CRESCEUS, 2:02 1/4 



Others of tried and recognized worth, presented a 

 field of trotters such as had never before been enroHed 

 on the records of the hght harness turf. 



It was the most splendid race of a sensational 

 year, and Cresceus was doubly crowned king of trot- 

 ting stallions. Champion among stallions, by virtue of 

 his record of 2 :04f , racing king by right of conquest. 

 At one time it looked as if the balance was going to 

 fall against the champion. With a mighty rush in the 

 third heat, he snatched victory from the fire and then 

 defended the prize. 



Cresceus, Charley Herr, Grattan Boy, Arion, Lord 

 Vincent, Benton M. and Jupe made up the field of 

 starters ; they w^ere the pick of the land, the acme 

 of trotting-horse development. Twenty thousand 

 spectators, with staring eyes and quickened pulse- 

 beats watched seven of the grandest stallions strug- 

 gle for supremacy and the rich purse. Nine special 

 trains rolled out of the south station in Boston bound 

 for the track at midday, and the regular trains were 

 packed full of passengers inspired by an enthusiasm 

 for horse flesh in action. The electric cars bore their 

 burdens of enthusiastic humanity. Fashionable equi- 

 pages of various characters traveled the highways. The 

 automobile passed through the gate to the common 

 gathering spot of the sport-loving folk, leaving its 

 trail of mist behind. The great grand stand, packed 

 to the roof, had a color scheme that might have 

 been devised by an artist. The waving white ker- 



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