illilllliiii? 1,500 0E8

lilthough The Grand 01a Man oi The Turf Has Won More Than a Million And a Halt Dollars in Purses During The

Wagors Would Not Total More

‘S0011’. ,, -—-—o KAHN

phls sa‘d: "Dog-gone,l reckon Ed could take that mewel out that and beat a face boss if he put his mind to 1.. _ One of the principal reasons for his success is patience, coupled with hard work and inflate study and attention to details. He stud- ies horses, and he eliminates, as much as poss ble. the human equa- tion and accidont. He inspects with minute care suiky, harness. and every adjustment. and sees that every detail is correct, that tbe horse is not touched by buckle or ‘rritatod by strap. Such things make horses break and lose. The old man leaves as little as possible to chance. But the real reason for his re- markable success lies deeper than that. "Pop" seems to have a most weird understanding of horses, and power to impart he own unbeat- able spirit to them. llis patience in handling colts and in taming refractory and high spirited horses is remarkable. H s system is patience and firmn s. He seldom uses l1 whip, but when he does ‘he uses it to advantage. And he never goods a horse that is doing its best, whether losing or winning. " “Dog-gone," he says. "The boss was iloin' li's best; what more kin he do?"

By 8. L. "Whoa-up boy-steady, steady here. 21.10"!!!"

"Pup" Geers, veteran of fifty one ears of harness racing, seventy- bree years old, soon will drive his iflrien hundredth race. Perhaps tore. for no one has kept track 1 bow often the “Silent Re/ns iau." the quiet, almost wordless. entle old man, has mounted the ulky to drive the horses he has alsod, trained, and raced to vict-

rilvhittever the number of races. hi-re have been more thun five hiiussnd heats, enph of which is,

n reality, a race,’ besides many xh bitions. "Pop," christened Ed nrii Lawrence, when boru down n the “Big Bend Country" in Ten- i-ssee. has driven more races. tore heats, and won more money n purses than. sny other man III he world, and has talked less. . The most an interviewer can, gst nt of the silent vetieranhis, "D03- one, l ain't never t oug t o’ qu - in’. What'd l do if l qii't drivin’ asses?"

At seventy three. engaging in is fifty-second campaign around he Grand Circuit, andi bringing o the races t-wo of the greatest orses the world ever has known.

Top" arrives in a flivver, bring __ ~" n iig his old pack of cards to pla " But when P00 thilikfl ll b0"?

qflgh (van with m, boys 1n ‘hells playing. or is trying to loaf, he ariis, ready to train his liorstrs Will use i! Wh'l>*fliid i186 it Willi no race them. The scars of a score the slowness o! a parent who w ,- mus’. {he strmn-Og many races," sorts .to corporal punishment as an ave left their marks all over him. tiiilfiiiiiii mliiifiiiiii-

[Ii i. lllN

ball team had an easy time annex- ing an 18 to 8 win from the sailors 2J5 T,“ “d P". _

cfilltllry, Winnings FY0111 ( of the H. M. c. s. Patriot last night

at the Abegweit grounds,

_ _ _ gained the lsvor of the fans by Than Eighty Gentsi-HISI-lie _ notwithstanding

ewfiinlt them. they worked all the 2.24 Class Trot and Pace ..... harder and true to the traditions of the navy, “they stuck to their guns until f-be last."

{team hasn't had a chalice for some time to prsclice and are now only getting their "land legs," but with some time for workouts it is an as cured fact that the “Tai-s" make things more interesting the local ball tossem.

orders.

den Perry, Gregory,

Monleith Burns, Daushsriy. Corri- gnn, McCnbe, Doyle, McQunid.

