The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-22
GEERS KING OF
ALL RE|NSMEN
Veteran Driver Has Placed
~ Trotters in 2:10 List,
Adding 5 Past Season.

Battered and bruised. and twisted
out of shape by numerous acclden(s
ON race tracks, and with advanced
age creeping over him. Edward +.
GrerS still may we'll l,c referred tn as
tho dean of the light harness turf.
Iialf til" injuries that Gcers has ha''
with horses would intimidate hum
.lrrds of men. but il does not seem tn
bother the loNable old driver from
Memphis. No hole is too small for
him to drive through. so long as there
is room for Il sulky to pass. II the
thick of the fray is where GcrrS can
generally bc found. unless he is too
far ahead for the others to catch him.
tiwrrs has Il mode of driving races
that is Hs generally talked about as Is
his pleasing personality. "llcre mn
tircrs: here comes Gccrs." is AN eS-
preston that has oft been repeated
on race tracks. and is generally heard
:,S HE horses pass the scNcn-ci2hthS
pole. There is where the veteran
makes his drives. lie keeps his noun
We'll tn the front in Il race. if posi-
bile. hut he doc not forge out in front
until near tho end of the race. 10y ST.
doing he does not oNcrtaN his horse,
hui leaves plenty of reserve strength
fu" the brush to the wire. Near after
s sran s sa1S eaS fs@I hts Rrsat' G }ini 81:
cs he has won the plaudits of the
crowds. and has won lifelong popu-
lnrity ly his clever driving.
Leads All Other Drivers.
There is nothing 4, driver feels more
proud of than to havc II number of
horses in the 2:1O list--that is. With
records of 2:10 or better. Up to five
or six Years ago tho ten list was Il
mere skeleton, aus il was II rarity for :.
trntttr nr PAGER to lake a record su
fast: Since then. however. greater
speed has been developed. and horse
men are now shooting at the 2:OJ
must. reach To become II star. Today
the 3:10 list is i, lengthy affair. and
il is CROWN. cvrn faster than the
sixth city.
Ed ticers leads all other trainers in
making the trottcrs in 2:10 or better
lie added five t" the list this season,
which gives him twc1tN-scvcn all told,
Several other trainers are rather close
I" this mark. but the palm belongs to
Harvester, 2:O1. worlds champion
tr"tting stallion: The Abbott, 2:O3
1T: liighball. 2:03 81: Lord Derby,
2:n5 81; Fantasy. 2:06. Dudic Arch
dale. 2:04 IL: Billy Buck. 300 Ia:
Nightingale. 2:0S; Marie N, 3:0S ia;
Dare Devil. 2:o9: Anvil. 2:ol Ia:
T"rsl Medium. 2:0G 1T; and bergen,
zoo "a. In addition to the twenty
six trotters referred to Gecrs gave
a.. hut V. J.. Schulcr put tho horse
in the 2:10 list. Tom Murphy later
reduced his mark to- 2:0G ii.
Murphy Next in Line.
or the Younger trainers, he record
made Ivy r. w. Murphy stands out
prominently. With success gained
through performances to IIetty G.,
o:0i 1t. a PAGER which Murphy drove
to Il worlds record over Il half mile
track. the eastern trainer climbed the
ladder of fame rapidly. In IL com
parativcly cry few years Murphy has
given eighteen t~rottcrs and eighteen
PAGERS records of .:1O or better. The
past campaign was q poor season for
Murphy. considering what nc has
done, but he managed to slip three
PAGERS and six trottcrs into the list.
Charley Mitchell was Murphy's
fastest trotter. He gave him !; mark
of ":0i IL. With Native Bell Muir
phv won fame and money by driving
her to ii mark OF 2:O7 81, the worlds
record for IA 2-year-old filly. Tho
; next year Murphy gave her Al mark
of 2:06 IL. which ais" is :, worlds
record. Murphy gave Brace Girdle {:
record of 2:Oi "a. although Dick Nc
Mahon has had that mare most of the
time. Murphy " George Gano II
rccOrd of 1904 al. and then turned
him over to NJ. w. Savage. who has
used the m in exhibitions cver
since. Dave Halle was given II record
of 300 ii by Eert Shank, but Muir
ply marked him 2:O6 ST.
How Two RcinSMcn Compare.
Other trainers to stand high in
are John Dickerson. Charley Dean,
Walter Cox. and Lon Mcdonald. lrol-
lowing are the 2:1O trottcrs driven 10y
GnerS:
The Harvester 2:o1. The Abbott
30: Ii, Highball 2:03 3-4. Lord
Derby 2:O5 81. Fantasy 2:O6. Dudic
.Archdale 2:0l IL. Billy Ruck 2:o7 Ia.
tiolddust Maid 2:O7 IL. Dan Il. 200
IL. Tcmpus I'ugit 2:O7 IL. High Ad-
miral 2:O7 81. Turley 2:O7 "a. Night
ingalc 2:OS. Marie n EOS IL. Anvil
zoos ii. Dare Devil 200. Gordon
Tod EOS IL. France 900 1-o, Pull
sus 200 1-2. ISattlcton 2:O9 "a, Atha-
Mo 2:1O. Dorsh Medium 2:O6 Ia. Rcr-
gcn zoos 81. Eva Cord ZOOS ii,
Funny Crank 200 ~. Pee Wee goo
1T.
Murphy's trotters include: Charley
Mitchell 2:O4 la, Bclvasia 2:06 IA,
I%nncrguard 2:O6 IL, Native Rcllc (3)
3:OG IL. r. Il. G. 2:O6 81, Lady
Jones ::O7 1t. Alice Roosevelt zoos
IL, Baroness Virginia t3) ZOOS IL,
I;rrvaldn ZOOS 1t. Guy Axworthy
.tI O.OS At (untuin (:cnrrn 1.nO