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to the front, being a still more distinguished grandson. 

 The McKinneys, as a family, are very fast, of good 

 size and good disposition. Every family has some fault, 

 and that of the McKinneys is a tendency to be coarse. 



Alcyone is also the sire of Nelson's Wilkes, a horse 

 now dead, who founded a family in Maine which seems 

 to be taking the place once occupied in that state by 

 General Knox and his descendants, and later by Nelson 

 and his tribe. The Nelson family has failed to 

 "breed on," and will soon be extinct in the male line. 

 The Nelson's Wilkes horses are apt to be small, but 

 that is about all that can be said against them. 



Alcantara, a brother of Alcyone, has ceased to be a 

 factor. His only son of importance was the Vermont 

 horse Alcander, who had a Morgan dam. Alcantara 

 was a big, handsome, good-galted horse, and his great 

 inferiority to Alcyone as a sire is remarkable. 



Baron Wilkes. A very fast, high-bred, high- 

 spirited family, notable for its colt trotters, whence it 

 is known as the futurity family. The most eminent 

 stallions of this family now are Moko and Mobel, 

 Oakland Baron, The Bondsman, and Margrave. 

 Moko, Mobel, and Margrave are big horses, but as a 

 rule the Baron Wilkes family are small. 



Jay Bird. This is another important sub-family, for 

 it includes Ed. Winter, Jay McGregor, and Allerton, 

 who has sired more 2.30 horses than any other stallion. 

 The Jay Birds are commonly large, fast horses with 

 good dispositions. Many of them are roan — Jay 

 Bird having inherited that color from his dam, a 

 Morgan mare. If they have a fault, it is apt to be the 



