St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16
AMONG The HORSES.
DR.. o. j. Evans Evansdale
Stock Farm on the Min
neSota River.
The Doctor Goes Deep Into
the Great George Wilkes
Family,
And Secures a Good Son Of
the Celebrated Red
Wilkes.
Likewise a Considerable
Number OF the Wilkes
Mares.

name selected by Or. .. d. Evans, OF
Minneapolis. for his farm, located about
eighteen miles from that city on the
Minnesota river, about four miles below
Shakopee in Scott county. The farm
contains 2l7 acres and is we'll adapted
for stock farm. containing both up
land and bottom land. The Minnesota
river is one of the lines of the farm;
Rice lake juts into the farm, and Eagle
creek runs nearly the whole
length OF it. passing through
the harnyard. This creek is
fed by numerous springs, consequently
never freezes over during the coolest
weather. One of the springs is located
about fifty feet from the house, and fur
niSheS the best of water. The doctor
purchased this farm about one year ago.
The past summer he erected a cOmmO-
diouS dwelling and increased largely
the barn room, and made other i'm
provements of various kinds. He de-
signs IN course of time putting fish
hatchery in the stream. that appears so
we'll adapted for the purpose. On the
farm there is a good duck pass, where
good shooting is 10 be had during their
flight in the fall days. Those knowing
the doctors taste for hOrSefieSh need not
be told what he will seek to make the
chief product of his farm. Following
out this taste. last winter he went TO
Kentucky to purchase stock with which
10 make 4 start. The unQueStioned SUI
periOrity of the Wilkes family of trOt-
ters had hot escaped him, and of that
family no living sire stands as high nor
nearly rs high by the records as Red
Wilkes. He therefore decided, before
leaving home, that he would purchase
the best son obtainable of that great
Giro and oct Wilkes and
inbred in order TO obtain and retain as
much of the Wilkes blood as is possible.
Having in mind size. color, form, diSpO-
SitiOn and breeding of the dam he found
it 20 easy matter in Kentucky even
to find all animal that was all that he
was looking for. Finally finding the
animal owned by Smith McCann it took
some days before he could pursued Mr..
AcCann 10 price him as he had de-
termined to keep the colt to take the
place of Red Wilkes, the sire. half in
terest in which he had sold to w. &.
France. of Highland stock farm"
Mr.. McCann had several others by
same sire. but none he wanted to keep
for his own use. He finally. however,
priced the colt, and the doctor took
him. The seller afterwards offered him
Red Wilkes tilly. since sold for $1,000,
if he would leave the colt and take back
his money, bat the colt came to Mime
sofa, was named Red Chief. Red Chiefs
breeding is as follows. viz: Sire Red
Wilkes. he by George Wilkes: Red
Wilkes dam Queen Dido, by MambrinO
Chief. George Wilkes by the records
was the greatest sire of speed that ever
lived in any country; and as mentioned
above by the same records Red Wilkes
is the b st SOn-cOnsequently the best
Wilkes sire now living. He has to his
credit such trOtters as Phil Thompson,
record 2.l6I4; Prince Wilkes, record
PIG, and ten others with records of 2:30
or better: and he is only young sire
yet. Prince Wilkes returned from his
fall campaign having defeated the great
Harry Wilkes, who has a record of
2:l4$I at St. LOuiS, and Belle Hamlin,
record 2:1334, at Lexington, KY, much to
tie surprise of their friends. He defeated
each of them in straight heats and with
ease. The correspondent of the Horse
man gave it as his opinion that on that
day and track he could have trotted in
2:l2 or 2:13. but was pushed only to
2:l6l2, 2:l7 and 2:l6. Phil Thompson
trOtted in July of the year when he was
three years of age in 2:2l in race in
Chicago against a field of wonderfully
good fOur-year-Olds. defeating them in
straight heats, and Mr.. Bonner, who was
in the stand. gave it as his opinion that.
had it been necessary, Phil could have
trOtted the heat in 2:lS. No colt of that
age has trotted in 2:21 in race so early
in the season. The very few others
trOtting that fast have done SO in Sep
TENDER or October When four years old
Phil's wind vas impaired by an attack
of pink eye, from which he came very
near dying, but Notwithstanding that
fact, lie has trotted in 2:164 and can
trot quarter at any time, in condition,
at the rate of 2:04. Red Chief is own
brother of Phil Thompson. both being
the produce of Grey Nellie. Grey Nellie
is by John Dillord, who was one of the
very best Sires of dams of trotters, being
the sire of the dams OF such trotters as
Phil Thompson 2:l614, Mcleod 2:2114,
Wild Rake 2:2213, as three-ycar-old,
Olof 2:22sl, r + c 2:231l, Mambrno
Archie 2:24$l, Nick 2::2651f. Eric 2:2S1l,
Syanite 2:294. Prince Wilkes, 2:l6,
grand dam was by John Dillord. So it
will be seen that Red Chief is royallybred
on both sides. Lady Wilkes. full sis
ter, trOtted in race as four-year-o old
in 2:274. Anna Lolita, another full sis
ter of Red Chief, trotted with only five
weeks handling half mile at the rate
of 2:2s. as atwO-year-old. Commodore n.
w. Kittson's offer of $4,000 was refused
for one brother of Red Chief when three
years old. Other good ones, too numer-
Gus to mention, have come of the
RED WILKES CROSS
with John Dillord mares. OF this cross
was Repetition, the greatest yearling of
1856. Red Chief is coming three wears
old, stands sixteen hands high and
weighs a tritie over LEO pounds. He is
a good bay incolor with black hips. In
disposition and gait he is per-
feet, and as to his form it is suffi-
Gent to say that both J. l Case,
of Racine, owner of .Jay-Eye-See and
PhallaS, and w. ii. Wilson. of Gym
thiana, y.,Owner of Sultan, both, when
they saw him at the state fair, pro-
nounced him as fine a two-year-Old as
they ever saw, and John Spian saws
there is not SO fine colt in Kentucky
and said it in st. Louis TO such Ken
lucky breeders as Col. Pepper and g.
w. Ayers. Red Chief was so much in
favor that last season, although his fee
Was 500, much business was turned
away from him. He has not been
worked for speed. and on account of the
demand on him for stud purposes and
his rapid growth he will not be driven
for speed until he is matured.
Red Chiefs companion is Michigan
Prince, another of the great Wilkes
family. Prince is year older thar
Chief. He is a beautiful black. with g
little white on nose and right hind coro
net. Prince is very SNOWY, proud colt
and Is now quite trotter, although he
has only been driven for exercise. Al
to his popularity, it is sufficient to say
that, although his fee was $50, twenty
four mares were brought him. His sire
is Young Wilkes, by George Wilkes
son Of Rysdyk's Hambletonlan; Youne
Wilkes dam by Prince of Wales, he by
Royal George. Young Wilkes has
record in a race Of 2:2SI tro
of 2:10. Bred by William II
Saunders, of Clyde, Y. Y. Michigan
Princes dam was Lady Essler, b,
NIGHT Hawk: granddam 6 r -C. h;