66 THE TWO-MINUTE TROTTERS 



the writer is one who firmly believes that there was a time 

 in his career when he could easily have set the world's race 

 record at two minutes or better had he found at any time 

 a foeman worthy of his speed. Retired to the stud the year 

 following the trotting of his record mile, he lived but two 

 years yet in that time sired many colts of great worth and 

 in fact it is doubtful if any other sire begot as great a 

 percentage of fast trotters as did he. He shone brilliantly 

 while he lived and his early death was more than a loss to 

 the breeding interests. 



His fast miles, most of them championship performances 

 of one kind or another are as follows: 



North Randall, 0., August 22, 1916 SOVo 



North Randall, 0., August 25, 1916.. 30 



Syracuse, N. Y., September 12, 1916 30 



Lexington, Ky., October 4, 1916 30% 



Lexington, Ky., October 7, 1916 29% 



Atlanta, Ga., October 20, 1916 30% 



Lexington, Ky., October 26, 1916 29% 



Lee Axworthy was a bay horse that stood not more than 

 15 hands but was stoutly made and in every respect he was 

 as handsome as he was speedy and game. More than that 

 cannot be said of any good horse. 



His breeding blended the blood of the two great sires, 

 Guy Axworthy and Bingen, the first being his sire the second 

 the sire of his dam and in him was also blended the blood 

 of Young Jim, Red Wilkes, Guy Wilkes, Mambrino Patchen 

 and that of other "old time" sires. And, until the year 1921 

 brought out the two-minute trotters Peter Manning and Arion 

 Guy it must be said that he was the best bred fast trotter 

 that had yet appeared. 



At this place is appears to be fitting that there be added 

 to the story of Lee Axworthy something about him that 

 comes from Mr. Ed Wise, Superintendent of the North Ran- 

 dall track, who was with the Pastime Stable when Mr. 

 Andrews was developing the future champion trotting stal- 

 lion and was second trainer to Mr. Ben White the year he 

 drove the horse to his championship records. There is no 

 keener observer than "Eddie" Wise and what he has related 



