Show G CRESCEUS t O ONCE Gt KING ING OF f T TROTTERS nt Famous Old Horse Now ow Used For Base Commer Cammer Commercialism LIMPS AROUND THE TRACK hi lug nf at I HIP II in 1 I I it iury Ir of if da ii I In II Ii ins I of o it Turf When the once mighty trotter ire lre cel eons limped on 01 the rack at II Galex GaleA burg burl Ill the Ihl other tiny day anti and hopped holl a u I Imil mIl mil In Mu Jj 1 the tic curry norry spectacle In till all li was the Iho Inn filial chapter In iii II th tb turf lurt history of oC thu tho greatest Ireal t trotter miter thu Ih over ever lived tar bar ar alone Jolle and It Indeed vas vasa a ni niI as asa a I pity pit Ill lint he Itt should Inure Ille been 1111 sent out to 10 fill ni an up ni ol outdo with wih the tho Idea Iden that when the appointed day do arrived the tho would ouM be In itt least leant IMI half hal way w decent condition A mile mie In 25 21 by b Crescent Cresceus rl reul With the tho slow 11 class clans beating IO every everyday everyday It day of o the tle meeting coup ceu the lie king kin of oC all ni the trotters that ever lived a I ho horse o with the thc sp speed d of oC the wind the courage of 01 a lion lon and the Iho Intelligence of a n dog dOl Is la dragged out olt after years of or retirement sent let to IQ give ht nn In exhibition of oC speed Ilerd when the men mel who had him tm Im In charge knew kne full Cul well wel that ho nut not even eel take a sound much touch len Itra show speed with wih H a I record of o O and ald a greater list lift lt of oC victories to his lilt credit than an another another other horsa horM In III the world can ran show around a I billiard table track In to 10 secure a I few 11 paltry ni f dollars No 0 wonder the big crowd Irold ot at aall burl was wu pained and ld disgusted Instead of oC pleased I will w be I a I how horse hor of Ir history hil lor lorhen when hen nit all RI other of ot his lila day d are aro forgotten ami amid deservedly 1 ie 0 O Ills Js ca en carter carler from Cro 1 thu Ihl day da he lie was IS foaled Coaled until he h retired after the notorious exhibition lion tion lon at Wichita Kan Kin where his hll 20 O mile was wa reported as RI having hating hen been done dOl In 1595 I all al the judges Judell sticking to 10 tt fact even after the record had lund been publicly repudiated by the stallions owner was WI a succession lo of oC sensations triumphs and hat haY py acci ace dents den II In Intact fact Ael the tho last hit named element began playing a part pari In his career that was IS to 10 be long before betor he was foaled Coal Id It 1 came cattle about this way wa 0 Down In II Ohio there was wa a mare mar called Mabel that produced a n colt rolt that trotted trot 1 In 27 as 11 a our George Gerge Ketch Ketcham am sin of oC Toledo hearing the mare maro WAS to 10 tot tobe be t e sold at al auction decided Melde to 10 bid on her up to 0 Hut nut on rale sale day two other men acting In concert became mixed In their bidding each ech thinking the other was 8 the man that had tim tho auctioneers s eye so 80 that Ketcham got Kol the mare for or I KM 15 When he she Cresceus the youngster oun ler was wu a most un ungainly gainly specimen of ot the trotting horse No n one on the farm regarded him as RII of ot any an possible po value Rlue As Al a ft yearling the homely colt rl w a t tacked by b epizootic and to 10 relieve him bin hima bina I Ia a big blister was WA put hut on OP his hil neck As A Aon soon on as ns It began to heal It Itched and the colt coil walked to the of or his hll stall dall Ilal and allt rubbed the neck nek until a hor bar horrible nub gaping wound OUM that IhM exposed tho the windpipe had been made madl SKIll Kill Ki him were the Instructions In Now No If it there thero Is one point where the thea average a stock farm arm balks It I U is I Int at nt killing a horse hone hOfe unless such action would be humane So a as the colt Iol look looked lok ed cd better beler the hue day duo da following his hi sentence len lenc to death he hI was wan M allowed allotted to hong hang hal around and got ol well right away Then he hp was broken to harness and It I wn was In weeks before he could trot at all al but finally he ht balanced himself and nn then he could roul right well for far or a yearling And right rh thou then began the tue wonderful series s of things that rl did The Th winter before beCore he lie was vae Wi a n old think of ot that he was A driven on the Ihl snow IIno at nt Toledo anti and could rould beat blat most all 11 the fast ones ont there In the spring prinK he hI continued to 10 be trained and amid II Ir In no time at all ni It I war ca tn seen 1111 that he ht would do to rare He lie HI started twice that season and won his h second race raIl In Z zm beating a field of