RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



second dam, Sally Chorister, was the dam of Proteine, 

 2.18, and Belle Brasfield, 2.20. As I had seen Proteine 

 and Belle Brasfield trot in hard-contested races, when 

 2. 20 was a high measure of speed, I was much inter- 

 ested the first time I saw Baron Wilkes. The pre- 

 potency of his blood asserted itself in the stud. 

 Inheriting speed from speed-producing lines, Baron 

 Wilkes has transmitted speed with remarkable power. 

 At the close of the campaign of 1904 there were 

 124 sons and daughters of Baron Wilkes with 

 standard records. The three fastest of these were 

 pacers Bumps, 2.03^; Rubenstein, 2.05, and Rachel, 

 2.o8J. The trotters with records of 2.10 and better 

 were Dulce Cor, 2.o8; Baron Bell, 2.09; Oakland 

 Baron, 2.09^; Baron Rogers, 2.09!; Baron D., 

 2.10, and Red Silk, 2.10. The sons of Baron 

 Wilkes which have produced 2.10 speed are Oak- 

 land Baron, Baron Dillon, Baron Rogers, Moko, 

 and Prince of India. Baron Wilkes now (1907) 

 has 105 trotters and 28 pacers with standard records. 



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