The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-02-17
.GEE|.R|||.S|:ji. RECORD
DRIVING ! THREE.
Famous Reinsman Makes Mile
In High Wheel Skeleton
Wagon In ia.

While the great record and grand
performances Of Ed George are still
live memories around Chenille as else
which Geers considers the browning
event Of his life is the one most sell
dom thought of, and one of the very
few Geers ever made any expression
of opinion about after it was over.
This was when he drove Belle Ham
lin. Justina and Globe, three abreast
to an old fashioned high-wheeled skel-
etcn wagon for a mile in ala.
This record has never been equaled
and in all proba bility never will, for
it will be hard to find driver who
can handle three horses as Geers can
handle them; then again, it will be
hard to get three which will work in
such perfect unison as this trio from
Village farm.
e. Is. Johnson CT New York had
talk with Geers lust before the exll-
l.bition at Chenille was about to be
run, and he gained wonderful i'll
sight ito the iuGgmet CT Geers as tf
what horse could do.
my boy" said Geers," never mind
! what the wise boo,lmakers tell YOU
! I will beat 2:18 and here is q chance
to pick up the railroad fare Jack to
| New York if you care to take the
| chance
johnson acted accordingly and the
result justified his faith in the ''Si-
lent Mans" Judgment
! Thirty Thousand People.
| Thirty thousand persons were on
hand to see the trial: for Geer's name
is magnet Of the first caliber WIS
| it comes to wd-draWing ability. IL.
day was perfect. Col. William Ed
wards wh;te-hared. stood in the
! judges stand and requested the crowd
to abstain from all demonstration I'M
til the horses had crossed the finish
| line.
Here Geers received another compli-
| mcIt such as is the fortune of few to
| win. In all that vast throng not a
voice was raised as those thre horses
| turned into the stretch fer home and
a record 1t was Ike watching the
working Of a delicate piece of mechar-
| ism which the slightest jar would ruin.
| Geers drove past the judges stand
| and told Col Edwards that we would
nod if he intended to get away; then
he drove up the stretch and turned to
score. The trio came down as one
| horse without a slip. But evidently
| they were not moving to Geers' liking
| and he never glanced at the judges,
but turned back for another try.
Down they came a second time, tho
click Of their shoes keeping time like
the wheels Of train moving over the
slight interval Of space between the
rails Geers bent forward slightly
there was a perceptible tightening OF
the reins, the veteran inclined his heaC
a bit, the timers watches clicked, an6
Belle Hamlin, Justina and Globe we've
away Oh the journey which placed
their names far up on the roll in racing
| annals.
Seemed to Go Slowly.
Up the back stretch they went, bu
those holding watches; on the three
shook their heads, TO rtke horses seem,
, ed to be going slowly. The book.
makers looked satisffs for they stool
to lose considerably more than "sh'
should Geers get under 2:1S. Geers, i
seemed, was even taking the back turf
a little slowly, and the satisfied lool
on the bookmakers changed to {
, smile.
But the three turned into the stretcl
at terrific clip, and in all that Ions
journey there had not been a ski
or a break. The movement Of tn
horses was like watching movin'
, picture, for as yet they we're not clos
: enough to the crowd to hear the clicl
of their shoes, but when they did COM
. | 1t was as one horse.
The crowd as one man leaned ia
forward to cate every move. TIL
timers to whom the magnificent spec
tacle was denied, kept their eyes glue,
; to the all important line, where tn
time was to stop.
On and on they came, nostril
seeming struggling for air and ever
muscle strained 10 the breaking point
A break now would be fatal a few
more seconds and it all would be owe.
I The love of the fight shone in the eye
: Of the horses as it shone in the eye
z Of "The Silent Man" who was up be
hind them.
Horses Splendid Efforts.
What did this heartbreaking strug
gle mean to them, what difference di
( It make to them whether they wen
once around that racek in two minute
5 or three, were they doing it for tn
Village farm Or for tha applause the
knew would follow q creditable ner
Torrance, or were they doing it fo
Gcers?
With a last final effort the thrc
, flashed across the finish Zine, leavin
a trail of dust behind them in FL
fat. The demonstration which fol
lowed has never in all probabilit
been equaled on any track before @
since.
In slowing down Geers took hi
charges far around the turn and the
came back with smile on his fac
to the judges stand. Two fourteen,
he said to Col Edwards before glanc
ing at the numbers. well, l set tn
mark at 2:1S for them to shoot a
didn't I?'
Geers knew the time as soon as h
had finished, for his watch on the rein
told him all about it. In this way h
had timed the burst of speed to a meet
thus displaying his fine judgment c
pace. There was no floral horsesho
for Geers as after a Futurity. He wa
content to 60 back to the barn whel
he could be by himself and where tn
welcome Of little scrawny lookin
dg was waiting for Geers, the "Sile1
Man."
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