greatest sons, Mr. Shults bred Guy 

 Axworthy and General Watts. Dillon Axworthy, 

 Morgan Axworthy and his other leaders were foaled 



