GEO. SPEAR 



CHAPTER 

 VIII 



CRESCEUS DEFEATS DARE DEVIL AGAIN 



CRESCEUS journeyed from the beautiful little 

 city at the foot of the Adirondacks to Boston, 

 the city of culture, that great New England 

 metropolis where the American trotter enjoys so much 

 popularity. His fame as a race horse had preceded him, 

 and there was a splendid audience present at Readville 

 track on August 24, when Cresceus again tried con- 

 clusions with the Buffalo stallion and the following 

 field : Alcidalia, Gayton, Monterey, Oakland Baron, 

 Louise Mac and Benton M. The track was not in ex- 

 tra condition, and was at least three seconds slower 

 than the fast course at Glens Falls was the day that 

 Cresceus trotted his great mile in 2 '.oy^. Considering 

 the track the race was a fast and phenomenal one. The 

 rivalry between the followers of Cresceus and Dare 



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