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In 1918 he also rode two miles below even time at 

 Toledo when he defeated Miss Harris M. with Single 

 G.in the fastest three-heat race on record. 



Geers never made pets of his horses. His business 

 was to train and race them. After familiarizing him- 

 self with all of their peculiarities, he moulded them 

 to obey orders and race from behind. If a pupil 

 showed a rebellious spirit, it was not long before he 

 learned who was in command. Hal Pointer, of which 

 he was prouder than any horse he ever raced, tried 

 to make a rough house at Cleveland one day, but 

 after Geers whisked him with the whip a few times, 

 the gallant gelding was willing to admit that the 

 man in the sulky had the best of it. 



Andrews' career on the mile tracks dated from 

 1890 when he won the Charter Oak Purse with Prince 

 Regent. He was by Mambrino King out of Estabella 

 and possessed every quality that goes with a race 

 horse. He had speed, class, racing manners, and en- 

 durance. His early death, as well as that of his 

 brother Heir at Law, robbed the Mambrino family 

 of two sires which judging by their few foals would 

 have made it a formidable rival of the Hamble- 

 tonians. 



My old friend Rensselaer Weston was very fond 

 of Andrews and had a high opinion of his abil- 

 ity as a trainer and reinsman. One day when referr- 

 ing to him Rensselaer said that Andrews never lost 

 a match race. I accepted this statement as correct 

 without looking it up, as Mr. Weston was always 

 very correct in matters of this kind. Later, how- 



