Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30
LUCKY DRIVERS OF
BIG STAKE WINNERS
Veteran Ed GeerS. With His Run
ming Mate, Jones. Had
Most Success
McDEVITT WON SEVEN
RICH STAKE EVENTS
Joan Being His Best-Ess H. Kay
Paced Most Fast Miles
for White.

The ambition 10 breed Or own u win
ner of q classic has been the incentive
of running and harness racing TURTLES
from time immemOrial, orr gina ting he
fore records began. In Europe IN breed
or race winner of the famous classical
handicaps as the ST. Lceer, at DoncaStcr;
the Derby, at Epson Downs; the Caro-
witch. at ten thousand guineas, at New
market, or the Grand PriX. at Paris,
has been the ambition of kings and
gentry for years.
In this country wealthy breeders have
expended millions of dollars for the
honor of breeding or owning a futurlty
winner. or winner of one of the many
classical events. 40 win the famous
Merchants and Manufacturers stake. at
Detroit; the Charter OAK, AT Hartford.
or the Transylvanla. at Lexington
would satisfy the majority OF horse
admirers in this country. only few
can claim the honor OF owning vim
per of the triple or dual events Div
erS of the stars OF the American turf
arc few and far between VINO are
recorded as winners OF ali these clsts-
seal events
I'D until 1904 only Il single horse.
I<0raina won the Kentucky Futurlty
and Pennsylvania: seven we're double
winners up 10 1904 81 the NJ. and NJ.
charter oak and TransEi ANA. IN "a
single year. Anderson Night1nSale
won the NJ and NJ. and Charter OAK. IN
1>e.: Relma the VI. and VI. and iran
svlvania In 1897: Harrietta, the Char
tar Oak and Pennsylvania IN 1898; J"hh
Nolan the Charter Oak and 1ranSyI-
vania in 1885; Lord Nincent. the same
stakes in 1899; Eleata, the Nj ana NJ
and Charter Oak in 1901
The Pennsylvania winners from A?ot
to this season were: 1904, Sweet Marie;
tlNg.y a..
.,onoma Girl: 1905. Spanish Queen;
1909. Penisa Maid; 1910, Joan. the lat
ter mare also won down the line TINS
season the Buckeye. $4,000, at column
t.urjre City: the Hoster-Columbus,
n.000. at Columbus, and the Walnut
Hall cup. s3.e25. at Lexington
Geers and Jones Lead.
I'D Geers and J. u. Jones, who drove
the Geers horses for period White the
old Man was laid up from an accl-
dent. are the largest stake winners OF
the present season. having no less than
sixteen wins to their credit
BEGINNING at Grand Rapids. Mlch-.
Jones won the ten-tnousand-doilar fur-
tttfure Manufacturers stake with Dudle
\rchdale: the two-t Thousand dollar 2-lb
mace. with The AbDe. and the ten
thousand dollar Paper Mills stake WIN
puiie ArchdaIe at Kalamazoo; HeerS
Won the five-thousanddolldr {. or G.
with The Ahbe ana the Nj. and NJ. with
i,udie Archdale at Detroit: he captured
the three thousand-dCllar EdWafda
stake with The Able. and the hEe-
thousand dollar Ohio stake with Dude
ArchdaIe at Cleve.and the five-tnou-
..;,nd-dollar Maple Leaf pace at Buffalo
was won by The Able; at Empire t1ly'
y Y, he won the Eclipse stake, Si'9p"'
with The Harvester, and the Union,
rx-ifh
Vile The Able won the Norfoik, Tor
$500; at Syracuse the fivc-thousand-
dollar Syracuse stake for 2l--class
PAGERS was won by The Ahbe; the
,,harnber of Commerce. $4,000. 2.V3
class. by Demarest; the tive-thousand-
dollar Hotel Hartman stake. at Coium-
bus by the son of Chimes the wilson.
= 025, at Lexington. by The Abbe, ana
ne West. s2025 by Dude Archdale.
Won Seven Stakes.
Mike McDevitt mas also been fortunate
- a. stake winner; artin% at New
York, he won the Bonner Memorial
wo-thousand- five ! undred-do stake
with Joan a., by Directum Spier;
duplicating with tie mare at Columbus
by winning the Observation-Disclosures ten
Jhousand-dollar purse: also getting the
big end of the nve-thouSand-dollar
Buckeye. His best win was the Ken
;r.ckv Futurity, for $4,000, with the
three year-old flly Grace, by Peter
the Great; also repeating with her in
the eight-thOusand-eight hundred and
fo1Ir-dolIar Champion Stallion stake.
ana getting double events with Joan
IN the TRANSATLANTIC and Walnut Hall
,.up-a total of seven Victories fox the
season
Gus Macy won four bIg stakes with
The three year-old rrettsr Colorado f.. by
The Bondsman. and the two-thcusand-
dollar Ira VI. Swift stake ar Grand Rap
Ids with the Limit. With Colorado r..
he won AT Empire City, Readville. syria
cuse. Columbus, and was second To Grace
at Lexington.
White landed fOEr stakes with tbt- PAGER
Ess H. Kay. hy The Spy, winning the