Allan J. Wilson

Allan James Wilson (1886 to 1963) was a Canadian-born American horse racing figure. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he spent his first eleven years on the family farm, where he began working with horses, before the family moved to Boston. He built a business career in freight forwarding and became one of the leading amateur harness racing drivers in the United States, competing on the Grand Circuit at Avon, Goshen and Syracuse. As a track executive he ran Sage Park, a harness track in Windsor, Connecticut, served as president of regional harness circuits, managed a Grand Circuit meet at Rockingham Park and led Suffolk Downs in East Boston. He also kept a stable in Newton, Massachusetts, where his son drove for him.