Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-05
ANVIL, OWNED BY FRANK G. JONES, OF MEMPHIS, TAKES
 $10,OOO AND M. AND M. MONEY
WAS DRIVEN BY GERS
Wins First Heat In Remarkable Time For COnditions-Lewis Forest
 Was the FayOrite.

Detroit, Mich.,, Aug. 1.-The Mer-
 chants and Manufacturers $10,00O
 stake, for twenty-three years the
 trotting classic of Detroit's blue rib bon meet, was won in straight heats
 today by Anvil, Pop" Geers driving.
 It was Geers fifth M. and M. victory.
 Anvil is a bay stallion, owned by
 Frank G. Jones, of Memphis. Lewis
 Forest, the favorite, finished second
 each time, but in no heat did he press
 Anvil to win.
 Only two races of the big card of
 sixth were finished, rain stopping
 the sport after the second heat of the
 2:04 pace had been finished. There
 were six starters in the M. and M.
 In the drawing for position Geers
 had been given the pole With Anvil,
 while Lewis Forest was in fifth po-
 sition. The scoring was protracted
 owing to the bad manners of The
 Huguenot. Finally they got away ln
 good order, but The Huguenot jump
 ed before he was fairly on the bend,
 being we'll towards the front at the first
 Geers was about three sulkies out from the fence and he held the ad- vantage to the quarter in 31 1-3 sec onds with Lewis Forest next and Hannah Louise third. Anvil was trot- ting like clockwork and was length to the good at the half, with 1.04 1-3. The relative positions of the leaders was unchanged in the trip around the bend, the three quarters being reach ed in 1: 36 and Anvil, going easily at a 2:O6 clip.
 In the stretch Mcdonald tried with Lewis Forest and gave that gelding drive. For time he seemed to gain, but at the seven-eights .Geers gave Anvil his head and that stallion brushed away from danger, winning by three lengthe in jog in POS 1-3. remarkable time for the conditions.
 In the next heat Anvil showed him. self to be strictly high class race horse. He made mistake in the first sixteenth, breakin, but catching nicely and settling in fourth place. Lewis Forest, Lady Willow and Mary G., was the order at the quarter ill 32 seconds, and early in the trip along | the back stretch. When Geers got to this straight of road his horse began to move up to them and passing Mary G., he went by Lady Willow as Lewis Forest passed the half mile pole in :O4 3-4. Geers then trailed to the | head of the stretch, the three quarter time being 1:37 1-2 and when he headed for home he pulled Anvil out and set sail. Anvil showed that he has a lot of pluck for he overhauled Lewis Forest at the long distance and won comfortably by neck, when doing his utmost to rally ms GelOlnS, WHICH was pds shlllS up q little. This mile was made in POS S-4.
 Anvil made no mistake in the third heat, but went right to tre front, leading at the quarter in S2 IA, and the half in 1:O5. On the far turn Me- Donald gave Lewis Forest drive, but when he got up to the sulky wheel Anvil would go away again, reaching the three-quarter pole in 1:37 IA. Lewis Forest was urged to his utmost In that part of the race in the stretch, but Anvil drew away and logged home length to the good in POS 1-4. Hannah Louise was third and Lady Willow fourth and thus they stood in the money, ahead of Mary G.
 Earl Jr., and Independence Boy each won a heat in the 2:04 pace, which