CHAPTER 

 XVI I I 



GEO. STARR 



CLOSING DAYS OF CAMPAIGN OF I9OO 



COVERED with honors, and followed by the 

 plaudits of the entire contingent of trotting- 

 horse admirers of the United States, Cres- 

 ceiis, on October 12, arrived at Toledo. His name 

 and fame were world wide, and his home-coming 

 was made the occasion of one of the most remarkable 

 demonstrations ever witnessed in the city of Toledo. 



The reception given Mr. Ketcham when he arrived 

 in Toledo with the unbeaten Cresceus, showed the 

 esteem in which both horse and man were held by the 

 people of their home city. 



It was a splendid demonstration and showed loyalty 

 to one who has done much toward bringing Toledo to 

 the front rank of the cities of the country. Ketcham 

 arrived at the Union depot shortly after 7 o'clock. 



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