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to pace. Gambetta Wilkes sired many more pacers 

 than trotters. On the other hand, his brother, 



The King, sired four times as many trotters as 

 pacers. The King was a strikingly handsome horse. 



Wilton, dam by Hambletonlan, second dam by Fly- 

 ing Morgan. Wilton, a small brown horse, of great 

 beauty, was blind, but very seldom transmitted this 

 defect. He Is the sire of Moquette, and also of 

 Willy (2.04^ ), one of the most attractive horses ever 

 foaled. 



" Young Jim, dam by Lear's Sir William. A high- 

 bred, handsome horse, the sire of Young Miss, dam 

 of the great BIngen. 



Wilkes Boy, dam, Betty Brown, by Mambrino 

 Patchen. This is another horse with much thorough- 

 bred blood, and the Grattan family, noted for their 

 speed, gameness, and substance, are descended from 

 him. 



Simmons, Bourbon Wilkes, and his brother. Favorite 

 Wilkes, were all good sires, the first-named especially, 

 but the male line from all of them will soon be extinct. 



Patchen Wilkes, dam, Kitty Patchen by Mambrino 

 Patchen, second dam, Betty Brown, also by Mambrino 

 Patchen, is represented chiefly by the pacers, Joe 

 Patchen and Dan Patch, 1.56. 



THE ELECTIONEER FAMILY 



The chief Electioneer families are those of BIngen, 

 Walnut Hall, Arlon, and Chimes. The dam of Bingen 

 was Young Miss by Young Jim, a son of Guy Wilkes, 

 so that in him these two great families are united. The 



