Show AFTER TRoi1TIlRK Cresceuss Owner Confident of Lowering Record ONE ATTEMPT FLAT FAILURE Xctcham to llako His Big Flyer Try Again This Wcok Expects to Cut Under the TwoHinuto MarkHow He Camo to Own the Champion Story of How Crcacous Saves His Owner Horses Greatest Rival I3 the Famous Dan Patch Other Ia tcrosung Bito of Noivs Crcsccus 2O2these few letters and loss figures appeal to every horseman IB a formula indicating the grcatcs trotter that ever put hoof to track Thanks to a few enthusiasts who never tire of harness racing tho sport that has never taken a back scat alnco Plmclhon won of one Helios believed ho was a better relnsman than his dad there la a revival in fast driving here Phaethon according to mythology Ect heaven and earth on tire when he ran away with IIH fathers horses that were hitched to the nun George II Kctcham will attempt to set the Interest Jn racing in this part of the cartho lire when he drlvei Crcsceua next week He will not run away with his fathers horseflesh cith er but will pilot his own favorite Cn a ceLls the king of the trotting turf When u few Philadelphia deter mined to reestablish Interest In llKht harness racing In this city they sought for the host special attractions to bo had Two homes stood out far and away In front of all the fields Dan Patch the pacer and Creuccus tho trotter Dan Patch was llnst secured Ills remarkable performance whon ha went a mile at Belmont In 200 under wretched weather conditions attracted the attention of all the horse world including in-cluding George II Ketcham the ovncr of Cresceua Overtures had been made to Kctcham to come here but he was ibdurate Ho did not see that he voulr gain glory for his horse by I making a record here When Dan Patch performed so won dcrtully Ketcham changed his mind If Patch can come within a fraction of a second of a record Crcsceus can go him the fraction better paid Mr Ketcham The exhibition waa speedily arranged Aside from the marvelous work that has been done by the trotting champion and his owner and driver there arc many always Interesting stories of the relations of the two the man and ito beast John Splan the veteran horseman sat one afternoon In the little shack where II K Devcrcux the guidlnrr star of the leading amateur driving club of the world Is wont to cntcitaln his guests The shack Is located near the famous Glenville track at Cleveland Cleve-land The track over which Maud R made the record that has never been touched tho 2 OS to high wlreoli Mr Ketcham had driven CrcEceus nn exhibition mile Unit afternoon at n gen tlemens driving clubs matinee Hone and driver had received an ovation Do you know how Ketcham came to on Cresceus drawled Splan Ho discovered him years before he Was born Ketcham was responsible for bringing Cresceus to life but thats a dead heat for Cresccus was responsible responsi-ble for bringing Ketcham back to life There was a whole lot In the words of Old John Splan who has been called the Nester of the track 0 Kctcham was responsible for the ex istence of Cresceus becauco he onco icolc a liking for a mare of unknown quality and not much beauty Al Toledo To-ledo In 1S92 Ketclmm purchased a mare called Mabel she was an asset oi the estate of James Darlly a OflC prosperous horseman whose propelt > J was sold at public auction utter nW death Ketcham paid the rnasnlflccnt amount of 250 for Mabel But she JJ Mc Bred to Robert MJ worth the money mini Grcfior who was even UV Sr her miP Mabel shioted vancctl In years Of nrcclutlon to Mr Kclchami ° Pn ° nJJ In her her producing Crcsceua by if flat will oti Mabel hna a monument hat th11 aair the granite live In history etch5 at thin will mark her grave farm Toledo 0 TUB MORSE SAVED TETCI1AI liitO I George B Kctcham did nol 6J the boss business with any of his on desires directed torn of son 01 Ketcham a nillllonalrc thireateliei Vlth wealthy father was thrcn early exit from thIs world Spc C did their best i or of two continent j ho little boy but agreed that never reach his majority Bit nc fortune for no it was no soothsayer cr1t of lie er nor any other species J 0111 ft futuresit was that deals In futures aii5Cdi tile poor horseman that stable ad and dWell Mvllh boy to go to the the horses CTII r THE RESULT robuit Is nor ft Ketcham George ir 2C0 pott1 lo w man weighing close of the Sesccus is the champ on trotter ha iiiatt world Miles of PI in led JJ nnd h both the s n nn been written of pS beast whllo ihey hax o bcci ipttCri Ia the furnish many miles to THE 200 TROTTER