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pulled away in the next eighth and then, having 

 the held at his mercy, almost jogged in. Even so 

 he reached the three-quarter pole at a 2 103 gait 

 and, although he only trotted the final quarter at 

 a 2:10 gait, he passed under the wire in 2:04%, 

 equalling the world's three-year-old record of 

 Colorado E, which was made two months later in 

 the season. The next two heats were easier. 



At Hartford, Sept. 10, over a slow track, Peter 

 Volo won the $5,000 Alatron Stake easily in 2 113^ 

 and 2:17^. He was eligible to the Western 

 Horseman Futurit}- but, owing to a conflict in 

 dates, could not start. 



At Columbus, Sept. 26, Peter \'olo won the 

 $8,000 Horse Review Futurity in a jog; time 

 2:07^ and 2:o8}i. The following week, Sept. 

 30, over the same track, he had another easy vic- 

 tory in the American Horse Breeder $6,000 Fu- 

 turity, time 2:09^ and 2:09^. 



In the $14,000 Kentucky Futurity, at Lexing- 

 ton. Oct. 6, Peter A'olo sulked a bit and Murphy 

 had to shake him up the first heat to beat Lee 

 Axworthy in 2:0754- The second heat was easier 

 in 2 :o5, while in the third heat the colt seemed 

 entirely thawed out and won off in front in 

 2:03^, a new world's three-year-old record, and 

 he could have trotted faster. 



It was intended to step him to his limit the fol- 

 lowing week in the $7,500 Stallion Stake, a 2 in 3 

 event, but a succession of rainy days necessitated 



