46 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS AND IMAGERS. 



to the sale, but was bid in and returned to the 

 farm. He was hitched to a cart for the hrst time 

 about Alay 15. He was practically broken the 

 first time he was hitched. The third time in har- 

 ness he was hooked to a bike cart and trotted a 

 quarter in 40 seconds. Before long he trotted a 

 quarter in 36 seconds. Note that he was broken 

 to drive about seven months after Airdale, but 

 soon stepped a faster quarter than Airdale had 

 trotted at the same time. About July i Peter 

 Volo was driven a mile in 2 :33. In tw^o weeks 

 he trotted in 2:26^, and a few^ days later in 

 2:23^. On August 16 he was started to beat 

 2'3oj4> and trotted in 2:19, lowering the world's 

 yearling record, held by Miss Stokes, by one-quar- 

 ter of a second. Later he w^as driven a half in 

 I :o6, with the last quarter in 31^ seconds. Peter 

 Volo was trained and driven by Ed Willis, who 

 was also responsible for ^liss Stoke='.. 



Hester C, 2:2i><, was foaled in the spring of 

 191 1. She was weaned and halter broken in the 

 fall, then harnessed and driven ahead of a pony, 

 not to make speed, but to teach her how^ to behave 

 in harness ; then she was turned out, without being 

 hitched, shod or booted. About April i, 1912, 

 she was hitched to a cart and jogged without 

 shoes until ready for speed work. She was given 

 full miles in training, not driven any extremelv 

 fast quarters or halves, as her trainer (Henry 

 Williams) believed thev take too much out of a 



