The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-29
ALLERT0N, THE GREAT, DEAD.
Was Haif-Bruther Of Ar,eIl. The Two Horses
Made Iowa, Independence and Charley
Williams Famous. Some History

Iowa reared, died July 18th at
lndianola, Iowa, at the age of
twenty three years. from decline
incident to age. He was the
property of Mr. Cooper. This
brief announcement will recall
volumes of history to the horse
men of Iowa and Of the United
States. Allerton and his great
half brother AXtell made the
fame of the state us the home of
race horses and constituted In,
dependence the powerful rival of
Lexington.
ChaFley Williams. :tn inpecu
NOUS telegraph operator at In
dependence became imbued with
the idea of owning trotting stock
but could command not more
than S3o0. The financial prospect
was not inviting but he chose to
go in on a cheap scale rather
than stay out. He went to Dub
uXue and bought two Mambrino
bay mares of Mt. Stout, paying
$3.50 for the pair They were
not race mares. Their abilities
were so little considered that.
while they were race bred they
were being driven TO the, pole,
and Stout was pleased to have
them off the farm they did not
in his opinion ornament with
their presence. He had in his
estimation made a prime trade
to the rather verdant young en-
thusiast from the unenlightened
territory of Buchanan county.
Being in possession OF the
prospective dams Of the two sen
sations of the world of horse,
Williams shipped them to Ken
lucky with the purpose of breed
ing TO the cheapest son OF Geo,
Wilkes. He found two cheap
sons of that famous sire, William
L.. sire of Axtell. and Jay Bird,
sire of Allerton. The mares
were left in Kentucky for the
season and when they We're
brought back to Independence
with their foals, that town need
ed no other diversion than laugh
ing at Williams for some time.
Allerton was an ungalnly crea-
ton and gave no promise to any
one except the owner that he
would be at five years champion
of the world and that his owner
would refuse 100000 for him
The history of Williams, of In
dependence. of the kite shaped
track. of the great meets, OF the
hotel opera house and other i'm
DroyementS that rose as II oy
, marie and that were the product
Of these two horses, in an lndl-
: rect way. is well known. Inc
sons and daughters Ot AXtell-
who WAS sold for SlO5, 900 and OF
: Allerton, have proved 70 he good
g and they were two Of the great
d est ,ires of the world, demon
!. strating either the finest Judge
g ment on the part Of Williams on
Y the greatest luck that ever
blessed living man. !
a Today Charley Williams 20
II Moose Juw, Canada, Is one o
Z the greatest farmers OF tn
ID great northwest. Last year N
II had five thousand acres OF whea
1t twenty five hundred acres OF oat
m one thousand acres of flax, AM
rs one thousand acres Of barley
of There are one hundred and ttt
horses on his farm, but amon
them there is no descendant o
Allerton, AXtell Or any othe
ia. race horse. His inclination I
to speed allows him TO 20 n1frthe
VI. than the possible ownership of
r.. team that can 90 the road to
". little better advantage than I'll
,c. farm horses. He was convertt
IN at Galesburg by Billy Sunda
no. takes no interest in races, su