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was put into one of the teams and remained there 

 until the show came back to New York. 



"The balance of the old mare's history is well 

 known. She was hammered around New York, and, 

 after being knocked out, was presented by Harry 

 Felter to his father, who bred her to Hambletonian 

 and got the brown colt that became famous under the 

 name of George Wilkes. 



"Years after, some one struck a trail and showed 

 that Dolly Spanker was by Henry Clay, but as far as 

 I am concerned, and so far as I know, her breeding is 

 unknown." 



GEORGE WILKES TRIBE. 



An acre of performance is worth the whole land of promise. 



Ho well. 



So much for the founder of the family of which 

 Guy Wilkes, thanks to the skill of John Alden Gold- 

 smith, proved one of the best representatives, and in 

 order to show what a remarkable horse George 

 Wilkes was, I have prepared the following tabulation, 

 which contains the names of his get that acquired 

 standard records or sired or produced performers 

 with standard records up to the close of 1902, under 

 the year, when known, in which they were 

 foaled, as published in "Wallace's Year Book. It 

 will be found by referring to same that George 

 Wilkes sired a few foals before being taken to Ken- 

 tucky, where he was in service from 1873 to May 28, 