RACING AT SYDNEY

Flllllil eNilll a TEAM ill-ii

The Inague of the Crosg base-

sre tho clsucs for both days:

2.21 Class Trot and Paco . if the Kiosks" lost in runs they 2.30 Class Trot and Pace . . . . . ..

WEDNESDAY. Free For All Trot and Pace .. . " 2.19 Class Trot and Paco . . .

the "one-sided

core which was being ' piled up

it might be said that the naval waiting J. F. Connolly, 8oc'y. Box 3M

would for

The following were the butting imwed “why “mnmu "u"

"PitrloW-McNiitt, Spear, Craig,

L. M C>~liradiey, Flilswrrth.

of every game will be published lnq sluggers of the league. With

Game by ‘lnmnz: of the island is assured.

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"Patriot" 0 0 i fl ll 1 0 (i 3-4 5i

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L. of C. 2 5 2 5 3 i) 1 ll -- ~13 wk.‘ ‘bout u‘. "p40 d.“ “om-hoard u,“ Georg e r ed to local baseball? Time to got if

llmpire—J_ Mt-Al .e . Geers has two "vices"—-1oigsrs and ice cream. He smokes twen- ty cigars of any brand each day. and-whenever he is miss'ng from the stables he can be found parked behind a dish of ice cream, of which he-eats half a dozen a day. During the winter months. when Memphis pulls upon h m, he hies himself back to ‘his home cbuutr)’ in the Knobs of central Tennessee and goes fox hunting. He likes to play podrofwhichhia calls “high fivcf’, Haw ll pliiy wllh the boys around the barn iill day in' bad weather, seldom talking, chuckling a little when‘ he wins. and‘ if any

up and tho leaves begin to fsiil

sbla to lift with sass t ed people still like to hlvo pilliiffii

.. AQUATIC The aquatic spores held by almost a thousand spsctatc n.

iiig world, thé idol of all i.....;... horse folks, was born at Li!‘ banon. Tennessee, Jan. 23, 1851. i"

- ,, “m” u b“, his w.._athe,-e,i_ How closely the "Silent Reins- rnkled- m“ t“ scuffed. but his man" studies his‘ calling is shown yes are young, and hie pantie by the fact that .11 the match race “may and “tom; between The Abbott and Croesus, “Dogionm | at,“ qmgung Ain't ‘Gears bad a (iiffercnt style ollshoe m, 800d as l w“ “new, years mails for each of The Abbott's foot gm Dolaoneln ‘ in order to even his stride.

Th," is about a" “h, one "m- I-ie receives hundreds of letters eta oritlotrrop" Geers. He con- every month ankles questions re- idsrs talk a waste oi tmc and ef- 81"“ iill iliiflieiifl- Bimeiiig- “iii n‘ and he have, expound, any other matters pertaining to trot- eories of breeding, or training, or "n! 11°F!“ and EBBWQPB B" with" ciiig horses, so tho secret of his °iii Biiillleflii!!! Piwmeiil- rest success, which "s the itreiit- "P01" liifliikefl ("W97

at any man ever achieved, will pass "V" iiiJiKE-cimk" iiiid Tliiilim m, him. trains. ln recent years he has

m, Wm answer quenunm p01,“ substituted a fiivvor for Pullmans “wk n you “k h-m whtch h, n", wherever possible. not that ha u; “hon” he aver dmve_ my“ lovos the horse's groat rival, but n“ "pogionkq kMn-t “My H, because it gets him to the next on mention Hal Pointer his bright 10W“ Without i1 twin riiifl- He h“ y“ M" "uh a "me and her" mastered the technique of a fliv 10w; ver, even though lie says, "Whoa," *-1)o‘;l»°ne_ Th,“ was n ho“;- and pulls gently at the wheel when if you ask him about h‘s he "m" i° 51°F-

riumphm how ha “n, horses When any oi his friends suggest hmugh nn-mw gnu’ and “fled that he biiy another car "Pop" henrscross tbs line winner, he'll mmafl“:

