Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
AlLERTON 2:O9I-4.
! From American Horse Breeder.
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Mil1lpburV. VI

Some six years ago, or little more,
Mr.. c. w. Williams, "A produce merchant,
whose health was somewhat impaired,
visited the stock farm of Messrs. II. l..
and F. d. Stout, Dubuque, Ia, and
bought two mares for breeding purposes
The Messrs. Stout are wealthy lumber
merchants. They have been breeding
choice trotting stock for several years,
and aim to have only those of most fash
ionable breeding, as well as great ex-
cellence individually.
These two mares, now famous as Lou
and Gussie Wilkes, were not quite up to
the Messrs. Stout standard in some res
poets. Both were by Mambrino Boy.
son of Mambrino Patchen, which then
had record of 2:2G4. Lou, however,
was not standard bred, and could not
throw standard colts under the revised
rules of the National Association. Gussie
Wilkes was standard bred. but her second
dam was by the thoroughbred imported
stallion CONSERVATION. and the thorough
bred cross is very unpopular among
theorists.
Mr.. Williams was satisfied that the two
mares were worth the price at which thew
were offered, viz: SIS for Lou and SIS
for Gussie, so paid the $3.50, and after a
time shipped them to William l.. SIM
mons famous Ash Grove Farm, LeXing-
ton, Ky. He bred the cheaper one, Lou.
TO William L., which, though then an
untried stallion, was full brother to Guy
Wilkes, that was showing himself trot-
ter and race horse in California.
Gussie Wilkes was bred to Jay Bird, an
other son of George Wilkes, whose only
$50 trotter at that time was Eagle Bird.
Every horseman in the land knows the
result The produce of Lou was Axtell.
that Mr.. Williams trained and drove TO n
record of 2:23t as two-year-old. and
gave mark of = :l2 as a three-vear-old,
after which he disposed of him for s55.-
600 cash, and note for $4,000, due IN
one year at six per cent. interest, which.
with interest, was paid at maturity.
From what we can learn Mr.. Williams
always regarded Allerton the better colt
Of the two. He did not show so much
speed as AXtell in his two-vear-old form.
1t is true, yet Mr.. Williams won several
races with him that year and drove him
mile in , ;40i.
The next season Allerton showed that
he was every inch race horse. He beat
field of nine good ones at MINNEAPOLIS.
Mimi, on July of that year, losing the
first heat to lchi Ban in > 20. but taking
the next three in 2:27, :2G4, 2:2i1. The
longer the race lasted the faster he SEEM
ed to 20. On the 18th of the same month
he won race at st. Paul. Mimi, lower
ing his record to , :23 in the second heat.
Among his most notable performances
that season were two races which he won
at Chicago, H. The first was five-heat
race on Aug. 20, against eight cOmpeti-
tors. Allerton took first, second and
fifth heats in 2:2l4, 2:2il, 2:2l. Only
three days after the last-named race he
met another field of eight competitors on
the same track and defeated them in
straight heats. Time, ? ~, 2:2l, 2:lSl.
MIR. Williams was sharply criticised bv
horsemen in all parts of the country for
giving three-year-old colt two such
races with so short rest between them.
but he evidently knew better than the
public the qualities which his wonderful
colt possessed. After selling AXten for
100000 Mr.. Williams asserted that he
had better horse in Allerton than he
had sold. Most every one thought such
statement idle talk, but subsequent
events proved that Mr.. W. was not far
from right.
Allerton made short season in the
stud when'a four-year-old as he had done
the two previous seasons, and was then
started on campaigning tour against
the scythe bearer. On July / of that
year he started at Independence, Ia. to
beat 2;lst and lowered his record 70 rs.
lie was started again the same day and
got mark of ? ;lGi. On Oct 0 he start
ed in race at Terre Haute, Ind, against
ketch and Dick Smith and won in straight
heats; time, go, 2:l74, 2;l54.
Allerton's hardest race for the season
and perhaps the most severe one he ever
trotted, excepting that against Nancy
Hanks, was at Lexington, Ky, Oct. 10 of
that year. His competitors were McDoel,
Hendryx, Stevie, Walter E., Diamond,
Keno F. and Henrietta, all seasoned cam
paigners. 1t was formidable field to