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Denning Allen was awarded first premium for Morgan stallions 

 5 years old or over, and sweepstakes for Morgan stallions of any age, 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, in 1893. He also 

 received the very high compliment of being one of the eight horses 

 selected by Max Lansberg, the noted sculptor, sent out by the 

 German Government to take models of such American horses at the 

 World's Fair as he thought desirable for use in the agricultural 

 schools of Germany. Denning Allen was sired by Honest Allen 73, 

 a son of Ethan Allen 50. 



General Gates 666 was bred by the late Col. Joseph Battell. He 

 was sired by Denning Allen 74 out of Fanny Scott. General Gates 



General Gates $66; dam. Highland Mary OK 



was foaled May 6, 1894, and was a black, without white marks. 

 Colonel Battell's catalogue says of him: 



In a remarkable degree he resembles Black Hawk, and to a remarkable degree also 

 his colts have the graceful contour of form that was so marked in the colts of Black 

 Hawk. General Gates has a fine trotting action, but was never trained for speed. 

 He is a horse of the highest finish and extraordinary beauty. 



He was a full brother to Lord Clinton, whose trotting race record 

 was 2. 08 J. General Gates was at the head of the Government stud 

 for many years. He died in 1920. His best-known progeny were 

 Ara Gates 082, winner of first prize at the Vermont State Fair in 

 1911 and 1912; Carrie Gates 0390 and Maggie Gates 01612, both 

 winners at the St. Louis World's Fair; Helen Gates 01014, which 

 sold for $500 as a yearling; Scotland 6000, winner of many pre- 



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