CHAPTER 

 XXI 



A. N. MERRILL 



THE MONARCH OF THE MILE 



WHEN the news was flashed to the four cor- 

 ners of the globe that Cresceus had broken 

 all trotting records at Cleveland, and had 

 dethroned The Abbot, he was hailed as the trotting 

 wonder of the century, and one enthusiastic admirer 

 named him "The Monarch of the ]\Iile." It is a fitting 

 title for the champion, and he proved himself to be 

 worthy of it by again breaking the world's record for 

 trotters at Columbus. Ohio, on August 2d. 



Scarcely had the trotting horse world recovered from 

 the surprise occasioned by this wonderful performance 

 at Cleveland, when Cresceus performed a still more 

 brilliant feat at Columbus. This great mile, coming 

 so soon after the record-breaking one at Cleveland, 

 made old turf followers stand in wonderment before 

 the new champion. When it was announced that Cres- 

 ceus would make an effort to still further lower the 



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