82 CAKE AND TRAINING OF TKOTTEUS AND PACERS. 



would be of interest or benefit to present-day 

 horsemen. 



Peter Volo 2:03!/2. 



Peter Volo was the first trotter to obtain world's 

 champion records at one, two and three years of 

 age. We have previously described his training 

 as a yearling and two-year-old. As a three-year- 

 old he was trained on the brush system at Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., along with the rest of Murphy's 

 horses. On July lo, the day before shipping away 

 to the races, Peter Volo was worked a mile in com- 

 pany in 2:14, last quarter in 31 seconds. We do 

 not know what work he received before his first 

 futurity start except that he had been one mile 

 in about 2 :o7^. 



Peter A'olo's first three-year-old race was The 

 Horseman $10,000 Futurity, decided at Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich., on Aug. 12. Although he was start- 

 ing against five three-year-olds that had already 

 raced around 2 lO/, and had not worked any faster 

 himself, he was a top-heavy favorite in the pools. 

 Peter Volo won in straight heats, time 2:04^4, 

 2:05^, 2:06^. This was at the time the fastest 

 three heats trotted by a stallion of any age, lower- 

 ing The Harvester's record, although the three- 

 heat stallion record was further reduced later in 

 the season by Etawah. 



The first heat in the 1914 Horseman Futurity 

 was a wonderful duel. Peter \"olo and Lee Ax- 

 worthv raced to the half in 1:01. The former 