Cresceus Is to be the first IVVCH m ttiye trotter That Is what Kctchum to 1itev 4 and the piiblW Ms ppnrCd AU0u ahlCIng i knows what he Is Jf that he beat me reco When Nancy Hanku bf Maud S 20691 on a regulation track a dado ago Robert Bonncr attributed I at-tributed It all to Urn pneumatic tired sulky then Just come Into style and even when that great mare lowered the worlds mark to 204 and caused horsemen horse-men of two continents to ncclalm her I tho most wonderful animal that cer Tore harness Mr Bonner still refused to believe she was the equal of Maud SHe S-He had talked much and written t wore about the Imposalblllly of any troller working hIs or her legs fast I enough to come wllhln live seconds of two mlnules That was heard no more of but the conservative old gentleman still clung to his statement that Nancy Hanks had an unfair advantage and vas not capable of pulling a high wheeled vehicle In 2OS or better Whether or not he was strictly correct cor-rect la still largely a matter of conjecture I con-jecture He has been borne out to a certain extent by the fact that Dlrcc I I turn 203U and other horses of low records rec-ords have tried to perform the feat and I have failed CresccuB may be asked I to try this year and those who have seen him reel oft his wonderful mile have few doubts that he will succeed This Is only of secondary Importance > with horremcn today What all want to know Is how close will he get to the twominuie mark this year und will he ever succeed In equaling It Up to date nothing has proved Impossible for him ire began last season by winning win-ning the llrsl heat of a race at Detroit In 203 nil lowering the worlds race record 205Vi made In 1893 by Dlrec tum and at the came time selling anew a-new mark for trotting stallions This showed that the grand campaigner I cam-paigner of 1000 was an even greater horse than ever ard I his performance attracted the wldcsl attention Sent ngalnst time he uulelcly reduced the worlds record 20W held by The Abbot Ab-bot to 2 02Vj and a week later to n02 > 1 The lutler mark was made over the Columbus 0 track and this was effort of the sea really hla last great eon agalnwl the watch last Beach meeting At the Brighton In August he defeated The Abbot match straight heats In the greatest racC ever trotted In the first heat he the worlds race record reduced nsaln rc this time to 203Vi and In the second heat 1 hc trotted the erstwhile champion him It was distanced oft his foot and most FomclhlnK that even Crescous s ardent admirer had nol looked for and will tell you today that there hornrrnon 1 other trotting horf thai can beat no The Abbot even one heat much less give him the hag heaitifUlaflI < cseu Is far from a beautiful mal Ho has great nhmilders a racy nt fore Soklntr nCk a hroad Intelligent d set rather carelessly head and good ears ICBSIV on a coarse head 119 legr are sound ns a dollar and clean an ann ni In the bade nhoVtcouplcd nn II Is 1ho barrel and His hlp show good has a tremendous driving power In a word everything In his makeup Is l sacrificed to pPNI Surh H I the horse and such Jhc 1 driver that will be peon here on Wednesday Philadelphia Press Sidelights on Dan Patch world an just The eyes of the horse now turned on the black pacer Dan Patch lr9 who bids fair to ecllnhe the worlds record of 1504 held by Star Pointer which was made nt R ad vllle Mass August 28 1S37 No horse near the hOB ever been so dangerously worlds figures aa the great son of the once famous Toe Patchen 201 ½ Is at the present time Since his first record trial at Columbus on August 2nd when he pared a mile In 200 he has gradually reduced the time until now he is 1 within onequarter of a second of the record Dan Patch has come out of nil his trials with flying colors nnd fortunately fortunate-ly he has suffered no 111 effects from the great Hlrnln of such fast going There la not onS horseman who has soon him perform who doeR not believe that he will yet succeed In reaching Star Pointers 1 59H I mark If not even clipping some meLlon off these figures Th re Is probably no Individual who has had morn experience wllh the two minute home or who Is better capable of Judging a pnrern form than Jiimos A Murphy the Chicago millionaire who owned Star Pointer when the champion made his record In speaking speak-ing of the prospoelo of Dan Patch lowering low-ering Star Pointers mark Mr Murphy j enid he expected the black stallion to do the trick before the end of the sea con Dan Patch Is a grand horse said Mr 1 