The Detroit times., 1913-08-14
GREAT M. & M. AND CEERS
| ARE INSEPARABLY LINKED
s.Pop" Takes His Sixth victory
7 W
Over Favorite Tenara
With Als0-Ran
WONDERFUL DRIVING II
BIG FACTOR IN WINNING
Is Put Behind COchata in 2:Oo
4 Pace by Judges, Replac-
ing Legg

II has been thought for years lh''
they called him Pop" Geers because
Of his 6 2years OF age. and unanl
nous filial affection felt for him Du-
this is wrong. Pop is an aoDreVla
ton for Popularity.
Ed r. Geers. the deanest OF the
deans OF the harness track, added 10
his popularity yesterday when he
used uncanny Judgment in driving
Reusens in the Merchants and Manu-
facutrers' $4,000 stake for trotters,
one n rthe greatest events OF the
Grand Circuit.
Those who saw Tommy Murphy up
set the dope in the Chamber oil com
merco stake for PAGERS Tuesday De.
heved that they had seen real tur4
history. but they were destined TO see
even a more remarkable victory over
a strong favorite Wednesday.
Tenara. the great Madden mare,
winner OF several big stakes already
this season, was almost unanimously
conceded the victory in the twenty
fourth renewal of the great classic
Sc strong was the feeling that there
VAS nothing 70 il but the Tenara
mare that after she had Brought 90
for a while as against $40 for the
whole field in the auctions, she was
barre din order TO create some real
interest in the betting.
Judson Girl was, outside OF Tenara.
the first choice, but Judso nGirl failed
to do better than third.
Reusens was not considered 10 have
a chance even by Geers himself But
he drove the geldng for all there
wa sto be gained The third heat of
the race turned the tide 10 the Geers
horse. In the first heat he had been
able to take oneiy fourth place and
in the second heat he broke and had
to hurry TO keep from being dis
tanced
But in the thiri heat Geers saw his
chance. Tenara lead the field up TO
the stretch, but there tired badly and
seemed to be standing still as Geers
rushed by with Reusens and took the
heat by nose.
The effort expended in winning the
first two heats and in trying to stalk
off the final rush of Reusens in the
third heat, OTTER watching Judson Girl
from in front all the way, was too
much for the mare. Geers had little
trouble in winning both the fourth and
fifth healts, beating the great Tenara
with an also ran.
This is the sixth time that Geers
has won the VI. a. NJ stake. Since 70
of them have been run, il means that
he has won ii nearly once in every
four times.
The crowd is always with Geers.
Yesterday the old man was watched
closely as he limped around on the
track or clambered up into the timers
stand to puff his cigar and watch the
horses go around the track.
When he nosed out Tenara i'm the
third heat such a burst Of enthusiasm
las had not been shown in any event OF
the week volleyed from the big crowd,
the best OF the week
There was an impressive silence
also when Geers was presented in the
judges stand with the silver cup given
In addition TO first money for winning
the Nj. a NJ. The whole grandstand
was on its feet silently watching the
veteran receive his honors.
Not only in the one race i'm which
he had horse entered but in another
idunexpected honors come to him.
The judges didn't like the way Wal
ter Cochata was driven in the first
heat of the 2:05 pace apparently, for
after that heat they replaced Driver
Legg with Geers.
Geers took second in the second
heat despite a fiat tire.