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He was soon up to a mile in two minutes. From that 

 point he moved on from one figure to another until 

 at Lexington in 1922 he placed the world's record 

 for trotters at 1:56%. In 1923 Peter Manning tied 

 Uhlan's half-mile track record of 2:02% at Allen- 

 town, a figure which Geers cut to 2:021/? at South 

 Bend, Ind. the week before he was killed at Wheel- 

 ing. Later on Tom Berry reduced the mark with 

 Peter Manning to 2:02^/4 at Reading, Pa. 



Peter Manning's performances as a race horse 

 and as a time record performer are the most brilliant 

 in turf history. The luck charm that goes with him 

 is that Peter Manning was a gift colt. His sister 

 Azie Glen trotted in 2:141/4 in 1920. She also made 

 her record at South Bend, Ind. Glenora's other foals 

 never heard the bell ring. 



HOLDOVERS 



There is nothing connected with harness racing 

 that causes the manager of a meeting as much un- 

 easiness during the winter months as placing the 

 holdovers. While there has always been a few horses 

 of this kind, they never became conspicuous until 

 1901 when C. J. Hamlin paid Ed Geers $10,000 for 

 Direct Hal and worked him in public all season. 

 By October he was fast enough to win a free-for-all. 

 When Direct Hal was turned loose in 1902 he made 

 a sweep and won $25,550. His success prompted 

 others to adopt the same method but few were 

 successful as there was always a chance of a comet 



