New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
POP GeersS Stable Is Able
Again for Grand Circuit
Local Flavor, Too, Adds In
terest to Programme for
Poughkeepsie Meet
By Frank S. Cooke


In no realm of sport do the chan-
pions last as long as do the men who
make trotting history. Apartments on
the top floor of the hall of fame are
occupied by athletes for a compare
lively few years, for tho;r greatest
vigor is manifested in about the great
est period as that which governed the
selective draft.
But in the instance of the trotser
there seems to be no limit. Some Of
the old boys have life lease on the
pinnacle observatory, and among che
most notable is Ed. F. Geers, more
familiar as Pop" Geers, and admired
wherever the harness horse disports
himself. The debris left by that in
ternecine struggle, our Civil War, had
nesseean began to drive horses, and
from the '70's until now he has been
we'll known. For more than a third of
a century he has been top liner in
mile track activities. heading the list
of winning drivers time and again and
always knocking at the door.
With lapse of but five more years
to make his allotted three score and
ten, Geers is busy as ever at Memphis,
and latest reports from there are to
the effect that two weeks hence he will
help his stable of sixteen horses to
North Randall for their final prepara-
tion incident to another trip through
the raging grand They have wintered
we'll and the rail birds at Billings Park
are of the opinion that Pop" will force
the younger set to top speed to head
him off this season.
st. Frisco Reported Fit
The star of the Geers encourage, of
course, is St. Frisco, 2:01&, holder of
the worlds race record for trotting
stations, which he made at Pough-
keepsie last summer. He has been in
2:14 and is said to be in superior con-
dition for his battle in the free for
all class.
While Geers has not cut much of
dash in the big stakes since his 1913
Will of the M. and NJ with Reusens.
his entries always are regarded with
keen interest. This season he is nam
ing Gentry c., 2:O7A, in the Fort
Miami at Toledo and other classics
This one came from the West, where
he raced on the half-mile tracks, won
heat at Sedalia and then picked UP a
couple of races at Lexington. He has
been mile around 2:15.
The old mare June Red. which the
late "Knap" Mccarthy made useful last
year, will be in the Tecumseh Stake.
unless Harvest Hope is better at the
time, Geers having named both of
them. June Red has been in 2:15,
with the last quarter close to the COW
eted 30second mark, while Harvest
Hope has lot of lick and has been in
2:16.
Colts Are Numerous
The Geers stable is strong on colts
this year. Peter June appears to be
second to none in the three-year-old
futurities, as age should help him
more than Nella Dixon or Ruth Main
sheet on account of his size. Some
think he will be as fast at three as
was Peter Volo.
For other three-year-old events the
grand old man is grooming Fleon, by
The Harvester, and Hippodrome, by
Moko. Both of these are working we'll,
and Fleon is to start in the Sherwood
cup at Toledo. She also is named
through the east
There are a couple with historical
blood lines in the two-year-old divi-
sion. One of them is Wicki Wicki,
brown colt by Anvil and out of Dude
Archdale. Geers trained both the sire
and dam and made them the big money
winners of their years Wicki Wicki
does not act as though he would have
to rely on his ancestors, for he is a
good doer, fast and clever in all that
ne does. Tombigbee is by Etawah,
another graduate of the Geers school.
and he also is good colt, having been
IN the same notch as Wicki Wicki.
2:23a, in his work
Robert Gatewood, three, 2:05A; Zue
baugman, now three, and Lynn are
the Geers PAGERS for this season, and
the first two are particularly promising
in their classes.
Poughkeepsie Sustained
There are lot of interesting things
In connection with the entry for the
grand circuit races at Poughkeepsie,
which assure to residents of the
metropolitan district high grade snort.
OF the tracks that figure as New
York's. the oval up the Hudson River
mas been most successful as far as
the trotters are concerned.
Through long period Poughkeepsie
has been the scene of some very high
class racing, and recent meetings there
have been among the best anywhere.
Indications are that the week of
sport which opens on August 10 will
be replete with hard contests, and the
Poughkeepsie, which is the name of
the $4,000 feature, promises to be one
Of the notable stakes of the year. This
if for 2:l2 trotters and it attracted
n entries. There is a local flavor to
this event which makes it stand out
among the big affairs of the summer.
In the entry are MANY horses tha
spent last season racing on the half
mile tracks of the east and their sally
against the elect may be productive Of
something worth while.
The roam mare Mary Daveson, from
the Alcidor stables of Harrison, N. Y,
is a durable sort of a trotter. She
won at Parkway, Goshen, Middletown,
Red Bank and Mineola, two of them
five heat races and as many went
through six heats. Her record of
2:12A was made in the fourth heat
OF the Goshen race where she beat
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