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Cresceus was unloaded from his special car and the 

 parade to the Ketcham home began. The column 

 which marched behind Ketcham's carriage was com- 

 posed of the bugle corps. Battery D, four companies 

 of the Sixteenth Regiment, delegation of letter car- 

 riers and street railway employes, members of the 

 Toledo Driving Club in carriages, and the Cherry 

 Fickers, the famous drill squad of the local lodge of 

 Elks. 



The music was furnished by the Traction Company's 

 and Strobel's bands. The streets through which the 

 parade passed were magnificently illuminated and 

 thronged with citizens who enthusiastically applauded 

 as the parade passed. 



On reaching the Ketcham residence, Mr. Ketcham 

 thanked those who had given him the splendid ovation 

 in the following little speech : 



"Fellow Townsmen : 'T do not know what to say 

 or how to say it. For once T am overpowered with 

 emotion, and my voice is somewhat shaky. I appre- 

 ciate it more when I know that this demonstration is 

 due in a large part to the performance of the great- 

 est horse that ever lived. This is made the more satis- 

 factory to me and you, when it is. taken into consid- 

 eration that Cresceus is a product of Toledo. He was 

 raised here and trained in Toledo ; he has upheld the 

 honor and dignity of the city by defeating the fast- 

 est horses in the world, and establishing a record that 

 is unbeaten. I can not close without mentioning the 



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