CRESCE.US, 2: 02»/4 



of his characteristic rushes, and it was all over witli 

 Britton. He was beaten an eighth of a mile from the 

 wire, and Cresceus won on the heat in 2 :o7|, with 

 Tommy Britton considerably farther back than in the 

 first heat. This decisive defeat of Tommy Britton 

 demonstrated the fact that Cresceus was the king of 

 all trotting stallions, and placed him directly in line 

 for the championship. 



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