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in the employ of C. J. Hamlin, Geers also secured 

 one of the best horses he ever drew a rein over. In a 

 three horse race Geers won two heats with Glenden- 

 nis before Champ Brown showed in front with a little 

 knee sprung gelding. Brown also won the fourth heat 

 after which Glendennis died of the thumps. While 

 Geers was looking at him, C. J. Hamlin made a re- 

 mark about the race and Geers suggested that he 

 buy the little gelding while he buried his pacer. 

 Hamlin followed his advice. The horse was Robert 

 J. He reduced the world's record to 2:01%. 



In his day Geers raced more phenomenal horses 

 than any man who ever sat in a sulky with the ex- 

 ception of Charles Marvin, who at one time held all 

 of the world's records for trotters. This remarkable 

 reinsman's group ran in the pacing w^orld from Brown 

 Hal, Hal Pointer, and Star Pointer to Direct Hal, Heir 

 at Law, Robert J., Napoleon Direct, and Goldie Todd, 

 while his trotters included St. Frisco, The Harvester, 

 Dudie Archdale, Anvil, The Abbott, Lord Derby, 

 Nightingale, Etawah and Molly Knight. 



When Geers was racing Star Pointer, everyone 

 expected to see him start the two-minute list. C. 

 J. Hamlin, however, refused to buy him in the spring 

 of 1895. The horse was purchased by Boston parties. 

 They turned him over to Dave McClary, who drove 

 him in 1:591/4 at Readville on August 28, 1897, after 

 he became the property of James Murphy. Other 

 drivers dropped horses into the two-minute list but 

 Geers always fell shy of the mark until Napoleon 

 Direct won at Columbus, August 16, 1916, in 1:59%. 



