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old to a record of 2.02^. The latter performance 

 was at Columbus, Ohio, August i, 1901, and it 

 made him not only the champion trotting stallion 

 but the champion trotter of the world. Through 

 sire and dam Cresceus traces directly to the two 

 great foundation sires, Hambletonian and Mam- 

 brino Chief, and he is the vigorous representative 

 of a most vigorous line. 



The Reduction of the Stallion Record 



Mambrino Gift was the first stallion to trot to 

 a record of 2.20, and that was at Rochester in 

 1874. Then came Smuggler, 2.15^, in 1876; 

 then Phallas by Dictator, 2.13^, in July, 1884; 

 then Maxey Cobb by Happy Medium, 2.13^, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1884; and then Axtell by William L., 

 dam Lou by Mambrino Boy, who as a three-year- 

 old, October n, 1889, at Terre Haute, cut the 

 record to 2.12. He was the sensation of the hour 

 and since then has proved his merit in the stud. 

 Nelson carried the stallion record down to 2.10, 

 September 17, 1891 ; and September 19, 1891, on 

 the kite track at Independence, Iowa, Allerton 

 trotted to a record of 2.09}. The kite track, by 

 the way, enjoyed but a brief period of popularity. 

 It quietly faded from the face of the earth. 



