CRESCEUS, 2:02 1/4 



a great audience was present to see this particular race 

 trotted. Elloree, the beautiful Axtell mare, the pride 

 of the city of Cleveland, was to start, and the fast mare 

 had as many admirers, probably, as any horse at that 

 time on the turf. Belle J., a fast trotter who came out 

 of the West and won fame as a great race mare, was 

 another starter, while those fast horses — Tommy Brit- 

 ton, Battleton, Caracalla, Gayton, Monterey, Oakland 

 Baron and Cresceus — made up the balance of the 

 starters. The race proved to be a battle royal, and de- 

 veloped into a six-heat struggle. Elloree finally won, 

 but not until Tommy Britton had won the first and 

 second heats in 2:10, 2:12^. The Illinois stallion then 

 gave way before the awful rush of speed of Cresceus, 

 who won the third heat in 2 :io. Elloree won the next 

 three heats and the race in 2 :o8J, 2:10^, 2:12. Cres- 

 ceus, while not the winner, was, as usual, a strong fac- 

 tor in the race, and showed that he was in fine con- 

 dition, only needing a few fast miles to properly stay 

 him up. 



The following week, on August 4, at Columbus, 

 Ohio, he made his second start of the year in the 2 :io 

 class trot. In this race he met Tommy Britton, Ello- 

 ree, Bouncer, Pilatus, Caracalla and Louise Mac. 

 Tommy Britton won in the event in straight heats in 

 extremely fast time — 2 :o8J, 2 :o8f , 2 loS^. This was, 

 at the time, the three-heat-race record for trotting 

 stallions, and while Cresceus lost the race, he was sec- 

 ond the first two heats, and trotted one of the fastest 



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