CRESCEUS, 2:02V4 



dinary of all trotters. Cresceus's career, the season 

 through, had been such a series of triumphs of ever- 

 increasing splendor, that it were a work of supereroga- 

 tion to shower fresh encomiums upon this, his last 

 and greatest performance. But it was evident to all 

 who saw him trot that record-breaking mile at Char- 

 ter Oak, that he had not reached his limit at 2 :04f , 

 and equally so that neither had he at 2 104. 



As an example of sustained evenness of pace, Cres- 

 ceus's great miles at Cleveland and Hartford are two 

 most remarkable miles. The fractional time of the 

 Hartford mile was :3i^, ^31 2 ? -Sof^ -S^h while at 

 Cleveland, it was :3i:i, :3oJ, 13 1^^, :3i. They showed 

 Cresceus as a steady rater, almost unequaled. 



In both attempts the opening quarter was the same, 

 31^ seconds, bin by increasing the pace through the 

 second quarter at Cleveland three-quarters of a second 

 was gained at the half, half a second of which was 

 preserved at the three-quarters, and the last one- 

 quarter second regained in the flight through the 

 stretch. This last quarter in 31 seconds bespeaks Cres- 

 ceus's strength and courage nobly. Only one other 

 trotter — Alix — had ever trotted the last end of as fast 

 a mile at the same rate. 



