278 THE GOLDSMITHS. 



1891— VIDA WILKES. 



Coming events cast their shadows before. — Campbell. 



John Goldsmith drove his last races in California 

 in 1891. He started out in August with five horses 

 by Guy Wilkes and a pair of two-year-olds by Sable 

 Wilkes. Vida Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes, out of Vixen 

 by Nutwood, second dam Sister, dam of Albert W., 

 2 :20, proved the star of the stable, her only defeat 

 being in the Occident Stake at Sacramento, where she 

 trotted second to Myrtle in 2:19^. She won the 

 Stanford Stake at the meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Trotting Horse Breeder's Association, taking a 

 record of 2:23^, which was two weeks later cut to 

 2 :i8j4 m a trip against time over the kite track at 

 Stockton during the meeting at which Sunol cut the 

 world's record to 2:0834, Palo Alto placed the stal- 

 lion record at 2:08^, Arion moved the two-year-old 

 record to 2:10^, a mark that has not been changed, 

 notwithstanding the advent of the bike sulky. 



Una Wilkes won her engagements at San Jose, 

 Napa, Oakland and Petaluma, where she reduced 

 her record to 2:19^, while Millie Wirkes had only a 

 third to Shylock at Napa to show for the season's 

 work. After being defeated at San Jose by Princess 

 Alice, Rupee won at Napa, Petaluma, Oakland and 

 San Francisco, where he made a record of 2:14^4 and 

 was third to Turk Franklin at Sacramento, where 

 Allanah won from a field of five and made a record 

 of 2:18. She also won at Stockton and Napa, but 

 was beaten in her other engagements by Dr. Swift, 

 Gold Medal, Charley C. and Hummer. Of the Sable 



