84 CAKE AND TItAIXIXG OF TKOTTEKS AND PACERS. 



the declaring off of the program. In the distribu- 

 tion of the purse Peter Volo was awarded first 

 money by consent of the other starters. 



Peter Volo's winnings as a two and three-year- 

 old totalled $42,546. 



Thomas W. Murphy, driver of Peter A'olo, is 

 one of the most taciturn and reticent of all reins- 

 men, especially has he been so in recent years 

 when, as the leading money winning driver, he is 

 being constantly bothered with questions from bet- 

 tors looking- for information about the condition 

 of horses he is going to race, but to his friends, 

 when asked about Peter \'olo, he became almost 

 loquacious and would expatiate on the greatness 

 of his three-year-old. 



"He is the greatest trotter the world has ever 

 seen," Murphy said to the writer, after winning 

 The Horseman Futurity. "Driving him is like 

 running an automobile. If you want him to go 

 fast he will go fast, if you want him to go slow he 

 will go slow. He can change from one speed to 

 another without missing a step. His round fric- 

 tionless action in front is simply marvelous. When 

 I drive him I imagine he is running on a wheel in 

 front that just keeps rolling on and rolling on. 

 You know what most trotters will do while going 

 at a high rate of speed if you attempt to take them 

 back — they will roll and toss and hop and hitch, 

 but I can talk Volo back from a two minute clip 

 to a 2:10 shot without observing the least rough- 



