CHAPTER 

 XVII 



A. C. PENNOCK 



THE RECORD AGAIN BROKEN 



THE Stallion race at Boston was the last race in 

 which the champion appeared during the 

 season of 1900, and it being the desire of 

 Ketcham to have him, if possible, lower his record of 

 2 :o4f , it was decided to send Cresceus to Cleveland 

 and prepare him for another assault upon the record. 



He was given a careful course of training for a 

 few days, and on October 5 demonstrated that he 

 was in the best of condition by trotting a trial quarter 

 in 284 seconds, probably the fastest quarter ever 

 trotted by any horse. 



It was decided to make the effort on Saturday, 

 October 6, and in the presence of a great audience 

 of shouting admirers, Cresceus broke his previous 

 record and trotted a mile in 2 :o4. It was after four 



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