CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I BIRTH OF A CHAMPION 1 



II THE ANCESTRY OF CRESCEUS 4 



III THE CHAMPION'S COLTHOOD DAYS 19 



IV AT COLUMBUS AND FORT WAYNE 26 

 V CRESCEUS INVADES THE EAST 33 



VI THE CAMPAIGN OF 1898 37 



VII HE BEATS DARE DEVIL 45 



VIII CRESCEUS DEFEATS DARE DEVIL AGAIN 50 



IX AT HARTFORD AND NEW YORK 54 



X IN HOOSIER LAND AND OLD KENTUCKY 62 



XI THE FAMOUS CAMPAIGN OF NINETEEN HUNDRED 65 



XII THE GREAT 2:08 TROT AT CLEVELAND 70 



XIII THE GREAT STALLION RACE AT COLUMBUS 74 



XIV DEFEATS TOMMY BRITTON AGAIN 78 

 XV CRESCEUS DETHRONES DIRECTUM 82 



XVI THE GREAT STALLION RACE AT BOSTON 86 



XVII THE RECORD AGAIN BROKEN 92 



XVIII CLOSING DAYS OF CAMPAIGN OF 1900 96 



XIX CRESCEUS OPENS THE CAMPAIGN OF 1901 104 



XX THE ABBOT DETHRONED 109 



XXI THE MONARCH OF THE MILE 115 



XXII HIS MILE AT POUGHKEEPSIE 122 



XXIII THE BATTLE OF THE KINGS 126 



XXIV CRESCEUS DEFEATS LORD DERBY 136 



