RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



which he finally reposed confidence was Simmons by 

 George Wilkes, and he is the sire of 95 trotters, 24 

 pacers, and 32 sires and 21 dams. This is a brilliant 

 record of achievement. The greatest breeding tri- 

 umph of Mr. Wilson was McKinney, 2.11^, sold in 

 October, 1904, to William Simpson for $50,000. 

 Rosa Sprague by Governor Sprague, out of Rose 

 Kenney by Mambrino Messenger, was sent by Mr. 

 Wilson to Alcyone, and the outcome was a bay colt 

 born in 1887, who developed into a trotter and a 

 phenomenal sire of speed. Lady de Jarnette, 2.28, 

 was a great pleasure to Mr. Wilson, he having ex- 

 hibited her all over the country, winning innumer- 

 able prizes with her. Mr. Wilson died July 14, 

 1892, and one of the brood mares that passed under 

 the hammer at the closing-out sale of his stock was 

 the dam of Simocolon.. 



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