The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-10-16
WILL WEBSTER DlScOURSES IN.
TERESTINGLY UPON GREAT
FOUR YEAR OLD.
so SMALL He WAS CALLED MUTT
Mr.. Webster's Predictions about VIII
liam and Directum Have Been
Verified by Their Last Race-Lat.
ter Too Experienced and Speedy.
(By Will Webster, Jr.)

yesterday by Etawab driven by ouI
"Grand Old Man Mr.. Geers. Maury
county has longed owned Mr.. Geers
while Etawah was foaled about a
mile south of Columbia at Morgan
Hall Farm. While being broken at
the local track, Etawah was so small
and hopeless looking that the swipes
termed him Mutt" Little was it
thought that he was destined to be-
come the greatest year old trotter
Of his year and the CREATES 4 year
old trotter the world has ever seen.
In the Pennsylvania yesterday Eta
wah set new worlds trotting record
for three heats by winning from Omar
(another Tennessee bred horse) in
2:o3k, 2:O91a and 2:03A.
| On Monday last Mr.. Geers won the
IL year old division of the Kentucky
Futurity with Sparkle Watts, a
daughter of the famous old Maury
county pacing mare Twinkle 2:O5A,
whose dam was Stella by old Tom
Hal; thus proving that the Halls can
trot as we'll as pace. This baby colt
trotted to the record of 2:1OA In the
second heat.
The great October prize-free-for-
all-trot-was won by Jean in 2:04A
and 2:041a. Joan's dam was the Maui
ry county PAGER Hal Braden 2:O7A, a
son of Brown Hal 2:121a. d..
Mr.. Geers horse, The Assessor, by
Walter Direct 2:05A, won his third
consecutive race at Lexington Tues.
day, obtaining record of 2:04A.
Napoleon Direct 2:02R, another
son of Walter Direct, in the Geers'
stable, has proven himself to be the
greatest newcomer of the year, ifnot
one of the greatest pacing races-hors-
es ever produced. He has won eight
out of eleven starts, defeating the
best. He starts today in the Blue
Grass stake at Lexington, and his vic
tory would be fitting climax to Mr.
Geers' achievements for the season.
Several weeks ago, just previous to
their meeting at Grand Rapids in
special match race for $4,000, drew
a comparison, past and prospective,
between the two horses, favoring Di-
rectum | as the logical winner | set
forth his advantage in age and ex-
perience; his superior breeding and
frictionless gait.
Adversely to the above calculations,
William defeated Directum | so dec-
sively that it was Immediately pre-
dicted by all the foremost turf writ !
ers that Directum / was not and
would never be capable of coping
with William. By mail and by per- |
son l was the embarrassed recipient /
Of much pleasant comment anent my |
hallucination.
The time of this race was 2:01A, |
2:01A and 2:02A. There was no ar
gument produced, and l could only
beg for time on my theories.
Columbus, O., then comes forward
and offers $4,000 for return match
between william and Directum I.
They accept the issue and William Is
made top heavy favorite in the bet.
ing. But Directum l defeats him in
he unprecedented time Of 1853 and
200, thereby establishing for himself
he distinction Of being the greatest
pacing horse the world has ever seen
,r probably will see for some time.
Not satisfied with this, Directum /
journeys over to Lexington and
starts in the Tennessee stake against
| field of old and tried campaigners.
They could not make him extend him
,elf in the first two heats in 2:02A
Ind 2:04A; so by special request the
llSIduC0 vas ldlScu, anu uc SSLdUllSu"
ID a new worlds record by pacing
he third heat in 1:59k.
It is but fair now to state that the
rack at Grand Rapids was not at all
o Directum rs liking, being damp
md cuppy. Directum l Is the more
of the two horses; con-
his speed was more imped.
ID by the imperfections of the track. ;
But when he got over to Columbus {
md found firm footing, and that his /;
eet would stay precisely where he s
,ut them, he turned to William and
aid, go grow some, young man, and {
md send your toe-weights back to {
sears Roebuck; then I will entertain 1
'our claims"
re-say just what said at the be-
,innlng: William is a great colt, '
,ut should not start against Directum
!; youth cannot cope with maturity" I
William 10 not as good as he was be- '
ore he met Directum ! and has gone /
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