Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-06
LAST YEAR FOR GEERs
ON THE TURF
Great Reinsman Will Retire After the
Present Season.

A report from Memphis says that
the veteran trainer. Edward F. Geers,
will retire as alcampaigner Of trotters
and PAGERS at the close of 1911. Ac-
cording to this report Geers will not
give up training horses; he will sim
ply abandon the practice of taking a
big stable of horses out in the spring
to campaign week after week until
the close of the season.
The veteran reinsnlan is now IS
years old, and the numerous accidents
in which he has been mixed up in the
last ten years have left him somewhat
crippled. His retirement will leave a
place vacant which will not soon be
flied. No other great driver has held
race going public. From the time
he first came into unusual notice with
the old-tifne pacing champion. Hal
Pointer, 2s04 1-2, he has been the
striking parsonage Of the harness rae
ing world. After Hal Pointer was de-
threned Geers had another worlds
champion PAGER in Robert J., FOL 1-2.
Then, with Fantasy. he placed the
worlds record for yhree year olds at
EOS ga, and later the worlds record
for four year old mares at 2.o6. With
The Abbot he set the worlds trotting
record at 2.06 Ia. He also drove
Lady of the Manor to her record of
2.04 IA when that was the worlds
record for pacing mares.
Last season he captured the worlds
record for trotting stations with The
Harvester, driving that horse to a
record of FOL. AS a driver of 2.1O trot-
tersf Geers leads all others. having
driven thirty-one of the performers
in that list of their records, as fol-
lows:
2.03 IA; Highball 203 ga; Onward
Silver 2.05 Ia; George C. EOS IA;
The Monk 2.05 IA; DR.. Strong EOS "a;
Fantasy (4) 2.06: Demarest 2.06 IA;
Lady G. Hamilton 2.06 Ia; Ster- Nc
KinneX~-2.06 Ia; Prince of Orange
Fugit 2.07 IA: Dan 7. 2.o7 IA; Gold
. dust Maid 2.07 Ia; Zephyr 2.07 Ia;
Turley 2.O7 3-4; Stanley Dillon
2.07 ga; Nightingale EOS; Marie n.
| 20s IA; Dare Devil 2.09; Loyal 209;
| Czarina Dawson 200 Ia: Frazzee
w. 2.09 "a; John Ne 2.09 ga; Battle.
| ton~2.09 3-4 Albania 2.10.
The former Buffalo reinsman also
| has a long list of pacing 2.10 perform
| ers to his credit. as follows:
| Robert J. POI Ia; Baron Grattar
2.o3 IA; John A. 2.e4 Ia; The Abbot
| 2.03 Ia; Ardelle 2.04 IA; Direct Hal
/ 2.04 Ia; Lady of Manor 2.O4 ii; Ha
! Pointer 2.04 1-2; Walter W. 2.04 3-4;
| Shadow Chimes 2.05; Hal Chaf1r
| EOS IA; King Direct EOS IA; Heir
at-Law zoe ga; Bright Regent Got
| IA; Beauseant 2.06 IL; Direct Hal
| Jr. 2.06 IL; Dandy Chimes 2.O7 IL!
Passing Belle 2.OS; Merry Chimes
| 2.0s IL; Mocking Boy 20S IL; Moon.
| stone 2.09; Prince Rundie 200 Ia;
Ed Easton 200 ga; Halle Direc1
| 200 ga.
This year Geers will have as strong
probably a stronger-stable as he
I has ever had and tho chances thai
| he will realize his lifetime ambition
! to drive trotter to record below
| the two minute mark, are exceedingly
| bright. There are good judges who
believe he could have accomplished
| this year last fall with The Harvester
! but Geers was content to wait an
/ other year. knowing that as the grea
horse was only five year old hi
would most certainly be better hoyst
this year. 1t seems practically Ger
/ tain that the son of Walnut Hall will
this season draw Geers nite some
where from 1.5S "a to 159 IL.
If Geers decides to confine his skill
hereafter to fitting record breaker:
and educating horses to race for othel
race drivers, he need never lack EN-
| ployment. for there will be plenty O.
men who will be only too glad tt
avail themselves of his skill.
In all his long career he has never
| been concerned in anything approach.
ing scandal. No race-fixer would dar,
| to ask assistance of him in any scheme
and judges and drivers alike have or
many occasions been willing to hay,
| him decide a disputed point.
| Manage Wallace of the Browns in.
sists that the Maps have made a won.
derful pickup in Pitcher Gene Krapp
| .sHe showed us more stuff than w;
have seen in any young pitcher in foul