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about May 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 two weeks 

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

 2:23J4. On August 16 he was started to beat 

 2:30^^, and trotted in 2:19, lowering the world's 

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

 ter of a second. Later he was driven a half in 

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

 Volo was -trained and driven by Ed Willis, who 

 was also responsible for Miss Stoke";. 



Hester C, 2:21^, 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, riot driven any extremely 

 fast quarters or halves, as her trainer (Henry 

 Williams) believed they take too much out of a 

 colt. She took her record at Lexington on Octo- 

 ber II, 1912. 



