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Kentucky Wilkes, by George Wilkes, out of 

 Minna by Red Jacket, a grandson of Sherman 

 Morgan, she out of Undine by Gray Eagle, is the 

 same age as Red Wilkes, but a horse of different 

 pattern. He is a wiry, nervous horse, with the 

 head and neck of an Arab, and legs of steel. He 

 was severely campaigned and retired with a trot- 

 ting record of 2.2i\. With restricted opportuni- 

 ties in the stud, he is the sire of two trotters with 

 records faster than 2.1 1, — Bravado, 2.io|-, and 

 Temple Wilkes, 2.1 of. The fast pacer, Crafty, 

 2.09!^, is also by him. Chain Shot, 2.o6|, is out 

 of a daughter of Kentucky Wilkes. At this writ- 

 ing Kentucky Wilkes is still living like one done 

 with the exciting problems of life, at Marshland, 

 the breeding farm of ex-Secretary of the Navy 

 Benjamin F. Tracy. 



Onward was a bay horse, foaled in 1875 ; bred 

 by Richard West of Georgetown, Kentucky, and 

 by George Wilkes out of Dolly by Mambrino 

 Chief. He trotted to a record of 2.2 5I and was 

 what you might call heavy-handed. I remember 

 when he came into the show ring at the great St. 

 Louis Fair. His action was somewhat strained, 

 and I suggested to my associate judge that we 

 examine his feet. The moment we lifted up the 



