C R E SCEUS, 2t02V4 



land Norward and Eagle Flannagan, but Cresceus 

 was right there at the finish and was very cleverly 

 landed in second position. 



The Monk won the fifth heat in much the same man- 

 ner, but Eagle Flannagan finished second, and Cresceus 

 trailed the field home in tenth position. Darkness then 

 came on, and the race was postponed until the next 

 day. The IMonk's winning in the fourth and fifth heats 

 renewed the hopes of his followers, and when darkness 

 fell over the track the betting was two to one on The 

 Monk. The regular turf followers were guessing the 

 next day, and while they felt almost certain that The 

 IMonk would finish up the race by winning the next 

 heat, some of them went about with a doubtful air, 

 and the speculators were a trifle wary in making 

 investments. But The ]\Ionk found a new champion 

 in the field when they scored down for the sixth heat, 

 and Cresceus succeeded in convincing the audience that 

 he was one of the really great trotters. The next three 

 heats proved to be the most sensational performance 

 ever seen on the turf. Cresceus was full of trot : Mr. 

 Ketcham had only to allow him to have his head, and, 

 like a conquering hero, he swept all before him. Cres- 

 ceus took the lead, going away in the sixth heat, with 

 Eagle Flannagan close up all the way to the home- 

 stretch, where Flannagan made a break and Cresceus 

 stepped home in 2:12^. Geers raced the flying son 

 of Robert McGregor all the way with The Monk in 

 the seventh heat, but a steam engine would not have 



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