“y; "Dog gone-—l‘ve learned to drive

--D°!.‘°u9_.a5k Ne"); he keeps this one. it ain't got as much rack o; them ‘many Nam l; sensatas a boss, but it goes furth- ‘i'op's" son~in~law and secretary. “'3'

gut u you a“ m, assochtem Gsers buys a new flivver each "m "m, ha“ rue“ Bum“ mm. spring, and after seeing the horses ho “"6 watch,“ h-m l; ‘mm carefully prepared for shipment, nil lived with him, they will tell he “limbs iiil° "i0 "WVBT- "Y! outlast his power to pick a horse, "Giiiiliwr "id i" i?" 1° "i9 "B" o {min n, and to “I've n m I "we stand. On a long haul he loads ..,,m5,uncanny_ one of M! ""15 the flivver on the horse car and raining near his quarters at Mem-

hates)

sighs as he climbs a sleeping car.

grgesziyilsgests a stake on tbs game Me the natural companions o‘ "mnem meimm buys‘ n you,” burnished when he started handlins

golu‘ to play for money."

lie never gnmblos, and .hs.nsver bets on the races. How much he nr ght hnvc'won had he wagered ,no one can tell. The stakes he has [captured amount to a million and 'a‘ half dollars, and yet he is only His

horses, be wrinkled his old brow thoughtfully and replied: ’ "Dog-gone. Ileckon l was horn with ’em."

He drove colts, and loved them. as a boy. He was lust twenty-one. and already had, achieved some triumphs at the local fairs, when he decided to make harness horse racing his life's work.

Geers worked his first season with the horses without a cent oi pay, breaking colts, driving and training them. in a few years be was well known and successful on the "tow paths" of the Tennessee and Kentucky fairs. His work at- tracted the attentlon of Hnml'n, a Buffalo horse fancier. and Geers was.employstl to train and drive for that famous stable, handling. among a score of ‘other great horses, Belle Hamlin.

When the elder Hamlin died and the stable was broken up, Geers already stood at the head of his professes. Since that time he has driven for the greatest horse own-

in moderate circumstances. friends say ho is a poor business man and that h“s kindness and susceptibility to appeals for aid from the unfortunate—or impos- tors —— have prevented him from accumulating a fortune. He. dis- lkes to drive a bargain, seldom asks any one to repay n loan. and never has been known to refuse to aid a "hossman."

"Doggone," he says. "I'd rather lose the money than take a chanco of turning down a feller who deserves help."

But the greatest trait of this grand old man of the turf is his simple, rugged honesty. in his more than half century or driving harness horses there never has been a hint that be was not “on the square," and this in a game

which at some periods has been i3" i“ ‘he mmd- Peflmim hi“ He greatest success has been in his

noted for sharp pracbce. , (loamy, Kc, “may m. disturbed m. association with August Uiltle n

insulted when delicately approach- “i Mnmmkee- ed with hints about fixing a Bu“ "°55'dl9“ o! ‘he “owner; m“, m. ehuqng up a heat» He the horses always were Geers

| | ' "D _ I b ' d liiflffllltl," because for many years smpy “a” oggona “ya ea he has selected the colts to be

, U. mirltlni! quaint figure of the sport- "mmm- 9mm"! mo" he "Wm train, and chosen his racing str ngs with great care. He studies

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breeding; in fact, he can trace the blood lines of any one of a hundred colts offered at s big aucton. His knack of choosing the best cold from a bunch seems uncanny. At a sale he will sit for hours in absolute silence, watching the colts being led by, absolutely slant, and than, suddenly, in some awkward, half formed piece of horse flesh he will discern the possibilities of a champion. How he tells no one know! (he cannot say hlmsolf~— some call it intuition), but so great is the faith of other horseman in .iiiii Judgment that when he starts bidding on a colt other men sud- denly get interested .in the animal. although originally they had over- looked it.-

lt was in this manner that goers selected The Harvester, one of tho most famous horsm he ever han- dled. Gears was attending tho Old Glory sale in 100'! in New York. and he hsd a commission from Mr. Uihlein to buy a colt. The Harvest- er was than a two you old. He was practically unnoticed by most of the bidders, bot Gears and one other ssw is him tho inskfngofii great horse. His rival approached Geers with s suggestion that be lay of! and let him bid in the colt snd he would return the fsvor ist-

er. "Dog-gone, l like that colt." ssid Gaels

"Then the high dollar takes hlfll." replied the other.

