A GREAT HORSE 



in landing Pat Watson under the wire a winner, in so 

 close a finish that the audience thought it was a dead 

 heat. The fractional time of the mile was 132^, i :oyi, 

 i:4ii, 2:13:!. 



The second heat was fully as exciting as the first, 

 and Cresceus made Pat \\^atson go the fastest heat of 

 the race to win. They went to the half in i :oy, and 

 Pat Watson was stepping almost to his limit as they 

 went by the half-mile pole. Ketcham ranged Cresceus 

 up alongside W^atson as they rounded the back turn, 

 and the race was a startlingly sensational one through 

 the stretch to the wire. The crowd once more cheered 

 as they watched the splendid finish, and went wild when 

 Pat Watson won the second heat by a scant nose in 

 2:12}. Eagle Flannagan and Kittie L. were just be- 

 hind the leaders in third and fourth positions. The 

 fractional time was :33, 1:07, 1:40, 2:12^. Cresceus 

 was the real hero of the race at the close of the second 

 heat, and the regulars were wondering at the extreme 

 speed shown by the great three-year-old. Pat Watson 

 won the third heat and the race, and led throughout 

 the mile, with Eagle Flannagan close up in second po- 

 sition, Cresceus finishing third, and the balance of the 

 field strung out like the tail of a kite in 2:14. The 

 high class shown by Cresceus in this race made him 

 one of the most talked-of horses at the Columbus meet- 

 ing, and hundreds of people congratulated Mr. 

 Ketcham on the fine showing made by the colt. 



Sensational as was Cresceus's performance at Colum- 



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