The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-21
VETERAN HARNESS
DRIVER STILL WINS
Pop GeerS Seems to Hold
Magic Hand With the
ReinS.
GRAND CIRCUIT STARS
DUDE ARCHDALE LOOKS LIKE
BEST OF FIELD.
BY BERT E. COLLYER.

Chicago, Ill, Aug. z0.-The blue
ribbon meeting just brought to
close at Detroit was among other
things remarkable for gameness dis
played by man and beast. Probably
no other feat was so remarkable out
standing as that OF Pop" Geers, the
veteran dean OF reinsmen. who, al
though forced 10 walk with the as
sistance OF a erutch and cane, mount
ed the saddle behind The Harves-
ter, The Able and the NJ. & NJ
winner. Dude Archdale. The ova-
tien rendered the silent Man. on
his return TO the stand after winning
the classic c. OF g. and later the NJ.
A. NJ. viii long be remembered by
those who were privileged 10 see the
homage paid.
Geers, II will be remembered, was
injured at Grand Rapids 20 such an
extent that it was at first thought ne
would not be able TO team his charges
during the remainder Of the sum-
mer. The indomitable courage OF the
man asserted itself at kalamazoo.
when only the keenest persuasion on
the part OF Mr. Jones prevented him
from mounting behind Dude Arch
heat OF the stake by Gamar.
Speaking Of Dude Archdale brings
10 mind that the little black mare
with the winning of the NJ. & NJ did
something accomplished by no other
trotter in the history Of harness rae
ing Within the space OF fifteen
days she won these $4,000 stakes.
and In all three contests only lost
one heat. This is bringing home the
coin with a vengeance, and Frank
Jones. the Memphis street railway
magnate, who paid $4,000 for the lit
tie mare a few weeks ago. promises
10 realize handsomely on the invest
ment
Dude raced first as three-year-old,
two years ago, and gave an inkling
OF the great form she was later 10 dis
play by trotting second to JustO in
2:1O IA. Last year she did not fig
ure on the turf, but during the win
ter she was sent 10 Geers. who was
in winter quarters at Memphis. She
was named in all OF the rich grand
circuit stakes To which she was eli
gible and in her early work showed
so fast that Jones determined to buy
her. This determination became fixed
when she worked the Memphis in
1907 IA, and when she won an easy
race at Terre Haute he closed the
deal.
Best OF Season.
The little mare is the best OF the
seasons new trotters, and If too much
IS not asked OF her is liable to 20
through the season without defeat
Geers. who has made such an en-
viable record. and can hardly boast
of a bone in his body that has not
been broken. is in his sixtieth year
and has had a career in the sulSy
stretching over a period of nearly for
" years. His early racing was done
IN the south. and il was he who first
was prominent in bringing the Hal
family to the front Back in the late
SOS he campaigned through the
grand circuit with the now famous
pacing sire, Brown Hal. 2:13ts, Civ
ing him his record TO high-wheel sulky
In a race at Cleveland, the record al
that time being the stallion record
fer PAGERS.
Later Geers campaigned that Won
derful horse, Hal Pointer. 2:O41a, one
of the greatest PAGERS OF his day. FOI
several years the silent Man" was
trainer for the famous Village farm
near Buffalo. and Mile there raced
and drove to fast records such IA
nous campaigners as Robert J. 1904
II 1Alcso9s --Nps VIZ "a . NAieNAAA l-oAA 7
year-Old filly: The Abbott, 2:03 4
one time champion trotter, and full
brother 10 The Able, winner of thi;
years c. of c.; The Monk, 2:O5 "a
and many others. Direct Hal, 2:O4A
was another fast PAGER which he tool
through the grand circuit. the white
faced stallion being retired TO the stud
without ever having felt the sting OF
defeat.
Since the passing of Village farm
Geers has trained a public stable win
tering at Memphis. and has cam
paigned such well-knOwn harness
horses as Highball, 2:OS "a; The
Harvester, 2:O4A Baron Grafton
2:O3H; Shadow Chimes. 2:05, Rnc
others.