ot IS IS The Tho aver average average age horseman horstman would have hare seen n to lo It that such a colt olt got a nice letup until the following spring but hut va Wi taa worked steadily on the snow n Early Earl the Ihl following June lune JUn he lie was all started In a arace I arace race with wih eight right other and won on Then came Ilme a wonderful on thing thin On July Jul j 7 the colt rol took second money In Ina ina a race where the th heats were rr around 22 Two days da later he ho started tal again a aln and was all again second this Ihl time In 6 That was waa I asking a 1 lot of at a agreen green Irrel the first nut week seek rek In in July Jul but lull It was mlA nothing compared with wih what he hr was wa set lIet to do the tho next feX I week nt lit Springfield 0 On July Jil 13 he was wa second to Minnie McGregor In 23 2234 2 2 61 Just JI I half an nn hour bour later inter Ilter the colt rolt was 8 started darted stAr In the 2 trot Irot and he hI won this race In 29 2 26 nicking making six heats that day dl In ever every ono one of ot which he ho WM was M first or see sec second 1 ond end That nal would be about all al for Cor most mod mot horses hOros In itt one OM week Mk but not net for Cor Cres Cresceus rt rca ecu ceus Two days later on July Jul U It he lie vas tas 11 pulled pule out for or another and made Minnie McGregor go JO In 11 1 i 3 3 Three races In three Ihre days by b a anti and first or second In tn every 11 heat ht Then ho he h went vent to 11 the thenet next net town town and 11 amid five days I II II later won a R race ree In III i I All I hl this was waa 1 wonderful hunt but ll it 1 absolutely absolutely was wan Wil nothing to 10 what Neul still II was IA to achieve aehle ai U a ar old 01 end and nd there has hl been licen no mi I trotter of or that hat nt since Ino his hil dl day that thal stood a chance of at duplicating his bIl performance At the Columbia Orand imand Circuit meet meetIng met mcd Ing that year Cresceus dont forg forget t l he lie 11 was waa I a I won one nn of oC the most moat remarkable races In the hl tory of or the turf It I wait usa a I Mi I l trot trl the he record of cut was Wi 2 21 11 l i and Ud 13 II aged horses took lok the word tord with The Monk the favorite woN lh the Mine amp Monk that now no Is I a R matinee horse home hoI That race extended over orr two days ll and eight heats h aU were Wt required lo to It I won iron the thc lie sixth seventh and heits hert In Mil I 1 ul Tile The Te eighth heat hlll was Mas IS the fastest ever Per trotted while hn the Ih seventh nth was wu but bul I a quarter of I A K oud d than the best belI and anti Incidentally Cres tt ceus cus the worlds world record for tor H a 1 colt In a rote race Imagine any an trotter of or the th present day dl good o an U a they are arf going against a field of oC J class clasi grand circuit horses and literally wearing thun down don taking eight el h hats h al and two 10 days d to do the trick and shatter hatter lag Ing In a couple of worlds world orld records In the process That race was II trotted on ott August Augut 10 and II J How Jo close clote could Cul Gay Ha ay Hd ri rol Cu Custer r ohto and the th other of ot th I pr present S ent I te season on have hut l rams com t m tn ta 1 I 4 i l 4 t 1 i J rat ent day dar when I Iback they hark back to lint Hut JUI did dil not stop with wih icing being a n champion He lie Je trained on and alit raced Into Inlo hub glory It I tas not nol long lOll until 1111 he lie had the stallion roe rec record ord Then he hp got Jot the wagon alOI record one lay day when there thre dl nR nothing else to o do Then ThIl he hI went after CI r the Ih worlds trotting rotting mark the Site i of o Allx 1 and he lie 10 got It I He lie Jc had everything there ther sas S SIn In n the way 1 of ot glory for tor a trotting horan hor 1 to 10 o have hae and he hI had earned every eer honor In n the tibet most 1011 brilliant lt manner Never cr tyke a n burro horre more mot lover than was by b the American public Ills HI presence was wai U Inspiring despite dellIe tho the tal fact act that Ihal at he lie was WM far from rom a handsome horse but once under heath head headway hrat way vay Wa he hI made the people pre In the Ihl grand grandstand grandstand stand of o a R locomotive runaway and they Ihl never tired of oC looking at him himor or cheering him when thon he won Oi He lie went y from front one end ond of oC the Ind Urr Cre Maine to 10 Texas Texan fual fion toni tonito M J to California II end and IId nev never r eg ga a When he lie v Ia IA t I tp I years 4 u I 1 Ya mind visibly failing In rr p h r tired Ired to 10 the stud Iud 11 JUI they him ut In tn o lt t 1 2 15 Visibly mine lame I at RI a a i IIi Tn k 1 TenEyck ide In the Han than Fr i o 0 rt on |