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balanced her account with Chestnut Peter, the fol- 

 lowing week at Poughkeepsie, where she defeated 

 him after he won a heaf in 2:05%. Her stable com- 

 panion Nella Dillon defeated him in a futurity at 

 Readville, where he pulled up second after equalling 

 his record of 2:0514. 



In 1919 Charles W. Leonard placed Chestnut Peter 

 in the stud in Kentucky. He remained there until 

 1925 when the Beaumont Farm trotters were sold. 

 Dr. Ogden M. Edwards purchased him for Walnut 

 Hall Farm. At that time his reputation as a sire 

 had been started by Hollyrood Leonard 2:02% the 

 winner of the Matron Stake in 1923. Since that time 

 Peter Cowl 2:02 the winner of the $25,000 trot at 

 Toledo in 1929 and Bob Armstrong 2:03% were 

 added to his list of fast performers. 



LARRY JEROME 



Everybody in the light harness racing world either 

 met or heard of Frank Ellis of Philadelphia. For 

 fifty years he was a conspicuous figure among the 

 leaders of shooting, fishing and racing, his tilt in the 

 third group being towards the trotters. 



In 1873 Frank Ellis made his first appearance as 

 a winning owner with Nettie 2:18 the fastest daugh- 

 ter of Hambletonian. Turner raced her for five years. 

 From that date until he died in 1925 Frank Ellis 

 kept up with the procession, his last representatives 

 being Lee Worthy and Aileen Guy. He was a member 

 of the Pastime Stable when it raced Abbie Putney 



