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to make a formidable stable. When John Goldsmith 

 went to San Mateo there were very few foals by Guy 

 Wilkes on the farm, the only ones trained in 1888 

 being the three-year-old filly, Hazel Wilkes, her sister, 

 Una Wilkes, and the two-year-old filly, Lillian Wilkes. 

 They were not started until the next year. After the 

 stud season, Guy Wilkes was taken up and started in 

 the free-for-all stallion race at Oakland, where he de- 

 feated Stamboul and Woodnut in five heats, the second 

 and third miles in the event being- won by Stamboul. 

 His last start was in the Grand Stallion Stake for 

 $3,500 at the California State Fair against the same 

 horses. On this occasion Woodnut was victorious, 

 after Guy Wilkes had won a heat and trotted a dead 

 heat with him in 2:17^. 



In his three-year-old form, Grandee won his races 

 and had two walk-overs. He met Direct in his first 

 race at Petaluma and won in 2:26, 2:23^2, while he 

 also defeated the Director colt, as well as Balkan and 

 Moses S. at Sacramento. While in the Circuit, John 

 Goldsmith drove Ben Ali in six races, of which he won 

 five and gave him a record of 2 :22 at Napa. He also 

 won four out of five starts with the three-year-old filly, 

 Yolo Maid, marking her in 2:14 at San Francisco, 

 where she defeated Adonis, while Rosie Mac, by Alex- 

 ander Button, had two firsts, two seconds and a fourth 

 to show for the five races that John Goldsmith drove 

 her. He also won a three-year-old pace at Oakland 

 with Adonis, finished second to Don Tomas with Bay 

 Rose at San Francisco, and won with the Admiral 

 pacer Perihelion at San Jose, as is set forth in the fol- 

 lowing synopsis of the season's work : 



