1 68 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



California from the Eastern states caught the 

 fever and proclaimed him the best son of George 

 Wilkes. When William Corbitt closed out his 

 stud and Guy Wilkes found a home east of the 

 Rocky Mountains, enthusiasm over him abated. 

 Among the 71 trotters sired by him are Fred 

 Kohl, 2.07!; Huldah, 2.08^; and Lesa Wilkes, 

 2.09. The fastest of his eight pacers is Seymour 

 Wilkes, 2.o8J. The blood of Guy Wilkes is 

 going forward through 30 producing sons and 18 

 producing daughters. One of the sons, Nutwood 

 Wilkes, is the sire of John A. McKerron, 2.04^. 



The stallions by George Wilkes which were 

 prominent at Ashgrove after the death of their 

 sire were Jay Bird, a roan of 16 hands, dam 

 Lady Frank by Mambrino Star, son of Mambrino 

 Chief; William L., a bay of 15.3, dam Lady 

 Bunker by Mambrino Patchen, second dam Lady 

 Dunn by Seely's American Star; and Young Jim, 

 a handsome bay of 15.3^, dam by Lear's Sir Will- 

 iam by Howard's Sir Charles. Jay Bird is the 

 sire of 82 trotters and six pacers, and one of the 

 trotters is Allerton, 2.09^, a prolific sire of speed. 

 He is the best of the 27 producing sons of Jay 

 Bird, who has 27 producing dams. William L., 

 the brother of Guy Wilkes, won highest honors 



