THE AMERICAN PACER 255 



Geers brought north on one of his early campaigns. 

 That was a long time ago, and a 2 mins. 17^ sees, 

 pacer nowadays would not have much chance in America 

 at the bush meetings, let alone on the Grand Circuit. 



Argot Hal was brought out by Ed. Benyon and his 

 son Jimmy, the latter doing the driving, and he won 

 all his starts on the Grand Circuit. He then retired, 

 but later was trained again, this time on the pace, and 

 took a record of 2 mins. 4f sees, at that way of going. 



There is now quite a bunch of double-gaited horses 

 that have made the 2 mins. 10 sees, list at both 

 the trot and the pace, but the fastest of them all, Prince 

 Loree, leads decisively at both gaits, his marks being 

 2 mins. 3^ sees, and 2 mins. respectively. He was 

 a fine trotter, winning the Transylvania in 1919. 



The facts about Prince Loree (which is trotting-bred) 

 and Argot Hal (which is pacing-bred) demonstrate that 

 the trot and the pace are very closely related in more 

 ways than one. Brown Hal, sire of Argot Hal, was 

 strictly pacing-bred, yet in his younger days, when 

 pacers were of little value as racing tools, the stallion 

 was trained at the trot, showed a mile in 2 mins. 21 

 sees, at that way of going, and was sent north 

 from his home in Tennessee with the idea that he would 

 make good at the better sort of meetings in the slow 