The bidding started. and Gears bought the colt for 89.600, s price which was aside s; high in those

days. Mr, Uihlein inquired whether he bsd purchased s colt for him. "Uh-huh, bought s likely one." re

piisti Gears. "Whit did you pay for hirnl‘ ‘Ninety-five hundred dollsrihf’, "Whewi whistiod Mr. U/blein. "Pretty sill. isn't m" “If you (on! rise turn. I'll u. him ol- your "Unfit" shwsieti _ -'

- 4.- .. mania-nausea»

Sportingilomment

Local horsemen will no doubt be interested to lssrn that the Sydney Trotting Association src putting on s two day's racing meet no open tnsrs on Tuesday August 6th. 000d fst purses are in the offing and altogether fwo excellent day's racing is lflllclpntgd, Th; following

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5th. 1924

NOTE-Horsemen who sro interested may have full partial Jars by

P. E. ISLAND BABE_BALL LEAGUE Baseball fsno both ln Summerslda and Charlottetown will be glad to know that sn island League is in tits making and if negotiations with

Summerslds are sstlsfaclory tho firlt two games of said Lesgue will be when s local nine will play in the West- ern capital and s tum from fliers jwllhplly in Charlottetown. in all pro- babwity the Lssguss will be composted of four turns. The L. of 0., All Wimm- Emmi‘ “Wlmli” "ll-Yd" Stars, Abcgwelts, and rewrites with "i" slam a wink beinc iii-wed on Monday and Wednesday evenings. To add to the interest box scores silo batting averages of the ten lead- oylr s month and s half of good bass‘

bail weather before us. one of the but baseball seasons In th

"mar econs-soAi-to

' Nunm

Nurmi. the grant Finnish athlete, ll B PIPQ" he huge biinqficg of blue grapes some old fsshlon

tho 0. Y. C. last Friday were enjoyed by Could we have one or two more

"new. like this before the gulf stream tells us

a country-where horses and, bounds.

AUG, 5TH. AND 0TH.

y.

l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Purse $400.00 . . . . . . , Purse $400.00 . . . . . . . . . ..Purse 0400.00

AUGUST 6th.

. . . . . . . . ..'. . . . . . . . .. Purse $500.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purso 0400.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purse 0400.00

. Sydney. N. 8.

s history

e L. Frown donat- out, before the storm windows are

hanger. He is mid to be

on the walls of their dining rooms. svonrs ‘

sftcr-

‘swlmmlng 'ssli over." ¢4

_ That settled it. Mr, Uiiiiein quick iy decided lu keep The iltirvester. although there were times when be must have doubted the wlsdoui of the purchase. Alter- Geers took The llaivester to the tNQdUI Meni- phls track to train biin live men iouglit the horse for n ililiiitei‘ 0i an hour before they could net liiui out of the stable. it was tour diiys before be could be hooked to a sul-

ky. All the while Geers was patient.

lug his temper He did not want to break the fiery spirit of the colt, to lirghied 0|- scure iiim. lie desired to teach him wha-t lie ‘wanted. A little application of the whip, plen- .ty of patience, persistent work, and be Harvester was tractable. in a few month the great racer was as docile as s kitten, devoted to Gears following him around and pleased to receive a lunip of sugar or a bit of apple from his bands.

