A GREAT HORSE 



season at the farm before being taken to Columbus, 

 which seemed to have a rather bad effect upon him, 

 and he did not appear to take so kindly to the heavy 

 work of training as he did the season before. 



The weather was extremely warm at Columbus that 

 spring and summer, particularly at night, and this 

 appeared to have a very wearing effect upon him, and 

 it was found almost impossil^le to keep him in the 

 proper physical condition. He lost flesh steadily, and 

 it was with many misgivings that Ketcham entered him 

 at the Highland Park meeting early in July. 



Cresceus made his first start of the season of 1898 

 at the meeting at Highland Park, Detroit, on July 13. 

 It was in the 2:12 class trot for a purse of $5oo. There 

 were but three horses started in the event — Cresceus, 

 E. W. L., Wayland W. — and the race was not a partic- 

 ularly exciting one. Cresceus did not appear to be 

 up to the high class and form, and apparently had not 

 the wonderful rush of speed that was his most striking 

 characteristic during the preceding year. He was 

 driven an easy mile in the opening heat of the first 

 race, and the heat was won by E. W. L. in 2 :20. He 

 appeared to improve after the first heat, and in the 

 second he won with ease in 2:17^. He repeated the 

 trick in the third and fourth heats in 2:13^ and 2:14, 

 and the campaign of 1898 was started with a victory 

 to his credit. 



At Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, Cresceus made his 

 second start of the year, in the 2:12 trot, against 



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