The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-09-24
WALTER HAL WINS
FROM GEERS DIRECT
IN STRAIGHT HEATS
c.s-- HORSE TOO MUCH FOR
TIE COLUMBIA FA-
VoRITE.
THE TRACK WAS HEAVY
sro. Time Was Mace And Race
Not sensationai-5is Crowd Out.
Little Buddie a Winner in The
2:17 Trot.
From Fridays Daily.)


Walter Hal defeated Geers Direct
i'm The free-for-all pace at South Side
Park Thursday afternoon in two sue
o4ssiye heats. Time, 2:13A. 2:161a.
The race was run in the presence of
the largest crowd OF the Fair, on a
slow track heavy from the rain of the
previous day.
There were but the two entries,
Birthmark and Anna Leila having
be,a dawn II was late in the after
noon when the horses were started,
and mart OF the crowd had gone. Wal
Ter Hal let Geers Direct do the pace
making in both heats. The Garth
horse Jagged along behind DR.. VOL
bridges great racer until the stretch
was reached and then forged ahead,
passing Geers without apparent effort
and coming first under the wire by
from half length to length.
This was the biggest racing event
Of the Fair. Walter Hal and Geers
Direct have been fighting it out all
Fall on the half mile tracks, and as
this is the home town of Geers he was
eynected to do his best While the
track was not entirely to his liking,
the sharp curves giving the little gray
horse some advantage, it was plain
that Walter Hal has just little more
speed than his half brother
1t is but just to say, that while the
race was won and fairly won by Wal
ter Hal, it is nothing but right that
the friends of DR.. Woodbridge who are
so loyal to him and his horse, should
know that Geers Direct was a sick
horse when he went into the race,
and had it not been for the fact that
there would have been much disap-
pointment to these warm supporters,
he would not have been allowed to go.
Everything was against hlm-the
track and his condition. He is suf-
t-I7z dyeadfully from a cold contract
ed within the past ten days or two
weeks and it was thought he was
about over it until Thursday morning,
when it was discovered he was cough
ing again. But it had gone too far
to allow him to be drawn from the
race. We say this in due justice to
the horse, his owner, and his driver.
Between the heats, Walter Direct,
sire of Geers Direct and Walter Hal,
was exhibited on the track. This is
one of the finest specimens of horse |
flesh that Maury county or any other
county ever PRODUCED, and the veteran |
was greeted with tremendous ap- |
plause.
The postponed 2:12 pace of the pre-
yious day was driven, Hermitage win
ming, with Outlaw second, Robert A.,
third
n the 2:17 trot Little Buddie, who
made his second start of the season,
was an easy winner. Irene F. was
second and Athlane third.
Summary of the races;
PIP pace; purse, $500:
The Hermitage, b. h. (R.
Is. Thomas) .........2
The Outlaw, b. g. (Col.
Stone) ....... .......9
Charley Cason, c. g.
Freas) ......... .....5 Or
Birthmark, b. g. (Amis) Il 3 dis
Robtr A., r. h. (Holland) A
Time-2:1714, 2:141a, 2:19%, PISA
2:17 trot; purse, $500;
Little Buddie, g. h. (R. S.
Thomas) ..... ......2 2 =
Adyodeen, blk. h. (Col.
Stone) ........ ......."4 III
Irene F., r. m. (Green) IL l 2 2 2
Nhlane, b. h. (HarrisonD...3 8 3 3
Time-2:1SA, 2:17, 2:21A, 2:21h'
2:2311
Frae.for-all pace; purse, $500:
Gears Direct b h. (R s. Thomas) 2
Walter Hal, &. h. (Garth ...... l
Time-2;13A. 2:161s.
Iudges-Allen Campbell, L. Schil-
lmser. Jno. Whitfield. Timers
Frank Wheeler, w T. Chafin, w. 3.
CRANBERRY Starter-Dr. G. B. Giltner. ,