| Show CHAMPION CAMPI WILL NOT RETIRE FROM TURF Ketcham's Ambition Is to Have the tile Horse Reach the Minute Two Mark lark the Coming Season f. f I of or the monarch Ever since Cresceus the trotting track returned from hi ht went Jn Into o winter inte triumphant tour and Lr quarters at t George ii Hi iI Ketcham 8 stock Ve e been bee arm larm at Toledo the champions champion's champlon's cham- cham Concerning c nc t the e for plon's pion's future As Iii ti r re Is no horse on 1 the turf in the s1 Mf r O In t the e paddock ada c th l Is as much t today day in iii which k 5 Interested interested as lt rn Cresceus It Is him are r that rumor u r 7 numerous that Mr Ketcham will First FIrs It is l aJ-l retire the from rom th tM s track track- tr t thC v honors already will be l' l driven In In Inex ex l and show showed shoved d at horse sho sJ It was even said that the great rea stu stell l r Md had hd received al an offer rom from manager to o go on t the tle e stage stage- To ro aU all the therum Ketcham hasHe has i He has his own pl plans ns br his favorites favorite's future and aDd r e the public to make lt its ItA them concerning own guesses N ote ne who knows Ket Ketcham ham n inti- inti I- I tely IY and nd knows his azat t feelings toward toward- the horse that has be become ome his one hobby hobb can go far far astray concerning the future of ot Cresceus Cres Cres- ceus Ketcham's Ambition t Ketcham's ambition Is to own the two minute trotter championship records numerous as they t are are not sufficient to suit cult his ownEr owner The one mark he wishes s his orse to make Is the two-minute two mark r There will wiH be a two minute tr trotter before another light-harness light sC season ulon loses Closes S said Mr Ketcham the other Jay cay ay He lIe did not add That trotter will willie ie c Cresceus but he thought It and ande lie e meant it The carce career of or the great trotter is bril- bril fant tant from the start He lie d in Ohio on th half mile tracks In lu 1897 but came East In fast jast com corn company pany any rany That season be started nine tImes and was wa's was never behind the money noney winning six sic firsts and three seconds His record that season was 1114 The next year Cresceus started started only five live times and got a record of ot Being eligible for the class lie fie started In company such as as Elloree Tommy Britton Belle J. J Bat Bats tIe ton Gayton Monterey Caracalla and Oakland Baron His first start was at nt Cleveland on July Tuly finishing third to Elloree and Tommy Britton n. n v i What Cresceus Has Has' Done At n on on n August he won the 2 10 class trot In tn the last three heats of ot a heat five-heat race Time 4 At New York on n Ii S September he hb won the free for all 11 In straight heats Time 2104 2074 0 beating Charl Charles Charles' s' s Herr rMon Mon terey and in the second heat distanced d Askey Penton M. M Dare Devil BIngen land and Oakland Baron naron He also won the for all a at Indianapolis on Septem- Septem r per 2200 zno in 2 2101 t ZO beating John r per 2200 zno in 2 2101 t ZO beating John oJan the only other starter j. j In 1900 he started eleven times and andon andon Won on nine races every ery hea below greatest attempt came last eason eason when he lowered the worlds world's ro race record twice in a week then mashed the record against time Ir In hat h at season he hc reduced the worlds world's trot trot- Ing record to 2024 the worlds world ra rae race ecord to the mile halt track record Record to and broke a number of br other ither records of or l los less s Importance r No one who has ever seen Cresceus Sill ill be likely to forget him for th that t dun shading off to a light londe at his WR points make such a weird picture n he hc is in action that th the tha remains for a long time lis Ils mane and antl tall tail fringe inge e out to ar an an shy pale color that is odd and lye Ive lye at the same time and that Is Jg bout out all an that can cai be said about him His is Personality I HI Ills His head has ha not an ounce of or flesh on on It It Is hard and finely dra The Theare are rs are set well together and bE bespeak peal the he character of the horse His nostrils nd md mouth both wide and well formed ample room for tor the air he eeds and there Is not a suggestion of or Coarseness In the whole head at any Int King ICing he has been termed and ana n 1 king he jie ie is Never say the wIseacres have uch uch qualities as Cresceus posse possesses ses een jeen found in tn any anyone one animal and It Is Js repeated that he Is a pu le to tp p those who know him It Is thought me i e 0 l is c. c easy to drive but no one other than Mr MI Ketcham can say for Cor no noone one lee else but Murnen has haA ever driven huh him lid iid they only smile and say ll little litle Ye Yet to D the observer he seems to be a II re- re easy casy animal to drive ansi and j s ems to cause ause no trouble His Ills name Is s at once peculiar arid and dp i It ha lies has puzzled many peo peo-i peo file le le anti and doubtless seems seE strange at first Mr MI Ketcham selected It with witt jl ire re and for It is an atI extract extra r Ct fm m ancient Roman noman hl history tory Cresceus' Cresceus history was Ivas a famous Roman charler charl- charl cr er and an frIend or-cr or ss s's s 's a wonderful horseman and A n. n oed ed rider In fact the Roman Cres Cres- 1 rus US we was th the thc king of oC his class Just as US s I namesake Is today I |
