ARAB HORSES IN NORTH AMERICA lOI 



the primitive. Arion is a near relation of Axtell, for both 

 Axtell and AUerton were interbred to the same blood as 

 Arion's.' 



Is there not an interesting story connected with the 

 rearing of Axtell? 



'Ah, yes, and one which proves again the errors of 

 mismating, and the folly of experiments, when mongrel 

 blood is used. Also it proves the fact that no type of 

 horse can be created, except through Arab blood, and 

 that all game qualities are due to that blood. 



* Two gentlemen of Dubuque, Iowa, purchased mares of 

 fashionable name to breed to the blood of certain other 

 fashionable name in the sires. To their great disappoint- 

 ment the offspring proved an utter failure, and the mares 

 were sold for a song as valueless. Mr C N. Williams 

 bought the two for $225, and bred them to the same blood 

 he believed the mares possessed — the Clay. Each in time 

 produced a colt. One was called Axtell and the other 

 Allerton. When Mr W^illiams had offered mares and colts 

 for $250 apiece and no purchaser was found, he concluded 

 to train the colts himself. Both gave promise of rare speed. 

 When Axtell beat the record at 2.12 as a three-year-old, 

 the offer of $105,000 was made for him by a stock company 

 in Indiana, to which he was sold at the price offered.' 



Then it is to the Arab-Clay blood predominating in 

 Axtell which explains his phenomenal speed? And what 

 became of Allerton ? 



' Mr Williams, having sold Axtell, began the training of 

 Allerton, who proved the better horse, for, as a four-year-old, 

 he trotted a mile in 2.10. They demonstrated the blood 

 cause in the most satisfactory manner.' 



Whence comes the Wilkes family? 



