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bus, he fairly eclipsed it at Ft. Wayne. Ind., the fol- 

 lowing week, and at one bound earned world-wide 

 fame and placed a world's record to his credit. At 

 Ft. Wayne the trotting world realized that a new star 

 had appeared in the trotting firmament, and the chest- 

 nut son of Robert McGregor showed that he was made 

 of championship material. In one of the hardest 

 fought eight-heat races ever seen on a trotting track 

 in the United States Cresceus proved himself to be one 

 of the grandest and truest trotting race horses of the 

 year. It was in the 2:17 trot on August 10, and 

 thirteen really high-class trotters scored down for the 

 word. The talent had selected the Village Farm geld- 

 ing, The Monk, as the winner, and he was in good 

 demand with the smart set in the speculative quarters 

 at good odds over the field, bringing $50, against $40 

 for the field. Cresceus was not figured on by the bet- 

 tors to any great extent, and while his great race at 

 Columbus the week previous had shown something of 

 his form, he was not rated as having class enough to 

 defeat the following great field of trotters : Eagle 

 Flannagan, The Monk, Shadeland Norward, Major 

 Ewing, Black Raven, Harry C, Curta, Espy Boy, 

 Mackey, Whisper, Tuna and Katrina Belle. These 

 horses represented the best in their class, and it would 

 prove an interesting study to follow the career of them 

 all, as they nearly all afterward became famous as race 

 horses. This race proved to' be one of the most re- 

 markable trotting contests on record. It extended over 



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