This same method Gears has fol-

lowed with all horses he trained or raced. if a horse behaves in a inianner he cannot understand,

Goers seeks the cuuse. and iroquen ily ifids it, Time and again, other d-rlvers. discouraged, unable to lesrn why s horse will not trot or pace as desired have appealed to tieers. The “Silent Reisman," after examining buckles and straps. would climb into the siliky and log the horse s mile or two. He would return. and say, "Dos-sane! You got the wrong kind oi shoe on the it-ft hind hoof," or "Let that check- reiu out two holes." and the tron bis would be corrected. More than once ,si‘ter a beat in which he was beaten by a rival to whom he had given advice, Geers would return, and say:

"Flog-gone! l heat him that?‘

Now “Pop" is out—~~"gono to the races" again. with Fred lddman. Sandy Taylor and Neal Ednian as the other drivers who will handle tho horses under Gears’ tiirection.

"Do you expect to win as much this tear as in others?" some one 118KB .

"Dog-gone! kain't tell. I've gni the greatest string oi’ trottem and pacers that ever came out of train lng."

With the pride of a mother and the silence accompanying admira‘ tion. "Pop" told a groom to lend about the champion of champions. Peter Manning, world's champion trotting gelding with a record ol‘ 1.66%.

"Dog-gone!" said Gears. pride showing on his wrinkled face. “Thor's the greatest race boss the world has known."

’I‘hst was an almost garrulous remark for Geers, who based his statement on the fact that, in ad dition to trotting the fastest mile. Peter has trotted twenty miles. each under two minutes. iSansrdo. stable mate of Peter Manning, then was led out./

‘Water's stable mate." announced "Pop" proudly. becoming talkative -fot him.

Then be showed Mliadl Guy, ‘Ma- bel Higginson, Utah. My Rosebud. irons Beiwin, Etta Dewey, and some green colts he is training,

"Dog-lanai" he said snapping shut tbs case of the old silver watch which he carries. ‘ifiettln’ into."

Fot-‘xegsrdisss of snything else.

myself tellln‘

"Pop" during the training season.

life's s srsst eaponenl game, slid t

ring slllit 10s the firm figure and

When Heiidghts Tun-

qdlet, soothing, and lirni, never los

five o'clock is quitting time for

of the a is no more stir-

rnsilih foes. behind mules, lift-

EEHHIEES MUST WIN llll lllill

ney Thursday Night At the New York Polo. Grounds

(United Freon)

NEW YORK, July, 21.-—'i‘liurstluy on a glaring patch of canvas, bright, white in the centre of a yawning cavern of black stands, (lcorges (f-irptzntlter, who, for all his riig,‘ faults, ans n gallant soldier of France during the World War, will find the vliflilill of his boxing career. lie inust stop Gene Tunney —porliiips sonic-thug of the war cry: "lls no [iiisseroiit pas," will sound in his battered ears-or go home anti retire as undefeated heavyweight champion of England. Georges himself has promised to quit if he is knock . ed ou-t. He should. ’ for the good of the Game, or else di-iflnitely admit . his limitations

second raters-for whom lie is a, match. at purses of a reasonable. size. Just a few ,_ ~~bonts too long ‘ has Gitorges cup- "itniizcil the tinzz~ ling smile, the orchid dressing

gown. and the gracious manner that diuws society to his training camps.

'l‘liere seems to be little reason i0 suppose that Cone Tunney can- not beat the Frencitifiliu, and yet the suspicion lingers that this time (‘arpciitier inny loop-over one of those fnniuns tights to affect and sock his wiiy to an Amer. ican title he once took away froiu old Bat Levliisky.

The Frenchman has a flare for the unusual. lii defeat. he figures on some wrty to lose without ad- mitting openly that he is beaten. With a chance for victory, he dares to try anything once.

lie-tried it. once, on Dempsey, and nonc of those who breathed resin at the ringside that scorching July tiny in Jersey City will ever forget how near our owucbamp was to going down. But having tried it and failed. and incidentally fractured a thumb, Ctirpentler was through. True, be did make one‘ fleeting effort. utter going down for s count of nine in the fourth. He leaped to his feet from a prone position with a single muscular twist and tell upon Dempsey, but it was a fudle effort. for the French- man was too weak, uud a couple of the champs chopping strokes and a rabbit-punch ended all that.