A GREAT HORSE 



Upon Charley Herr, who was under a lashing drive. 

 Cresceus reached his opponent's wheel fifty yards from 

 the wire. Ketcham called for his supreme effort, and 

 gamely rallying, Cresceus shot up to Charley Herr and 

 nosed him out in 2 :oy^. 



It was a sensational moment ; counted by sensa- 

 tions and not by calendars, it was a lifetime, and 

 there were cheers for Cresceus, the king of stallions. 



Charley Herr got the pole from Cresceus in the 

 second quarter of the fourth heat and led the champ- 

 ion by an open length into the stretch. But in the final 

 quarter Cresceus again showed his magnificent racing 

 qualities by out-footing Charley Herr and beating him 

 home in 2 :oy^. 



Cresceus wasn't headed in the fifth heat. Charley 

 Herr clung to his wheel into the stretch, but Cresceus 

 shook him off at the flag stand, and came to the wire 

 eased up two open lengths in front in 2 :o8f , winner of 

 the heat and race. Cresceus was proclaimed the win- 

 ner, and his deed was greeted with an avalanche of 

 hearty huzzas. 



It was an equine battle that never will be forgotten, 

 while the history of the turf survives on printed page 

 or in the memory of those wdio lived to see the battle 

 royal. Hats flying in the air and the crowd swarmed 

 through to the track to examine and congratulate. 

 It was in the fastest five-heat race ever trotted that 

 Cresceus so grandly and successfully defended his 

 title of stallion king. It was a wonderful contest, and 



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