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concerned the result was never in doubt. He also 

 added that he was satisfied that Guy McKinney 

 could trot in two minutes. This remark and the 

 confidence of the owners of the horse gave Tom 

 Berry a chance to be a spotlight driver in 1927. 



After a season in the stud Berry took Guy Mc- 

 Kinney in hand and conditioned him for a trip 

 against the watch at a rate of speed that was new to 

 him. The bid was to be made at Syracuse but bad 

 weather called a halt. Other troubles developed at 

 Lexington but finally at Phoenix, Arizona, on 

 Thanksgiving Day, Tom Berry moved into the bright 

 light with Guy McKinney by reducing the four year 

 old record of the world to 1 :58%. In 1929 he scored 

 again with the two-year-old champion, Hanover's 

 Bertha, 2:02. 



In 1926 Vic Fleming had his day at Phoenix 

 Arizona, when he drove Mr. McElwyn in 1 : 5914. This 

 was his second addition to the fast list. The first 

 was made in 1920 when he won with Louie Grattan 

 at Lexington, both of her heats being paced in two 

 minutes. Then in 1928 he added a third when he 

 won with Grattan Bars in 1:591/2- 



Billy Dickerson has seen a number of days when 

 the spotlight was turned on. The flash started with 

 the showing of Anna Bradford's Girl, her first trip 

 below two minutes being made at Syracuse in 1926. 

 Her performances were blended with the showing 

 of Guy Trogan, Guy Ozark, Peter Maltby and High- 

 land Scott. 



George Loomis is another member of the group of 



