Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-13
GEERS WINS MOST STAKES.
Race Horse Owner and Assistant in
Lead This Year.
WINNER OF CLASSIC IS HOPE
All breeders Put ereatest Ambition
In Hone to win one oias-ic
Race-Kinss STRIVE Tor
that Distinction.


NEW YORK. Nov i2.-The ambition to
breed or own the winner Of q classic has
been the incentive ~ running and harness
racing men from time lmmemorial In
Europe 70 breed or race a winner Of the IA
nous handicaps. such az the 81. Leger at
Doncaster: the Derby at EpEom Downs
the Carvich At 1000 Eiineas. at New
market or the Grand PriX a. Paris, has
been the ambition OF kings and gentry for
years.
In this country wealthy hreeders have
expended millions Of dollars for the honor
OF breeding or owning a futurity winner or
n winner Of one OF the many classical
events To win the famous Merchants and
Manufacturers stake at Detroit, the Char
ter Oak at Hartford, or tho Trensyivania
at Lexington. would satisfy the majority
Of horse admirers in this country Only
few oan claim the honor Of owning
winner Of the triple dual events.
Until 1904 only single horse Boralma,
won the Kentucky Fuunty and Transyi-
vania; seven we're double winners up to
1901 Of the Merchants and Manufacturers,
Charter Oak ana Transyivania, IN single
year. Anderson's Nightingale won the
Merchants and Manufacturers and Charter
oak m 1899, Relna the Merchants and
Manufacturer and Transyivania in 1907,
Harrietta the Charter Oak and Transyl-
vania IN 1903. John Nolan the Charter Oak
and Transylvania in 1905. Lord Vincent. the
same stakes in 1893. Eleata the Merchants
ana Manufacturers and Charter Oak in
1901
The Transyivania winners from 1903 70
this season were 1904, Sweet Marie: 1905,
Etbers Pride; 1906. Nutboy; 1907, sonomo
Girl: 1908, Spanish queen; 1909 Peniso Maid;
III aorr~r
the line this season the Buckeye 5000. az
Columbus: the Bonner Memorial, $500. at
Empire City; the Hoster- Columbus. $1,000
az Columbus. and the Walnut Hell cup
SECS, at Lexington.
Geers Holds Lead.
III Geers and r. c. Jones. who drove the
Geers horses while the "old Mar" was
laid up from an accident. are the largest
stake winners OF the present season. hav-
ing no less than sixteen wins q their
credit.
Beginning at Grand Rapids. Mich. Jones
won the $4,000 Furniture Manufacturers
stake with Dude Archdale; the $4,000
2:1s pace with The Able and the $4,000
Paper Mills stake with Dude Archdale
at Kalamazoo; Geers won the $500 G. and
g. with The Able and tho M. and M. with
Dude Archdale at Detroit; he captured the
5000 Edwards stake with The Able and
the 5000 Ohio stake with Dude .Archdale
at Cleveland; the 5000 Maple Leaf pace
at Buffalo was won by The Able: at EN-
pife City ~ r.. he won the Eclipse stake.
Si.5OO. with The Harvester, and the Union,
$500. with The Able: again at Readville
The Able won the Norfolk for $500; at
Syracuse the 5000 Syracuse stake for 2:11
GLASS PAGERS was won by The Able; the
Chamber OF Commerce. 5000, 2:2O class by
Damarest the 5000 Hotel Hartman stake
az Columbus by the son OF Chimes; the
Wilson. s2,O25 At Lexington by The Able.
and the West. t2.O25, by Dude Archdale.
Mike McDevitt has also been fortunate az
a stake winner Starting at New York he
won the Bonner Memorial $500 stake with
Joan co. by Directum spier; duplicating
with the mare at Columbus by winning the
Hoster-columbus $4,000 purse; also getting
the big end OF the 5000 Buckeye His best
win was the Kentucky Futurity, for $4,000
with the S-year-old fllly Grace by Peter
the Great; also repeating with her IN the
sssoi Champion Stallion stake. and getting
double events with Joan IN the rransyi-
vania and Walnut Kali cup-a total OF
seven victories for the season.
= Nacey wins Heavily.
Gus, Macy won four big stakes with
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Tho Bonosman. and the 5000 Ira NJ swift
stake AZ oFand Rapids with c. the Limit
With COLORADO 70. he won at Empire City
Readville, Syracuse Columbus and was
second to Grace. at Lexington.
White landed fur stakes with the paceI
hss II. Kay. by The spy winning the
Beacon sl.5O0, at Nav York the Bunker
lii SeoO0. at Readville; the Onandaga
s2.ooe. ~ Syracuse and Board OF Trade
5000, at Columbus. Ess H. Kay paced
more fast miles than any other horse out
this season on the clrcuit-New York
2'ob4 1oiil; Readvilie. 2.o5l6. 2:OsN; syria.
cuse 2.06, 2;07; Columbus, 2.O6. 2O5H.
George Haag. Thomas W. Murphy and
Nottingham were triple stake winners OF
the season, Haag won the ti5oO CentreviI,
stake at Empire City, the Charter Oak. SO.
ooe 81 Harvard. and the Mcdowell. Ss0s
purse az Lexington with General H., b,
Combiner
Murphy at kalamazoo. won the 500
Hickman Hotel stake with May Day, By
Combination; the Spirit OF the Times Flu
turity, 5000. 5-year-old pacing division with
TWinhling Dan. by Dan Patch; the Ken
lucky Futurity, 5000. same class, at Lex
ington. with Twankling Dan. and Tn,
Horse Review Futurity. $780, for Swear
old trotters. at Columbus, with Nativ,
Belle. by MoSo
Nottinghom won the King George 500
stake at Buffalo. the $4,000 Massachusetts
az Readviile and the C.500 Fleetwood a
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