1 64 The Trotting and tbe Pacing Horse 



Red Wilkes, bay horse, foaled in 1874, and by 

 George Wilkes out of Queen Dido by Mambrino 

 Chief, she out of a daughter of Red Jacket by 

 Billy Root by Sherman Morgan, was a large 

 horse and not free from coarseness, although he 

 had a finish-giving cross from Justin Morgan. 

 He was trained comparatively little, and yet he 

 is one of the greatest producing sons of the 

 founder of the Wilkes family. The fastest of 

 his 124 trotters was Ralph Wilkes, who took a 

 record of 2.o6f before death claimed him at 

 Maplehurst, the breeding farm of Colonel John E. 

 Thayer ; but the sensational campaign horse was 

 Prince Wilkes, 2.14^, who died in South America 

 after George A. Singerly had received $30,000 

 for him. A sensational young trotter was Phil 

 Thompson, 2.16^. Among the 46 pacers by Red 

 Wilkes is Ithuriel, 2.09^. Ashland Wilkes, 2.17^, 

 ranks high among the 98 producing sons of Red 

 Wilkes. He is the sire of both trotters and 

 pacers, his fastest pacer being John R. Gentry, 

 2.oof. Allie Wilkes is another great producing 

 son of Red Wilkes. His fastest trotter is Jupe, 

 2.07!, an d his fastest pacer is Arlington, 2.06^. 

 Of the daughters of Red Wilkes 91 are speed- 

 producing dams. 



