The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
GEERS READY FOR
: ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
Veteran Reinsman Has ~
Trotters and Five PAGERS in
His Memphis Stable.
"POP" IN GAME SINCE ~
Held Ribbons Over Hal Point
er, Single g., The Harvester
and Other Equine Stars.

Ed. r. t"Pop') Geers, dean Of the Grand
Circuit reinsman and probably the most
popular teamster that ever pulled a rein
over trotter or PAGER. Is preparing at
Memphis for another campaign down The
big line.
Geers recently celebrated his sixty
eighth birthday, and for almost half q
century has been In the limelight as a
race driver--for forty eight years, to be
exact. But the grand old man of the
sulky" Is old. in years only. Though
twisted and crippled by numerous spills,
one would think him a youngster to see
him climb into the sulky each morning
during the workouts at the Memphis
Driving Park.
Pop" evidently has more stamina
than many a younger man. He Is train
Ing one of the biggest stables in the
country. and from early morning until
noon Is constantly riding the big mile
oval In springless sulky or cart some
thing that will tax the staying power
OF any man.
Pop" Is evidently in tho best of
health and Is looking forward to another
prosperous year, In fact the biggest year
he has enjoyed for some seasons. His
stable is composed OF thirty-two, twenty
seven trotter and five PAGERS. and Geers
believes that several Will prove among
the best horses of 1919.
Geers drove his first race when 20.
Then In the fall Of 1871 he appeared at
Lebanon with the Morgan stallion, Little
Dave. and drove him to victory In the
good time OF Q :04.
1t Is a far cry from Little Dave and
the high wheeled sulky to Pops" later
achievements with Single G. :5sk. The
Harvester 3:01 and Napoleon Direct
:59&. But still Pop" is not satisfied
and Is looking forward to riding some
more miles In two minutes or better.
Since the early sos when he went to
the front with Matte Hunter, 2:12A,
until the present day, Geers has occupied
a rather unique place in the harness
world. he IL unQuestionably the Idol
OF the masses and has had a wonderful
following year after year.
AZ the seasons went by Pop gained
national fame as a race driver and de-
veloper Of champions Not only has he
taken the worlds single harness records,
both trotting and pacing. but he has also
captured the team records at both
gaits and in addition holds the WORLDS
tripltcate team record won In one Of the
most spectacular events in the history
OF the harness sport
This last achievement occurred in
1898. when he drove Belle Hamlin, Jus
tina and Globe q mile In 2:l4 hitched
three abreast to a high four wheeled
skeleton wagon.
Geers won tho two and three mile
trotting championships respectively with
The Harvester and Nightingale. Of.
Came North in '7s.
Geers shipped his first stable north in
1878, and his first $3.50 trotter was
Alice West. In his first race on the
Grand Circuit In 1881 he won with the
trotter Annie w. Hal Pointer was
placed In his care in 1888 and Brown
Hal in 1889. both Of which he developed
into worlds champions.
In 1891 Geers engaged to handle the
village Farm horses for C. J. Hamlin
ana remained in that position until tho
dissolution Of the farm ten years later.
During that period Geers became recoR-
mixed as one OF the foremost of AmerI-
can drivers and has since remained as
one OF the big four" Of the Grand
Circuit
In 1904 Geers located perns nently
ut Memphis Tenn. which place has
since been his headquarters, and judg-
Ing from current report Memphis
trained trotters and PAGERS will be big
factors this year in mile track racing.
For although Geers has had some OF
the greatest horses the world has seen
and has won almost a million and q
half In purses. his 1919 string Seems
10 be the best balanced outfit he has
ever prepared.
Geers is excellently fortified in the
trots and fairly well set in the PAGES.
June Red. Heir Reaper and Peter June
will be his reliances in the fast trots
Golden Spier and The Triumph are the
ones that he will count on mainly in
the big money features-the 2 :O8 trots
while Heglar and Fred C. Todd have
been nominated In the slow events.
Dudette, Peter Ryan, Prodigal Watts,
Harvest Horn and Eutah
are his two-y ear-old futurity candi-
dates, while Tom Bigbee and Wicd
WicN are his most prominent three
year-olds. He also has Wicki Nui.
Charley Hazard and Frank G. Jones to
insert In the three-year- old events II
desirable.
Napoleon Direct. II he trains up. will
be one OF the biggest contenders in the
free for all PAGES. while Betty Black
lock, Himefast and Goldie Todd are
PAGERS OF far more than ordinary merit
Noble Argot Is his candidate for the
three-year -old pacing futurities
In fact those are not all the good
ones that Geers has. Silvado has trotted
in 2:0S& and looks future great.
and there are some more OF the same
calibre In the stable. Just how many
Geers will bring North TO the races Is
not known, but It looks as - he will
have a campaigning stable OF twenty
OF more,
Pops Stable.
The complete list OF the horses now
In the Geers stable at Memphis Is:
TROTTERS
Heir Reaper. 2:OSk, blk. h., by Early
Reaper.
The Triumph t;lo&. by The Exponent.
Fred c. Todd, 2:l6h, by Lorenzo Todd.
Mamie Locke, 2:l8k, by Gordon Todd.
Big Boy 90, green trotter. by Shawbay.
KerriEan. AIN. by AxwOrthy.
Miss Clare May tO, green trotter. BY
WIKI WIKI (D. ANN. now (s). By AnviI.
Wlcki Hui R). 2l7k, now 80. BY Eta
wah.
Dudstse "a. BY EtawAh--Dudis Arch
Tom Biseee az. ,;,O. now 80. by Eta
wRh.
Cordette az, by Etswah-Eva Cord.
Peter June, 2:o6k, by Peter the Great
Tsliahatchie ca. by Etswah-Hillbrook
Golden spier, 3:oSE. by DirectuIn spier.
Mollie Knight CD. 2;22. now 0). ~ Gen.
Watts
Heslar 90, by Hedgewood Roy-E,tA n.
Charlie Harvard (s(, by Trsmr'sst
Prodigai watts t2). by Gen. watts-Mar-
garet Kinney.
Frank C, Jones (sl. by Etawah