The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-16
@ERS IS GRAND
old MAN OF TURF
Has a String of Star Cam
paignerS to Take Down Ma
tlonaI Circuit This Season.

That Ed Geers. the grand old man
of the turf who has been referred to as
the silent man" for many years, has
a string Of star campaigners this sea-
son no longer remains simply an opin-
ion of some biased hOrsemen. From a
reliable source word has come from the
training camp of the veteran trainer
which will make other trainers lie
awake nights thinking it over.
In the first place Geers is working
with might and main to make it five
straight in the Chamber of Commerce
, $4,000 stake, and also to annex the rich
NJ. q NJ classic, the two main events
ar the Detroit meeting. Last season
Geers won the c. of c. very handily
T'ith ATdelle. 2:O414. and this year
papa has been drilling the big black
uacer William o. TO carry off the larg-
est slice of the coin in this event Up
p date William o. has worked a mile
2 company with Straight Advice in
ed9A, pace that has not been equaled
" any of the other green PAGERS thus
II this season, which makes ii look as
/ the southern horseman had two
--seen side-wheelers that would be hard
beat.
For 2:24 Class Trotters.
u Ebl lilC q MdliuldClufeTS
IKE for 2.24 class trOtters an event
fichalways elicits more interest than
ny other early closing stake, Geers
has three good steppers that he is pre-
pairing However, should nothing go
wrong with these campaigners, there
is no question as to the horse he will
stat in this classic. HighbaIl, by Doc
tor Hooker, a green trotter which F.
G. Jones is reported to have paid the
GTrTTug rnrrina Of FDv- Ta-
nowythe talk of the country. and from
all appearances he. with SonOma Girl,
will be the favOrite in this event when
July % rolls around. HighbaIl is
sensational green trOtter that has COM
pleted the Billings track in the remark
able time of 2:OS1z and back in 2:0S%.
with the last half in 1903, in company
with Byron K, another feet trOtter in
Geers' stable. Such miles for a green
trotter at this time of the year is quite
enough to make other trainers scratch
their heads and sit down and think it
over.
May Be Raced Out.
When such fast time is being made
the argument is brought forth by many
hOrsemen that these horses will be all
raced out before the season is fairly
started. They base their claim upon
the fact that a horse only has so many
ldHA iililCS III Hlil dilu. dS lIeIe Is sui
about eight weeks before the Grand
Circuit opens, they will be all raced
out when the bell taps. This does not
always pan out that way, however as
some horses can stand more gruei:ng
work than others, and il is up TO the
trainer to not Overdo the training In
Geers' case il is his system to work his
horses hard early in the season and
then TO let up on them before the cam
paign opens.
Some Other campaigners.
Among the other campaigners i'm this
stable that are burning up the track
at Memphis inch by inch are Ardelle
and John A, two PAGERS that have
worked mile this season i'm 2:O7Is.
Sunny Jim has worked a mile with
Baron Grattan in the excellent time of
2:07, while Geraldine and Dan S have
been mile in 2:O9 fiat, The PAGER John
Caldwell that Jim Thompson had last
season has turned the southern track
In 2;11, While Pulsus and Lucretia have
made the rounds in 2:1514, with he last
half in los. Tempus Fugit and the vet
cram Turly have been stepped a mile in
21112, and Halle Direct, a 3-year-oId
by Walter Direct, has stepped a mile in
? 10, with the last half I'm :O2
Campaigners that can step along at
such a clip now look as if thew >youId
carry OF a substantial portion Of the
money when they get TO the races. hut
wait until the horses that are training
at Chenille get to going good and a
very qiherent aspect may be put Oh the