A GREAT HORSE 



two days and eight heats, and Cresceus won the last 

 three heats in 2:12^, 2:iiJ, 2:ii|. His eighth heat, 

 in 2 :ii], was the fastest ever trotted, while the seventh 

 was l)Ut half a second away from the best on record, 

 and he equaled the world's record for a three-year-old 

 colt, but his performance was in a way far superior 

 to the best previous record for a three-year-old in 

 a race. 



Eagle Flannagan won the first heat in a particularly 

 creditable manner, literally snatching it away from 

 Curta and Espy Boy in 2:15^ in a very close finish. 

 The Monk finished just behind the flag and Cresceus 

 back in seventh position. Shadeland Norward won 

 the second heat in 2:13^, with Cresceus so close up 

 in second position that he looked like the winner as 

 they passed under the wire. Eagle Flannagan was 

 away back in the rut in tenth position, and The Monk 

 again last. The race began to look like a peculiar 

 proposition, and there was a hurrying to and fro of the 

 followers of the Village Farm gelding. Scott Hudson 

 was very industrious with Eagle Flannagan in the 

 third, and won the heat in 2:12^; Cresceus was again 

 safe in second position at the finish, but The Monk 

 appeared to have more speed in this heat, and his 

 backers began to feel easier when Geers finished up in 

 the front tier in fifth position. 



Geers was out for business in the fourth heat ; he 

 sent The INIonk to the front, and won the heat in a 

 hard drive through the stretch with Cresceus, Shade- 



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