The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-23
Bv w. III. GoCHl,R.

May and Dece1l Der have been seen
regularly IN the sulky this year at AL
of the grand circuit meetings, many
of the best contests In the two year
old events being between the YOUTH
full reinsman4 Lyman Brusie, with the
Brook farm gelding, Mr.. Dudley ana
the veteran Pop" Geers behind pu-
dette. whose sire Etawah and dam
Dude Archdale were In their day the
brightest stars in his racing stable
While at the first Ave meetings Henry
Thomas defeated both of them with
Natalie the Great, they finally came
through in front on the eastern loop,
Mr.. Dudley winning at Philadelphia
and Dudctte AT Hartford after che
defeated The Great Miss Morris ut
Boston.
In these races the skill OF the older
reinsrnan was frequently offset by the
dash and zip Of the little Yankee.
Fearless and with a light hand,
Brusie sends his mounts away from
the wire on the high gear and kee ps
them going until they win or run
down. At the July meeting at Glove
land, Lyman made the whole country
Sit I'D when he won the half-rntie
dash for -year-olds with Mr., Dud
ley in 1909 "a. This was flying and
the clip was continued at Kalamazoo
the following week when Echo Di-
rect won in 2;a7 Ia, equalling the
-four-year- old record for geIdingr
made by Uhlan In .90A.
Al Syracuse Echo Direct gave this
mark another rap when he won a
third heat in zoos IA rs a gulky with
wrecked wheel. A little thing like
that, however. did rot disturb Lyman
Brusie. The first titne saw him in 4
ysAeee he psaS ,6,riy1ng tho pa.t'et. Rhada
Ashbourne over the haltmile track
at Windsor. Conn. Some one eumpe d
into him and crushed a wheel. In
order TO keep going he Climbed ddt
on the opposite shaft and almost won
the heat.
VIII Make Mark.
This young man is destined TO make
q mark as a reinsman There arc but
FIVE letters in his alphabet. They are
h. o. r S. C. On account of this he
has a limited voca buIary and is minus
the gift of Fab" which has made hls
father conspicuous on The New Eng
land race tracks and banquet nails
He will never miss II. however. Ms q
driver frequently Says more In a
minute than he can take back in a
week
Geers now In his sixty ninth year
is making his forty third trip over the
northern tracks. His fiITt victory IN
the ven aNAt- Fleetwood
Park. New York. in 1877. when he
defeated Sir Walter, whose son Sir
Walter, Jr.. sired the dam of Uhlan,
1855. and Hogarth with Alice West.
AT this track In 1892 when in the
employ of c. ]. HaInlin Geers also
secured the best hers4s he ever drew q
rein over In a three horse rae
Geers won two with Glendennis be-
fore Champ Brown showed in front
with little knee-sprung gelding.
Brown also won the fourth heat after
which Glendennls died Of the 'humps.
While Geers was looking at him. c.
j. Hanliin rnado a remark about the
race and Geers suggested that he 20
and buy the little geidlng while he
buried his PAGER. Hamlin followed
his advice. The horse was Robert J.
He reduced the worlds record ia
2:oI "a. and Geers said that he com
bined the elements OF extreme speed,
gaMeness, endurance. and genueness
in a degree second TO no horse h
ever saw.
In his day, Edward Franklin Geers
has raced more phenomenal horses
than any man who ever sat IN SulkF
with the exception OF Charles Mar
win, who at one unne held Oil OF inc
worlds records for trotters. THIS re
rnarkabIe reinsnan's group runs IN
the pacing world from Brown Hal
Hal POINTER. AnG star tolnteF 10 ~
rect Hal, Heir at Law, Napoleon Di-
rect and Goldie Todd, while his trot-
tiers include ST. FRISCO The Harvester
Dude Archdale. Anvil, The Abbott
with which ne cut the world's record
TO 1908 Ia, Lord Derby. Nightingale
Etawah and Molly knight
Refused To Buy.
When Geers was racing Star Pom
ter, everyone expected To sec him
start the minute list. C. j. Ham
lin, however, refused to buy him ~
the spring Of 1895 The horse waf
purchased by Boston parties Thes
turned hirn over 10 pa+a McClary
who drove him in SO Ia at Read
Vile on August rs. 1897, after nc be-
carne the property of James Murphy
Other drivers dropped horses into ms
wo-ratnute list but Geers always fei
shy OF the mark until Napoleon 81
rect won at Columbus. August 10
1918 in 1859 ga while last year h
also rode two miles below even tin1f
at Toledo when he defeated Mis-;
Harrs= III. With Single q. In the faS'
te=ttaxee-hcat race On record -~-