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When placed in the stud at Patchen Wilkes Farm 

 in 1916 Peter Volo was for a time overshadowed by 

 his sire. Later on when Peter the Great was sold 

 the popularity of the establishment dwindled. A few 

 of Peter Volo's get appeared in races, Voltage being 

 one of the first, but none of them showed the calibre 

 of their sire. 



When the stock at Patchen Wilkes Farm was sold, 

 Peter Volo passed to Walnut Hall Farm. His oppor- 

 tunities there were better but fame passed him by 

 until 1925 when Peter Maltby won all of his two- 

 year-old engagements and Hollyrood Susan landed 

 the May Day Stake. 



In 1926 the flood started. Tippie Volo kept it 

 going all season on the eastern half-mile tracks 

 where she won thirteen races off the reel. Holly- 

 rood Susan also showed that she was the fastest 

 three-year-old in training until lameness called a 

 halt. 



From that time winners by Peter Volo were seen 

 everywhere. In 1927 sixty-two of his get won one 

 hundred and seventy-six races. In 1928 sixty-six 

 trotters and pacers by him won over two hundred 

 races. The leader on the mile tracks was Hollyrood 

 Colin. He won twelve out of thirteen starts and 

 raced to a record of 2:03. On the half-mile tracks 

 Plucky reduced the three-year-old record for colts 

 to 2:07% when he won the Trotter & Pacer Stake 

 at Reading, Pa. A few weeks later Azure Volo, an- 

 other member of the family, cut this mark to 2:07 

 when he won at Brockton, Mass. 



