Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-07-11
HOPES TO BREED A
TW0-AIAU1E TRO1TER.
c. W. Williams, Of AlIerton-AxteII
Fame, Now Situated Near Town
of-Aurora, III.
REMARKABLE CAREER AS HoRssmsN
How He Got Into the Business aud Made
Independence, Ia, ramous-He Has
Controlled or Owned 800 $3.50
or-Bcttcr Horses.

ened 1T.
e. W. Williams is q native OF New
York state, having been born in Colua-
bia county, near .tlDany. forty-livc
IL years old. when his parents moved
to Jessup, la. There he contiiUed A:s
farm work until Meu in his teens
when he secured Il position as cictii
li,s salary WAS 81 II month and board
While stiIl u clerk he attended night
81 hoo and mastered leiegraphy. Iils
secured Tor hum the position OF nigh,
operator on the Illinois Central rail-
road, q place nc held Ion Three years
In the Idle hours of the day he beSnn
TO speculate in butter ana cgas bus
ing up all OF the county proauut ihat
he could secure and Shipping " Nc"
York city for sale. This proved u d"-
cidedly successful venture, so much 50
that he resigned as might operator in
creasing his interests in his new Nen-
ture, he established large creameIle9
at Ossina and Postville and for seNsids
years virtually controlled the egg, but
ter and poultry business of that sectloh
of Iowa.
His start AS u Horseman.
During this time he had occasion to
visit the stock farm OF III. l.. and f. u.
Stout, at Dubuque, and Bought pair
of brown mares, full sisters. for road
team paying $3.50 for them. one OF
them ne sold, and She has been lost
track of. The other, called Lou, is the
dam of the Sl05,oG0 ANtell. Having Sc
cured four other mares, one OF Mmch
he purchased from the Stouts for so.
he shipped the quintet to kentucky.
just sixteen years ago. and followed
them down to select the stations to
which he would breed them. The $40
mare he bred to jay Bird. and the
mighty Allerton Was the result Lou
he mated TO William L.. getting AXtell.
When asked the question as to Why
ne had selected these stations, he said
he selected William l.. because of the
craze over his brother the great Guy
Wilkes, In California. He chose Jay
Bird because he was String stake Win
ners and because. aside from his pc
culiar color. he was the best looking OF
all the sons OF George Wilkes. He had
size, superb conformation and grand
action, and, better still. he was a nat
ural trotter.
For years Williams shipped his
mares to kentucky to be bred, taking
them to Iowa again, where they re-
manned until they foaled.
offered AxteH for $500.
Williams broke Axtell as a yearling
and he could show a mile in about
three minutes. Not realizing. at his
early age, the white diamond he had
in the son of William L.. he offered to
part with him for $500. He had pros
pectiye buyer. who at the last minute
backed down, and he was thus forced
against his Will to keep one of the
very greatest stars the trotting turf
has known. AS a 2-year- old he got a
record at the time, and as a 3-yeal-old
he tfotted mile in 2:l2 beating the g.
year-old record and lowering the
stallion record for all ages. That night
he passed out of Williams hands into
the possession OF an Indiana syndicate
for sic3,CcG, stil the highest price ever
paid for . trottlng horse ana at the
time the greatest sum ever exchanged
Tor horse of ANY breed. Flying Fox
and Ollnonde arc the only HOSES that
ever outsold the dashing son Ge Will
| liam l..
Allerton as 2-year-old could not
beat 40. but as II 2-year old he got Il
mark of 2:lSA, as q 4year-old Nc
scored a record of 2:1%la and as a s.
Year old 2:eh, his present mark. Both
of these great horses scored their rec
ords TO high wheeled sukics MI viii
liams would never put price ON AZ
lerton and he is one horse, re says,
he VIII never part with.
| The Famous Kite.
The success of AXteii and AliertSn
caused Williams TO sell out his cream
- ''A's-'''' s''NA ny tilsANt', !tIS .lNtttlL
us d ttotNi,ls horse man pure and Sim
/ PIE az Independence, MS first move he
ing ths l'tichnse oi the fair grounds
TRACK 'hefe. hefe III WIS that he orig-
lha.ea me famous Kite snaned track
ana anlohG other improvements To the
| GROUNDS ne pnrchased an adjacent ter
aeIes OF iahd a'id lbld out a fine park,
VAIN extensive ARTIFICIAL lake and Deau-
tll"l hover beds. ne held his iist
iEeellns IN ls9o ana 50 Fast were tiic
races tfotted and paced over the neH
TRACK 'hal 'ae eyes on al! horsenlen
tu.ilea toward Independence
/ ne winter lolloWins he cree. ted II
| power mouse, llsh'ca Inc city, laid
street car tracks from an directions
eadiiis 10 ms course punt file hotel
-. opera house ana IN ifal he!d the
sfeiA,est lfottl!ig meeting the world
ms ever KNOWN. mere we're horses
,i.eie from every state ana territory
~ we Alieiisa tlia even Sahaaa ana
Europe we're rsPteseii'ed, Scores OF
private cars 'h'ed ,t.s side tracks
throughout lhe incellilS ana every va
can. room IN iIdspeisueAee was occu.
lieo ny tfotlihS hQ.Se enthusiast.
owned independence.
Williams also established n success
fGl weekly paper, the American Trot-
ter. lie virtually owned the city OF
independence. II you rode on 81 street