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drifting in as Dean found when he met The Eel with 

 Minor Heir while such horses as Billy Buck, R. T. C, 

 Sweet Marie and Nutboy upset the plans of many 

 experts on racing form. 



George Gano's splendid battles in 1908 with Minor 

 Heir and The Eel, both of which he forced out in 

 2:0214, resulted in his transfer to the Murphy stable 

 the following year when he won nine of his eleven 

 races and $13,600. In 1911 when R. T. C. made his 

 sweep and won $31,600, Belvasia, who grabbed a 

 heat from him was purchased. The transfer kept her 

 in the stable. The same thing happened in 1914 after 

 the struggle between Lassie McGregor and Peter 

 Scott in the M. & M. Cox was again in the market 

 and sold Peter Scott for $30,000. He remained in the 

 stable. The following year he won seventeen out of 

 eighteen races and $50,535. 



In 1915 a unique pair of trotters appeared in 

 Peter Mac and Mabel Trask. The stallion was driven 

 in 2:03V2 by his owner while Cox worked Mabel 

 Trask in 2:041/4. During the next winter this pair 

 trotted many a race around the stove. It was the 

 only place they ever met as Peter Mac went amiss 

 the following spring, while Geers took up the battle 

 with St. Frisco. This gallant trotter and Mabel 

 Trask trotted the greatest series of races that were 

 seen on the mile tracks since 1881 when Clingstone 

 and Edwin Thorne had everybody on their toes. 

 Finally the futurities solved the problem of tha hold- 

 overs as it was not long before the two and three- 

 year-olds could defeat the aged horses. 



