At five months old, Wilson\\\\\\\'s Allen was moved to the Hill farm and left to grow, which he did to an extraordinary degree. He was soon ready for saddle, a duty which fell to the nephew of Johnson Hill, a lad named Steve Hill. In Steve\\\\\\\'s words, The horse was small and so was I, so my uncle thought we would match up pretty good. Little did that uncle know what a winning combination he had produced, as his nephew later became one of the premier trainers in the breed.

The Johnson Hill Horse as Wilson\\\\\\\'s Allen was called at the time was an exceptional colt, both in his gaits and his disposition. Steve remembers him as a colt that could really walk, he\\\\\\\'d walk and shake his head and slobber, and he could come up and go yonder.

There was little in the horse\\\\\\\'s early life to indicate the prominent role he would eventually play in the history of the breed, but by the time he had died of pneumonia on August 22, 1939, he had earned a place of distinction for the Tennessee Walking horse among the great breeds of the world.

Among his get were many famous horses besides the immortal Midnight Sun. In fact, the first time that Midnight Sun was shown at the National Celebration, he was beaten by a horse called Wilson\\\\\\\'s Ace. Through the blood of Midnight Sun, Wilson\\\\\\\'s Allen remained the dominant force in producing Walking horse for many years to come. Considering that Wilson\\\\\\\'s Allen was dead before the first Celebration was held, his record of winners is almost unbelievable.