Murphy and judging from the way he Is clipping fractions off his record rec-ord I believe that he will Improve his mark until he haM equaled Star Pointers Point-ers record or beaten It In going over Star Pointers wonderful wonder-ful performances Mr Murphy called attention at-tention to the fact that the champion paced five mlle better than two mln utCH 159i twice 151 i twice and InttA once Star Pointer ahv paced one mile In 200 and four other mllce Just outside l two mlnulcii which gave him ten miles at an average speed of 200 M E Sturgis owner of Dan Patch II 1 confident that the black stallion will f duce his record still further He has a good chance to beat the llrel lIt record said Mr Sturgls All we need I think Is Ideal conditions but those are very hard to get Under the circumstances I think my pacer has done wonderfully well but I Htlll look for him to do better later on Alex Newburgcr who has kept a close watch on Dan Patch thinks that all the pacer requires to get below the record rec-ord lo rating Let him go the half In one minute and the last twoquarters In 20lj second each and he will hove a mile In 159 aays M Xewburgcr Dan Patch has got the speed and has shown parts of the distance faster than he would be asked to go In the above rating Rhythmics Early History < It IB the rarest thing In tho world for a cnBMlorml performer to Jlash down tho grand circuit without putting Into clrcu lutlon a numnrr of storlen as to accidents which placed him In IIH owners Jmnds or which almost prevented him from over cf clnc a race course And thin 111 1 tho utory of how Jcane Tumor of Paris got tho wind wonder Rhythmic In wxchanyo for ti mule and a debt Turncy la I not a horseman In the ordinary oenoo of tho word his business being dealing In mulua nn a large flcnlo Ho had a friend named 11edmoril who owed him W Redmond wits unable to pay and one day nald to Turney 1 dont know when I am going to be able to give you the money 1 owe I havrt a good Btrntnmoro mare over here and I will ucnil her over to your pluco and wo will call the debt iKjunre Tur hey demurred at first but an an accommodation accom-modation accepted the mare Turney had an elephant on his Immln In the rnaro and at length I determined to ask Warren Stoner to permit him to breed < < 1 liar In Oakland Oak-land Duron 1 know you are not standing stand-ing thIs hornr Bald Turney hut nn im accommodation to mo let mo end over this mare and If the marc proves In foul you can come over to my plnco and pick out tho bout mule von see The colt which Ii now Rhythmic wan a ncruvnylll looking fillnw and Stoner claimed the mule mewhit ohamcfjtcetlly A trudo la I a trails with me ald Turney You mn vuk Into that bunch of 173 mules nnO pick out the ono you like Sn Stoner Rot It rnul1 worth In the neighborhood of 530 for the season to Oaktanil Duron IJO thnt th blind trotter cost Mr Turticy pornlblnc like S 70 the ilny he wan fonlM No ono will pay however that tho Investment hiss been a bad ono r Hacltay to Enter Uncing Again iarmrc Mackav Just hark from Enp hrd on the MteamIhtp l Teutonic made bin first call on his riclnc nrent ono nfior non lnBt woek Ills future pojlcy In turf matters announced before ho tnt b ro11 huiu not nnOTRnnn any material change lit will npi mmln become active lv lrnlin l wlih racing for many Ynrs until Hmmnlar my favorite borer renlH rnmc of bin get to the races said Mr Mnokny Mr MncKny II old to have axjnreed t compUt ratfsfnclloii with l ht manner in AThlrh bin f > xtrn lvc etrlng wmi solil timle th hammer at Snrnto The unfortu nat mUbap In Mexican the twor ar old Mirthful colt Jim after bn had heft l Mr 1 JUrK1 ownership to enter the BU bi of hip friend n T WIhn Jr caused Mr MackHV conlil rnhl cbiRrlu On learning all thr cntum taiir nl the further fact that the colt was again per fcctly sound during a long consultation cODlulnton with Trainer Charlie 11111 Mr Mackiy vas reassured and said that Mr Wilson had secured n bargain In Mexican oven a 1 Opxt Nrxt to Acrfull salt Mr Mackay Mnddon and myself regarded Mexican as the bent youngster of the year not cx ceptliifr Irish lad and Skillful Like all growthy thoroughbreds he Is slow nI come on but In 1003 UK a threeyearold Mulden assured me Mexican will prob ably be tbo horse of the y cor wl Lord Durham of tho Kngllsh Jockey club personally assured Mr Mackny of his wish to nee a nrstclass colt Amen can bred and owned mart In next years Derby Mexicans former owner hopes to HOC Madden go over with Accful and I ucxlcan next year |