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was San Francisco's best. He won at Goshen in 

 2:08%, at Syracuse over the cinders in 2:10, and 

 at Lexington in 2:051/2 ^^^ 2:04. In the heat in 

 which Fire Glow made his record, Spencer raced 

 on the outside of Scotland to the quarter in 291/2 

 seconds, the fastest time ever made by a trotter in 

 a race on that strip of dirt. The pair passed the half 

 in 1:011/4 with Scotland in front and Fire Glow 

 trailing. Spencer faltered before the three-quarter 

 pole was passed in 1:331/4. Scotland continued to 

 make the pace until near the distance when Cox 

 took Fire Glow out and won by two lengths in 2:04. 

 San Francisco's other battlers on the mile tracks 

 in 1927 were Victor Frisco, a winner in 2:03% at 

 Toledo, Frisco's Star and Tippie Frisco. 



Prue Grattan and Tarzan Grattan, both winners 

 of the $25,000 pace at Kalamazoo, were double event 

 winners on the mile tracks in 1927. Tarzan Grat- 

 tan paced the last heat at the Atlanta meeting in 

 2:02%. Prue Grattan won in 2:031/4 at Detroit and 

 Kalamazoo. Norman Grattan won in 2:04% over 

 the cinders at Syracuse and Widow Grattan had 

 three first monies to her credit before starting on 

 a trip to the Pennsylvania fairs. 



Fred Egan, who developed and raced Braden 

 Direct, came back with Louis Direct, the fastest of 

 his sire's get. This horse won eight races on the 

 mile tracks. At Lexington he paced in 2:021/2. 



The name of Peter the Great still appeared in the 

 summaries on both the mile and half-mile tracks. 

 Twenty-eight of his get won races in 1927. Of the 



