The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-03-28
FOUR GENERATIONS
ATTEST THE MERITS
OF WALTER DIRECT
THIS REMARKABLE SIRE DRAWS
PRAISE FROM HIGH Au-
THoRlTY.
HAD VALUE TWENTY THOUSAND
That Offer for Him Was Refused by
His Owners After His Only Racing
Season-Re.lly Belonged in the
Two Minute Glass.

Chaffin Bros, the veteran horse
breeders of Maury county, make their
annual announcement this week
They will onl. Rave one horse in the
stud at South Side Park this year,
and that will be that prince Of all
pacing sires walter Direct, 2:G5M.
This horse Is a truly wonderfully
bred animal. He is one OF four gen
erations of PAGERS, whose confined
records has an average of 2:04 7-8.
1t is exceedingly doubtful if there is
another four generations of the same
blood that caa show such phenome-
nal record. 1t is proof positive that
this strain Of horse has the power to
transmit speed to their get.
The four generations is composed
of Direct, 2:O51s; Direct Hal, 2:04A;
(the sire of Walter Direct) Walter
Direct 2:05% Walter Hal, 2:1t. The
latter is by Walter Direct, and has a
half mile track record Of 2:08. Thus
it will be seen that of the fouf Wal
ter Direct sired the fastest horse For
horse of his comparative young age,
and of only aoont seven years iE the
stud he has magnificent honor roll.
He has three better than 2:05h;
three better than 2:10, and six 2:15
and better. Pe has a list of twenty
four that have taken race records.
That Walter Direct was a twa-min-
ute PAGER is now an acknowledge fact
by horsemen who saw rim when he
was in his racing fetter and By his
gallant driver f. F. Geers. Had he
not happened to the accident when
he did it is relieved that he would
have come hrme that year with a
mark of two or better Mr.. Geers
has repeatedly stated that he had
ridden faster behind Walter Direct
than any horse he ever drove and
that he never did go his speed limit.
Direct Hal, the sire of Walter Direct,
up until last year, held the record
for having won the largest stakes of
any pacing hose for one single year
in the world He raced only one sea-
son and copied during that tire $685.
$50 and at the close Of the season
his owners refused $4,000 fo,' him.
Walter Direc, Tears the distinctive
honor of having had an offer OF $780,
600 for him refused, and there are
seldom such offers made for horses.
Ella Brown, the dam of Walter Di-
rect, won more than $4,000 during
her racing career and was ten years
of age when she was retired to the
matrons list, and has splendid
string of colts. her fourth foal, which
was Walter Direct, making the best
record.
Following is clipping from the
Horse Review of March 5:
Each season adds to the fame or
Walter Direct, p, 2:O5A as pacing
sire. He now has six in the 2:10l
list, two of which Joined the select
circle in 1912, viz: Manitoba z.04A
and Jessie Direct 2:07A. His 1912
list also incladed Charlie Smith
2:12A, Merry Direct 2:15 and four
others. They call him Brown Halls
successor in tennessee, and that of
itself best attes.s the high regard in
which Walter Direct is held. Mr..
Geers won with him the c. of c. and
other stakes, and but for an accident
that put the stallion out of training, |
his driver thought that he would |
score in close to 200. Walter gets !
game. classy race no, ses,
that go out nd win the moncs It'll