The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-25
NAPOLEON DIRECT
FOR ALL CLIMAXES
IN RACING REAL MS
FRlERSoN AND JONES HORSE
HAS A GREAT FUTURE BE.
FORE HIM.
HAL IS AGAIN IN TRAINING
Several Sales of Maury County
Horses at Flattering Prices Record
ed-FIatterins Reports on Training
of Directs Stars Colt.

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Warfield the year old black pacing
filly Ada Lee W., by Walter Direc
2:O5%, out of Princess Spy. This FL
ly was bought for Abe H. Frank, o.
Memphis, Tenn, and the price paiC
was $500.
Will Webster also purchased of AL
len Campbell the black year ole
mare Louise F. for $1,000 for Mr.
Frank. Louise F. is a highly tried
PAGER. and showed her ability to pace
mile in 2:O6, but received an injury
last year and was traded to Mr.. Camp
bell. Having apparently recovered
from same Mr.. Frank desired to OWE
her again.
Just prior to being shipped from
Memphis to North Randle, Napoleon
Direct paced probably the fastest
mile, and undoubtedly the fastest hall
ever paced in workout. He paced
this mile in 1903, and the last half in
So seconds. This would indicate that
he gives promise of becoming a
worlds champion. This goal of dis.
tinction has been claimed by many
men for many horses, but the writer
never selected but one before-Nrec.
tumI-and he made good. Directum
l. to date is the greatest pacing ma
chine the world ever knew; sound
good-gaited and best of all good-head-
ed and game.
Napoleon Direct would not at pres.
ent be considered in class with Di
rectum l.; but in the writer's opinion,
before the 1915 season is closed-bar.
ring of course accidents or injury
Napoleon Direct will make fight for
all climaxes in the pacing realm. He
is not as good-gaited as Directum l.,
but his ability to carry his speea
through a number of hard fought
heats last year as green performer,
proves there cannot be much friction.
He is sound, powerful and determin-
ed beyond calculation. He is door.
die-bred, being of the DIRECTION Hal
cross. He is the property of C. T.
Jones and Hinton Frierson, of Maury
county.
Argot Hal 2:04A pacing and 2:07ha
trotting-the fastest double gated
stallion in the worlds back in train
ing now at the age of twelve years.
Mr.. Campbell informs the writer that
he is working fine and In better con.
dition than ever before. AS 2:04% is
no limit of Argot Halls speed at the
pace, it is Mr.. Campbells intention to
send him to Mr.. Geers, who wishes
to start him in several races toward
the end of the season. Although Ar
got Hal has not a drop of trotting
blood. in his veins, he took the meas.
ure of all the best trotting-bred trot-
tiers out his year, and did not meet
with single defeat. And last year
after heavy season, and with very
limited amount of work he attained
his pacing record of 2:04%.
Hal Conner, son of Argot Hal, sold
last year to Abe H. Frank, has been
purchased by F. G. Jones, of Mem
phis, and will be campaigned down
the Grand Circuit this year by Mr..
Geers. He paced mile in 2:1oA
with last half in 101 before leaving
Memphis for North Randle. Mr..
Campbell says he is fully as fast as
his sire, Argot Hal.
Mr. Campbell has just worked an.
other son Of Argot Hal mile in 2:13,
with last half in :03. He certainly
made no mistake in selecting Argot
Hal to take the place of his noted sire
Brown Hal 2:12h.
One Of the sweetest yearlings ever
seen at the local track is a bay filly
by Walter Direct out of a mare by
John R. Gentry. She is scarcely brok.
en- yet but can fairly buzz an eighth.
She is the property of Mr.. VOORHEES,,
Of Napier Furnace.
W. M, Tolley has received very
fiattering reports from Hunter c..
Moody, of Lexington, KY, to whom he
sent his attractive yearling by Di-
rect's Star, out of the dam of Napo-
Leon Direct 2:O2A. Mr.. Moody is a
past master with colts, and certainly
has a likely colt on this occasion.
The Directs Star colts now being
handled give every guarantee of his
future as a sire.