CRESCEUS, 2:02 1/4 



but only after a contest that kept the 'I told you so" 

 people close mouthed. Grattan Boy was picked to 

 win second money and he just managed to get third. 

 Jupe was never a factor, and Lord Vincent, counted 

 a sure winner, never was dangerous, and was not fast 

 enough to save his entrance. Arion was not expected 

 to finish the race, but he won fourth money and made 

 a creditable showing. In the first heat Arion set the 

 pace to the stretch, but Charley Herr overhauled him 

 at the long distance and beat him home in 2:07^. 

 Cresceus got away four lengths behind, but finished 

 fourth. As the Kentucky stallion passed under the 

 wire the winner in 2 :o/l of the opening bout in this 

 great equine duel, the spectators broke into a pro- 

 longed ah ! which swelled into a mighty hurrah, re- 

 verberating over against the green and brown hills. 



Charley Herr wasn't headed in the second heat. 

 Grattan Boy was second to him, coming into the 

 home-stretch an open length away, and Cresceus was 

 carried wide by the position of the Grattan horse. 

 Ketcham made a strong bid with Cresceus, but the 

 champion only managed to reach Charley Herr's wheel 

 at the wire, and the Kentucky stallion won in 2 -.oy] . 



The third heat was a thrilling one and set the im- 

 mense crowd wild with excitement. Charley Herr 

 again cut out the work leading Cresceus and Grattan 

 Boy by an open length into the stretch. Ketcham be- 

 gan his drive a little earlier than he did in the opening 

 heats, and foot by foot the lion-hearted Cresceus drew 



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