The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-08

ON Decoration Day Walter Cox drove
the two-year-old flly Leading Spirit TO
a record OF 2:25L, and while there Is
nothing notable in the performance from
a speed point OF view. the event Is OF
more than passing ONE to breeding
interests. II rounds out the young ca
reer of her dam Great Spirit that is
unparalleled in breeding history. Great
Spirit by Prodigal was bred In Mon
tana by Marcus DAILY and was developed
10 a trotting record of 2:1lH by Sem
ator J. W. Bailey. and while the prop
erty OF the last named she produced a
flly that earned a two-year-oid record
of 2:25. 1t was after her purchase by
Walnut Hall Farm in 1903 that Great
Spirit made her wonderful record OF
having four consecutive foals every one
Of which took a record as a two-year-
old. making a grand total OF Ave in the
list at that tender age without a blank.
In addition. Great Spirit Is the young
est mare 10 produce two 2:l0 trotters, of
which Sweet Spirit. 2:09la. was the
fastest th~ree-year-old Of 1918. and Ma
tive Spirit. 2 :0ex. was the fastest two
year-old OF 1914. All OF Great Spirits
foals have been by a different sire and
this also Is something OF a record. As
a matter OF interest the record Of Great
Spirit as a matron follows:
isO6-Maud Mcdaniel. h. T.. by Moko:
record at . years. 1895
i9iO-Sweet Spirit. br. T., by walnut Hall;
record at ears. ans; at ? years ?:osls
l9ll-Worthy Spirit. CHI. T.. by Axworthy;
~IsIe-Native Spirit. b, e., by Native King:
i, isSoIa al ssgpfirris,.. b. T.. by San Fan Fran.
CISCO: record at . years .2:25H
Leading Spirit is so fast that she Is
the stake candidate of the Cox stable
for the Juvenile division OF the futurities.
ON the same day Cox drove Harvest
Hope, a three-year-old sister to the
champion stallion. the Harvester. TO a
record OF 81 and he also wOn a race
In 2:16 with his noted trotting stallion
Peter Johnson, The performance of the
last named is an indication that Peter
Johnson will ge. TO the races this year II
so he will prove one OF the most danger
Gus trotters in the big stakes of the
Grand Circuit, Until Peter Johnson
broke down one year & Cox rated
him a better horse han either Margaret
Druien. 2:05ia, or Peter Scott, ;07t.
From the beginning OF his career as
a relnsman, Ed Geers was opposed 10
the training and racing OF colts. Vt
one time C. j. Hamlin ~pursuaded him
to race the t~hree-year-old flly Ameri-
can BELL. She was the best OF her day
but she broke dow n Geers always
COMMENDED American sell would nave
been a worlds champion at maturity.
From that time he would have nothing
to do with colts. but last year he again
was persuaded by Frank G.. ZONES OF
Memphis to race the ~two-year-old nlly
Sparkle Watts. Mr.. Geers won more
than $4,000 with the beautiful chestnut
Ally, but to beat Native Spirit in the
Kentucky Futurity Sparkle Watts had
to he kept on her tip toes from wire
to wire and the victory was not at all
pleasing to the veteran reinsman. Last
week Sparkle Watts dropped dead on
the track at Memphis n his will end
for all time Mr.. Geers's training OF baby
trotters.
The free fer all pace for $4,000 at the
Panama-Paciiic Exposition meeting will
be raced next Saturday and unless all
signs fail X. J, Mackenzie's disappoint-
ment of the last two years. Joe Patchen
H.. 2;03A, viii lie one Of tho notable
performers. In 1912 this big pacing
stallion won fifteen races and was beaten
only once and then by a fiuke. and
won s29.i00, That Is a record for n
horse OF his gait, lie was then driven
by W. W. Fleming. a Canadian. The
next year Joe Patchen II. proved a