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Show Veteran Driver Is Severely Injured at Syracuse EDWA15D 'TOP' ' GEEKS. i .' - i h ' v it i "2? n h t , J .i f ' " A ' ' h '. e . j : . " v. h ' r v j I - . I .v, - . Jk l C V P. A C I" S K. N. Y., Sept. S. 1 Kdward "Hop" (leers, vrternn Grand Circuit drivr. Is in a hospital hern toniKht. sufi'erlnir from seriouM Iniernal injuries, hh a result of a collision col-lision in the L'.lri trit at th opening of th. vlrand Circuit rac program thi afternoon, af-ternoon, riiy.ianam plated Geers would not he able to drive a train for Borne time. Jt was In the third heat when the accident ac-cident incurred, and the veteran, driv-imr driv-imr Ueu-iar. was caught In a i"-l;ft. In , his efi. rt to K' t clear. om of the other h"rse t roke a nd t hnnv Hr:ar out of h's stride. All 'he horses were c!o,i to-C"lhi to-C"lhi r and Gee:R w nn forced im'.iinst the rail fe-ue. He tried In vain to keep to tho tfa-'k. but H-Kiar stn.ished tbroutfh trie ra mr.jr ana out or tlie iruvonure, dr.lCk'h K Geers wi h him. Specrfctorp ruh-d into the field nnd extricated the veteran from tho wreckage of bis sulky. Geerji was uncon.Tious when picked tip. Tho day's program was marred ly another neeldent. In which Patrick Cherrior. pilot in tr Armardale. suffered a broken ler. It waa in the "2:00 pace and ono of the horses which "broke" reared and plunped into Cherrier's suiky. I river less. Armardale raced to the wire an-1 finished first. The feature event of tlie day. the Matron stake for 3-ye.ar-oM trotters, wan won hy Periscope in straight befits, tho bet time. 2:'4V belnir the fastest time of the season for a 3 -year-old. Baron CVfrantle won the 2 :09 trot in straight heats, best time l!:0ii!,. The Chamber of Commerce stake for 2 : 0 pacers developed a lively battle he-tween he-tween Edward I. and Little Batiste, the former taking the first and third heats, turning the miles in each .inatanco in 2:044. Grand circuit summaries: 2:09 trot: purse J1000. Baron tv-irantle, b. h.. by Ce- cantlc Mornlnprlale (McDonnld) .1 1 1 Gentry C, ch. g., by Gentry Allen-ton Allen-ton (Geers) 2 2 2 Osear Watts, b. g., by General Watts (Hyde.) 3 3 3 Constantino the Great, c. h. (Mur- j phv) 4 7 4 Mamie Lock, b. m. (Crossman) . .7 6 5 Prusac and L. K. O. also started. Time. 2:06i. 2:06V4. 2:0S-i. Chamber of Commerce stake, 2:06 pace; purse S2000: Edward P., b. h., bv Northern man (L. E. S.) 1 2 1 Little IBatiste, b. m., by Red Elm, Jr. (Cox) 2 1 2 Amardale, b. h., by Amar JWvin- nev Cherrier Cahill) 3 4 3 Edna Earlv. br. m. (White) 4 3 4 Time, 2:04Vi, 2:.Vi, 2:04U. The Matron stalcea for three-year-old trotters; pur.-:e $tin2a: Periscope, b. f., by Slliko (Dodpe)..l 1 Princess Etawah, b. f., by Etawah (White) 3 2 Missie Knight, b., f., by Dillon Axworthy Ax-worthy (Geors) 2 6 Norma Pillon, b. p. (Murphy) 4 4 Abbie Putney, ch. f. (Cox) 3 Peter Worth, b. r. (Ackerman) .5 5 Time, 2:04. 2:05. 2:16 trot; purse $1000; three heats: Amy Frisco, b. m., by San Fran- , olsco (Murray) 1 3 2 1 Barbara Leo. b. m., by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 6 1 2 Harmony, b. jr., by Tieganthe (Murphy) 2 2 3 ro Kadi ska Penn, blk. (Williams) . 5 5 4 ro Zomidothe, b. m. (McDonnld) .. C 4 5 ro Card Axworthy, Arris and Hedlar also started. Time, 2:07';. 2:0814. 2:10, 2:10-. |