| Show fURS GEERS IS GRAND LD MAN OF TURF Has a String of Star Cam Campaigners earn Campaigners to Take Down Na National National National Circuit This Season That Ed Geers the grand old man manof manor manof of or the turf who has been referred to aa as the silent man for tor many years ha haa a 4 string trIng of at star campaigners this sea season season son sn no longer remains simply an opinion ion kon of ot some biased blas d horsemen From a reliable source word has come from tram the tha training camp of or the veteran trainer will make other trainers lie flake awake nights thinking it over In the first place Geers Is working with might and main to make ft five straight in the Chamber of ot Commerce j stake and also to annex the rich jr If r M classic the two main events jt l the Detroit meeting Last season won the C of ot C very vry handily I ith th Ardelle Ardelie and this year ear p pipa pa has been drilling the big black icer Wf r William 0 O to carry off of the larg larJ F k t slice e of t the coin hi In this event Up tp edat pate William O 0 has a worked a mile 1 with Straight Advice in ini Ini J i a pace that has not been equaled i v s my Iny ny of ot the other green pacers thus t this season which makes It look as tho iho southern horseman had two two c wn NU that would be hard 7 beat For Class Trotters or 01 the Merchants Manufacturers ike ke for class trotters an event elicits more Interest than iv other early closing stake Gears Gers lIS is s three good steppers that he Is pre i ring However should nothing go so tong rong with these campaigners there i flo Yo Question as to the horse he will t t In this classic Highball by Doc Doe Doctor tog tor Hooker a green gr en trotter which F FG FG FG G Jones is reported to have hae paid the sn of li OO for last week we k is isi Isnow i now non ow Ft t tc o talk of ot the country countr and from fromal all aU Appearances he with Sonoma Girl ri will be the favorite in this event when July J l 22 2 rolls around Highball is a sensational green trotter that has corn com om ompIE pIE pl ted the Billings track in the remark remarkable remarkable remarkable able time of or and back in with the last half in in company with Ith Byron K another fleet trotter in inGers Gers stable Such miles mites for a green trotter at this time of the year is quite enough to make other trainers scratch their heads and sit alt down and think it over May Be Dc Raced Out When such suh fast time Is being made the argument Is brought forth by many horsemen that these horses will be all raced out before the season is fairly fairl started They rhey base bise their claim upon the th fat fat fact t that a horse only hasso many man fa fat fact t miles in him and as there Is still about eight Ight weeks before the Grand Circuit opens they will be all raced out when the bell taps This does not hot always pan out that way however as some ome horses can stand more grueling york work ork than others and it is up to the trainer r to not overdo the training In rs ease case cal It is his system to work his hi horses hard early arly in the season and then to let up on them before the cam cans campaign campaIgn opens Some Other Campaigners Among the other campaigners In this stable that are burning up the track at Memphis Inch by inch are Ardelle and John A two pacers that have hae worked a mile this season in Oi Sunny Jim has worked a mile with Baron Grattan in the excellent time of ot while Geraldine and Dan S have hae been a mile In flat fiat The pacer John Caldwell that Jim Thompson had last season has hns turned the southern track In n 11 while and Lucretia Lueretia have made the rounds In with the he last lasi half halt in 1 03 05 Tempus Fugit and the vet veteran veteran et eran Turly have been stepped a mile In 2 2112 lUs and Hallie HalIte Direct a by Walter Direct has stepped a mile nile in 2 10 iO with the last half In Campaigners that can step along at a clip now look as if it they would carry tarry off a substantial portion of Jf the money mane when they get Jet to the races Hut Jut wait aft until the horses that are training at Glenville get to going good and a aery aery ery er Terent ferent aspect may be put nut on oui the |
