Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-12-16
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the meridian of fame and now he has In
one season leaped boldly to the center
of the ring with more 2 lis performers to
his credit than any other sire In the
world. In these days of progressive
breeding this means much. The old
2 80 standard was well enough in the
days when 80 horse was able to win
heats now and then, but at present , 80
speed for all practical purposes in race
world is dead card-a figure that does
not count. Two-twenty horses are none
too good for the slow classes at the small
meetings in these rushing days of the
kite track and the pneumatic sulky, and
when real good article is looked for in
the shape of IA horse fit to go foi the big
purses nothing less than miles in 2:l5
or better will avail him. The list given
above shows that Guy Wilkes is great
sire of extreme speed, and in the brief
analysis of his blood-lines already given
demonstrates that his speed and the
ability to tran smit it are honestly OBJ
tanned, but of all his 80 and 2 20
trotters there are comparatively few of
course that have made records of :15
or better, says the Breeders Gazette.
1t is significant fact, however, that
great majority of these 2:l5 performers
of Guy Wilkes have tested speed lines
on the maternal sides of their pedigrees.
For instance, Regal Wilkes, that as a
two-year-old held the trotting stallion
championship of his time with mark
of 2 :20a, reduced to 2:l7l as three
year-old and now set to 2:l13, is out of
the developed mare Margaret, 2 :2S, by
Sultan, 2:24, he by The Moor, a 2 :32
trotter. Allannah, the Guy Wilkes pa
Ger who recently reduced her record to
2:1l1, has for her dam the trotter Mol
lie Drew. :27, by Winthrop. The pa
Ger Rupee, 2:lll, is out of a daughter of
Poscora Hayward, 2:234. The PAGER
Chris Smith, 2:l4t, is from the old PAGER
Lucy, 2:l4. All this means something.
1t means that developed dams are the
proper thing and that mares by horses
with fast records are more likely to
throw speed when bred to stations with
fast records than are any other class of
dams. 1t means that the owner of Guy
Wilkes knows what he is aiming at, and
it shows that he is correct in his premise
because he brings down the big game.
This season John Goldsmith has been
campaigning a stable of horses by Guy
Wilkes and his son Sable Wilkes. They
have been the crack Young trotters of
the year, and when defeat has come to
them their conquerors have almost with
out exception been by developed horses.
Sable Wilkes has put six in the 2:30
list this year and two of them are two
year-olds with records respectively of
2:lSI and 2:2l4. The Wilkes family
never had as successful a season as the
present one. and this prestige has been
enhanced far more by the fact that the
records of its representatives were most
~ obtained in well.fought races than tor
any other reason. The Electioneers, the
Directors and others are cutting a wide
swath in trotting and pacing circles. but
thus far Wilkes blood is the lead, and to
quote about the only remark ever made
by a certain Eastern editor that is worth
quoting: speed seems to spring from
the place where George Wilkes lies
buried. - Exchange.